2. Basics of Search
• Every word matters. Generally, all the words
you put in the query will be used.
• Lowercase/Uppercase does not matter
• Generally Search ignores punctuation. This
includes @#%^*()=[] and other special
characters.
• Keep it simple
3. Advance Search
• “vidco” will bring you exact match
• “vidco digital” will bring you phrase search
• ( digital marketing site:www.vidcodigital.com
) will bring you digital marketing search in
vidcodigital.com
• ( Books –history ) will bring you Books which
are not related to history term
4. Advance Search(2)
• [ Obama voted * on the * bill ] * means fill in
the blanks
• OR means include either one of the several
words
– (San Francisco Giants 2004 OR 2005) search both
– San Francisco Giants 2004
– San Francisco Giants 2005 in same query
5. Advance Search(3)
• File Type Search
– (filetype:pdf 2011 social media report) will bring
just pdf files
• Under News Search
– marilyn monroe source:new_york_times
• Under Images Search
– favicons imagesize:16x16
![Basics of Search
• Every word matters. Generally, all the words
you put in the query will be used.
• Lowercase/Uppercase does not matter
• Generally Search ignores punctuation. This
includes @#%^*()=[] and other special
characters.
• Keep it simple](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)