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Hi,
Does anyone know of a search engine that will ONLY display locations that have the words in your search text? I am willing to pay a subscription to use such a search engine. The major search engines display locations that match one of the words in your search string and disregard "+". Years ago, Yahoo, Google, and Bing performed better than they do now. Thank You in advance, John |
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"Wolf K" wrote
| It's not the search engine, it's how you type the search string. | It could be the search engine. | For exact text results, put the search text in quote marks. "A B C" is | parsed as as "Find A and B and C". A B C is parsed as "Find A or B o C". | That's good for phrases, but the OP didn't indicate using a phrase. If you want a fruit store you might search for: apples oranges pineapple If you search for "apples oranges pineapple" you're not likely to get a match. Quotes are great when they're relevant, though. I often find original articles by searching for a unique string in a reprint. And I bypass Microsoft's irritating and unnecessary javascript requirement on their support pages by searching for the exact URL in quotes, without the https://, at Google. Then I read Google's cache copy. Microsoft will intercept the page load otherwise and replace it with a blank white page that just says "javascript required", even though the page is just plian text and a few links, which doesn't need script. |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:37:15 +0200, Weatherman wrote:
wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a search engine that will ONLY display locations that have the words in your search text? I am willing to pay a subscription to use such a search engine. The major search engines display locations that match one of the words in your search string and disregard "+". Years ago, Yahoo, Google, and Bing performed better than they do now. Thank You in advance, John https://duckduckgo.com/ duckduckgo and Startpage are from the same stable, but Startpage is very cutomisable and the url generated from your choices can be saved as your home page or wahtever without needing a cookie. Ironically, both of these do use Google as one source (they do metasearches). https://classic.startpage.com/eng/aboutstartpage/ -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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"Mayayana" on Thu, 25 Oct 2018 09:52:52
-0400 typed in alt.windows7.general the following: * Words found on related pages: One of the common search engine ranking methods is to give a value to pages that link to your word. For instance, you could get Sears when you search for ham radio even if they don't sell them. I know Sears sells radios. And yes, Sears does sell ham. So obviously, anyone searching for ham radio is looking for ham to eat with their radio. Or something like that. What I hate are the sites where the more search terms I enter, attempting to narrow the search, the more "results" I get. E.G., enter adding marriage Registry" to a search for San Bernardino added to the hits for "San", "Bernardino", those for "Marriage", and "Registry" as well. -- pyotr filipivich Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing? |
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On 25/10/2018 14:52, Mayayana wrote:
* You can use a minus to remove a word: trump -donald Pity it doesn't work the same way for the sub-human !-( |
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On 10/25/18 7:32 AM, wrote:
Hi, Does anyone know of a search engine that will ONLY display locations that have the words in your search text? I am willing to pay a subscription to use such a search engine. The major search engines display locations that match one of the words in your search string and disregard "+". Years ago, Yahoo, Google, and Bing performed better than they do now. Thank You in advance, John https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861 How to use google search. I even found a paperback on google search, but it's about 15 years old and I'm not sure how much applies. About 1/4" thick. |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:32:43 -0400, wrote:
Hi, Does anyone know of a search engine that will ONLY display locations that have the words in your search text? I am willing to pay a subscription to use such a search engine. The major search engines display locations that match one of the words in your search string and disregard "+". Years ago, Yahoo, Google, and Bing performed better than they do now. Try Google with each of the words inside "quote" "marks" For example: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jaugustine%22 It would be a mistake to assume that all search engines use the same search syntax. It would also be a mistake to assume that any one search engine must keep the same '+ search syntax which it used a decade ago. Where the search page shows ads, it would also be a mistake to assume only ads are shown which contain your search words. He who pays the piper calls the tune. -- Kind regards Ralph |
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On 10/25/2018 7:32 PM, wrote:
Hi, Does anyone know of a search engine that will ONLY display locations that have the words in your search text? Use quotation marks like "your search text"? -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不*錢! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 不求神! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 01:39:24 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote: On 10/25/2018 7:32 PM, wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a search engine that will ONLY display locations that have the words in your search text? Use quotation marks like "your search text"? Hi, I am aware of using quotes, but that only "works" if the words are related. Example, "cook book". I would like to be able to find a location/site that contains every word in the search string. Example: Panasonic,+"dvd recorder"+ endless+hello. Note: I have an issue with my Panasonic DVD recorder that is "stuck" on "hello" display when turned on after I plug it into the wall outlet. Normally, the "hello" would disappear after a few seconds and a flashing "12:00 AM" would appear. BTW, I also use duckduckgo. John |
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On 25/10/2018 22:03, wrote:
I would like to be able to find a location/site that contains every word in the search string. Example: Panasonic,+"dvd recorder"+ endless+hello. Note: I have an issue with my Panasonic DVD recorder that is "stuck" on "hello" display when turned on after I plug it into the wall outlet. Normally, the "hello" would disappear after a few seconds and a flashing "12:00 AM" would appear. try looking for ... Panasonic model hangs Also try ... Panasonic model engineers menu Panasonic model diagnostic menu .... with a bit of luck you'll find something for your model like this one I made up for mine: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/Audi...neersMenu.html Note that the resetting to factory defaults sequence may work for yours as well. |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:37:15 +0200, Weatherman
wrote in wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a search engine that will ONLY display locations that have the words in your search text? I am willing to pay a subscription to use such a search engine. The major search engines display locations that match one of the words in your search string and disregard "+". Years ago, Yahoo, Google, and Bing performed better than they do now. Thank You in advance, John https://duckduckgo.com/ also see: DuckDuckGo Search Syntax https://duck.co/help/results/syntax -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one. Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those newspapers delivered to your door every morning. |
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 22:14:50 +0100, Java Jive wrote:
On 25/10/2018 22:03, wrote: I would like to be able to find a location/site that contains every word in the search string. Example: Panasonic,+"dvd recorder"+ endless+hello. Note: I have an issue with my Panasonic DVD recorder that is "stuck" on "hello" display when turned on after I plug it into the wall outlet. Normally, the "hello" would disappear after a few seconds and a flashing "12:00 AM" would appear. try looking for ... Panasonic model hangs Also try ... Panasonic model engineers menu Panasonic model diagnostic menu ... with a bit of luck you'll find something for your model like this one I made up for mine: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/Audi...neersMenu.html Note that the resetting to factory defaults sequence may work for yours as well. Hi "Java Jive" BTW, there is a coma after "Panasonic" in the search string example that does NOT belong (my mistake). I was using this search string from the past as an example. FYI, the Panasonic model number is DMR-ES20. I bought this in 2005. I now have a Sanyo VCR/DVD combo recorder that works very well. I did not get rid of the Panasonic DVD recorder yet on a chance I might find the cause of this never ending "hello" issue in the future. John |
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On 10/26/2018 5:03 AM, wrote:
I would like to be able to find a location/site that contains every word in the search string. Example: Panasonic,+"dvd recorder"+ endless+hello. Note: I have an issue with my Panasonic DVD recorder that is "stuck" on "hello" display when turned on after I plug it into the wall outlet. Normally, the "hello" would disappear after a few seconds and a flashing "12:00 AM" would appear. From: https://cleverclicks.com.au/blog/15-...search-tricks/ "Search for pages that contain specific words – To find pages that have all the keywords you’re looking for in the copy, use allintext: before the search terms." -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不*錢! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 不求神! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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On 10/25/18 10:29 AM, pyotr filipivich wrote:
[snip] What I hate are the sites where the more search terms I enter, attempting to narrow the search, the more "results" I get. E.G., enter adding marriage Registry" to a search for San Bernardino added to the hits for "San", "Bernardino", those for "Marriage", and "Registry" as well. I notice the same problem. Shouldn't more words lead to a more limited search, not more irrelevant items? That's the way words normally work, "tyler zoo" applies to fewer things than "zoo". "tyler zoo gorilla" even fewer. -- 60 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1 day). Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god but a great rock and the sun a hot rock." [Anaxagorus, ca. 475 BC] |
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