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Quick Question on Using Google to Search the Forum
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:22 pm
by pws1225
Please excuse my forgetfulness but I can not remember the appropriate syntax to use Google to search the Forums. If anyone can help with that syntax, I would appreciate it.
Many thanks, Paul
RE: Quick Question on Using Google to Search the Forum
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:40 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: pws1225
Please excuse my forgetfulness but I can not remember the appropriate syntax to use Google to search the Forums. If anyone can help with that syntax, I would appreciate it.
Many thanks, Paul
As I recall it, to search a specific site using Google, start with site:sitename and put a space before your search term. For example:
site:matrixgames.com "War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition" pws1225
(Notes: the site as mentioned above, the quotation marks enclose something to find literally, search terms that can be mixed and matched appear without quotation marks - only one word in this case, your user name.)
And I got this page:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=site:matrixgames.com+%22War+in+the+Pacific:+Admiral%27s+Edition%22+pws1225
Note that Google's searches are in context of your prior searches and other information Google knows about you, so broader searches might yield different results for different people.
RE: Quick Question on Using Google to Search the Forum
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:42 pm
by pws1225
Many thanks. [:)]