Starting with "5 button mouse" gives 2,8000,000 results. Searching within those with "linux" narrows it to a mere 300,000, and first on the list is the one Robert and Nick snapped on yesterday.
This is the same as starting off with ' "5 button mouse" linux' . Obvious in this example, but not always so. The "refining" word often becomes obvious when looking through the first few results.
Googling for "google tips" gives http://www.google.com/help/basics.html (very basic) which in turn leads to the more interesting http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html
Roger
David Taylor wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Derek Smithies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 10:21 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How to get the most out of google, wasRe: Done my google... 5 buttons, how do I assign a task?
Hi,
There are several basic skills a linux person requires. One such skill is, "how to get the most out of google".
First, I have found it usefull to add the word "tutorial" to my searching.
thus, "linux tutorial 5 button mouse" found what appears to be some quite nice links:: http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=linux+tutorial+5+button+mouse &ie=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
I like to wrap important phrases in quotes to force them to be adjacent.
Linux tutorial "5 button mouse" would make sure that "5 button mouse" is in the sentence in perhaps a chapter about linux in a document titled tutorial. Look in the results bar at the top. If it says a word was common and was excluded, and you wish it was included, then prefix it with + so linux +tutorial "5 button mouse". As far as error messages go, I just take a few words at a time away if the whole error message gives no results. Make sure to prefix the error message with the word error. That usually helps. Ciao, Dave
