On 18 Oct 99, 10:14, Gad Alexander wrote:
> I use often this search by Google via Email:
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:
> Body: get
> http://www.google.com/search?q=XXXX+YYYY&num=100&sa=Google+Search
>
> So I use the sign "+" for AND.
> Is a possibility to make the search also with the boolean operators OR
> and NOT? Is a possibility to make the search also with the wild cards
> "*" and "?"?
Before addressing your question, Gad, I want you to send for this page
and display it in your web browser and read the page. It is the Google
help page and will explain what you may enter into Google and what you
cannot.
TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SUBJECT: {Leave Blank}
BODY:
http://www.google.com/help.html
You will learn that the AND Boolean operand is automatic and the "+"
symbol is used in only particular cases, unlike other sites that use
mathematical symbols more fully.
Hint: The hex symbol for "+" is 2B and in a URL a hex code entry is
prefaced by the "%" symbol. Therfore to enter:
+keyword
...we would type in our URL:
%2Bkeyword
i.e.....
http://www.google.com/search?q=XXXX+%2BYYYY&num=100&sa=Google+Search
-------------------------------------^^
Alan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
