On 26 Mar 2007 at 11:33, David Epstein wrote: > Last week, I emailed this to the support staff at Google Scholar; I'm > still waiting for a response: > > > The use of the "or" operand actually seems to reduce the number of > hits relative to the use of individual terms. Two examples: > > neurotransmitter: 224,000 hits > neurotransmitters: 144,000 hits > neurotransmitter OR neurotransmitters: 177,000 hits
It's called "Google logic". Very perceptive of you, David, to spot it. I have now confirmed that Google logic applies up here in Canada too. But help may be at hand. By a fortuitous and serendipitous happenstance, it turns out that my daughter works for Google. So not only do I get a Google T-shirt and free searches, but I also get to tell her how to make Google work better. I took the liberty of sending her David's letter, and she replied that she had forwarded it to "the team". Maybe it'll wake them up. Let us know if you hear anything, David. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
