A very few of people really knows what an "*" means. Google also shows results with words that are similar but not exactly what you have typed in.
If you want some string to appear in the URL, then type "allinurl:" and what you want to search For example: allinurl:cti 2007/12/26, guesty thingy wrote: > If you don't type anything and just click "search", it gives you an > error message... they could implement a "you have searched for > EVARYTHING... which is not allowed, try again" sort of error message > too. If that's really *the* reason, as in the *only* reason... GET TO > IT!!! (not that you *can*, as you don't work for Google, as far as I > know... but you get the point.) > > On Dec 25, 2007 8:39 PM, Timothy J. Crowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason Google has not implemented this is because someone would > > just be able to search for "*" (without quotes) and pull up every page > > in the Google Search database. > > > > -Timothy > > > > On Dec 24, 2007 7:35 AM, Janek Kozicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Stephen Carr said: (by the date of Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:17:41 -0000) > > > > > > > <snip regexp searches> > > > > > > > > HYPERLINK "http://www.cti*.com/"www.cti*.com car sales > > > > > > > Well that's about it, all I ask is you credit me properly and ask me > > > > before > > > > using this idea > > > > > > LOL. I've send this idea to google staff 2 years ago. They still > > > hadn't done that - the only explanation I can came up with - this is > > > darn too difficult. They have no idea how to do this. > > > > > > > > > Original Message: > > > ------------------------ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: regexp search > > > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:58:17 +0100 (CET) > > > > > > I want to ask if you are considering to add (and when) regexp searches? > > > > > > Like this calculator feature, you know - I type into search field 2+2 and > > > I got an answer from the calculator. So I type a regexp expression and I > > > got a result from regexp search. It is sometimes boring to try all > > > possible combinations/variations of a single word that can be simply > > > expressed using regexp expression. > > > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [#20077835] regexp search > > > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:02:32 -0800 > > > User-Agent: Neotonic Trakken/2.13.3 > > > > > > Hi Janek, > > > > > > Thank you for your note. As you know, we don't currently offer a regexp > > > feature. We appreciate your feedback about the usefulness of this feature, > > > and we'll keep it in mind as we work to improve Google. > > > > > > Regards, > > > The Google Team > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Janek Kozicki | > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikia-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
