Use AND or the (+) sign to combine your words
Search engines today combine your keywords automatically (excluding adjectives, indefinite articles such as “the” “a” etc..,
Use the (-) sign to exclude a word or a concept
e.g. +intellectual +property -patents
The results would be about intellectual property excluding patents
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AND: used to combine two words/ concepts e.g. Lebanon AND Business |
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OR: used to obtain results containing any of the mentioned keywords e.g. Middle East OR Lebanon |
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NOT: used to exclude a word or a concept e.g. Lebanon NOT War |
Go to the Advanced Search Option in Google, Yahoo, Ask and request a domain restriction as shown below
Use quotation marks “ ”
to get results or websites with the exact phrase.
e.g. “mutual funds"
