tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88618125687586167.post5802274811495261755..comments2023-11-25T10:11:53.126-08:00Comments on smarthotoldlady: Human vs. Computer Memory and LanguageAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771043306270364132noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88618125687586167.post-66862846471957802412012-05-30T10:16:01.142-07:002012-05-30T10:16:01.142-07:00John: While Google has always maintained that its ...John: While Google has always maintained that its default is an AND search, I've had too many OR results come up, and it's failed to find <i>any</i> results when I've used double-quotes to specify an exact string.<br /><br />The prepended plus- and minus-signs were part of Yahoo's Boolean expressions; once again, I've never found them to work in Google.Brenda Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687718956610704894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88618125687586167.post-51763555989764944032012-05-30T10:12:46.011-07:002012-05-30T10:12:46.011-07:00I've had issues with Google giving me "or...I've had issues with Google giving me "or" searches when I've had multiple terms or strings in the search line, despite their early assurances that their default was an "and" search.<br /><br />The prepended "+" was early Yahoo Boolean syntax for "and" and for "required"; I've never known Google to accept that.Brenda Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687718956610704894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88618125687586167.post-72509024828758257582012-05-12T12:05:32.403-07:002012-05-12T12:05:32.403-07:00Elaine: Did you search in Google Scholar? It'...Elaine: Did you search in Google Scholar? It's a much better search engine for scholarly books and articles than either mainstream Google or the fairly limited search tools provided by electronic publishers like JSTOR.<br /><br />Brenda: "AND" is no longer necessary. Searching for ["Adam Gerber" "World War II"] will get what you want (I write the square brackets for clarification; you don't have to type them.) You can also use | for OR and - for NOT. Google will sometimes find pages that don't match all your search terms: you can mark them as absolutely required by preceding them with +.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88618125687586167.post-77635323679389959222011-06-20T14:03:17.749-07:002011-06-20T14:03:17.749-07:00While current search engines are supposed to searc...While current search engines are supposed to search according to relevance, the process of making them "user friendly" made it less difficult to define the parameters of one's search. I used to be able to use the syntax <b>"Adam Gerber" AND "World War II"</b> and retrieve only those items that had both the specific string (name) "Adam Gerber" <i>and</i> the specific string "World War II". The removal of Boolean search in favor of free-text search has, paradoxically, made finding "exactly what one is looking for" more difficult.Brenda Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687718956610704894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88618125687586167.post-33987965608611383352011-06-02T00:32:00.752-07:002011-06-02T00:32:00.752-07:00Hey - I am really delighted to find this. great jo...Hey - I am really delighted to find this. great job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com