How do you Google something specific?

[Bruce Page]

I’m looking for info & pricing on a Ridgid tile saw, R4040. Is there a way to search it without having to weed through all the extraneous garbage?

[Barry McFadden]

Search... Rigid Tile Saw R4040 pricing... that wasn't hard...first hit that shows up tells you all you need to know

[Bruce Page]

Well, yeah, did that. It doesn't tell me all I want to know. I'm more interested in if there's a way to Google things specifically.

[glenn bradley]

You can specify the site if you know you want to search a specific location:

"ridgid table saw" site:www.sawmillcreek.org (http://www.sawmillcreek.org)

You can exclude things like Pinterest that make searching the web really frustrating:

pictures of earrings -site:www.pinterest.com (http://www.pinterest.com) versus just pictures of earrings.

Maybe if we knew a specific example of a specific thing you are searching for we could help more(?).

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bruce, you didn't state what info you were looking for. When it comes to tools, I look for the specs. Try this: Ridgid tile saw, R4040 specs

[Matt Day]

I keep it simple:
Rigid R4040 review
Rigid R4040 (Select video tab to watch videos”
Rigid R4040 Forum (to find forum reviews and comments about it)
Rigid R4040 Comparison
Or
Rigid R4040 Shootout (these two sometimes will find magazine articles comparing multiple saws)

[Paul F Franklin]

Well, not to go all meta on you, but if you search for advanced google search techniques, or advanced internet search techniques, you will find a wealth of info.

Here is one decent pdf cheat sheet for Google: http://www.googleguide.com/print/adv_op_ref.pdf

[Larry Frank]

Normally, I just put the model number in the Google search box. Then, with results I select the shopping option and get all kinds of prices.

I also use a site called CamelCamelCamel which gives you a history of prices on Amazon. It will also give you a history of other prices.

[Yonak Hawkins]

Thank you, glenn. ..Very helpful.

[Yonak Hawkins]

This is so valuable, Paul. thank you.

[Bruce Page]

Thanks, I found the info on the wet saw that I needed. My question was really about searching. IIRC, you used to be able to search much more specifically than you can today. I think they even taught classes on how to web search. Searching for something today always brings up reams of faintly related info that you have to sift through. I find it frustrating.

[George Bokros]

If you enclose your search terms in quotes - "rigid R4030" you will only get info on what is in quotes

[Malcolm Schweizer]

You can specify the site if you know you want to search a specific location:

"ridgid table saw" site:www.sawmillcreek.org (http://www.sawmillcreek.org)

You can exclude things like Pinterest that make searching the web really frustrating:

pictures of earrings -site:www.pinterest.com (http://www.pinterest.com) versus just pictures of earrings.

Maybe if we knew a specific example of a specific thing you are searching for we could help more(?).

Good idea to exclude Pinterest. It has forever ruined image searching.

[Bruce Page]

You can specify the site if you know you want to search a specific location:

"ridgid table saw" site:www.sawmillcreek.org (http://www.sawmillcreek.org)

You can exclude things like Pinterest that make searching the web really frustrating:

pictures of earrings -site:www.pinterest.com (http://www.pinterest.com) versus just pictures of earrings.

Maybe if we knew a specific example of a specific thing you are searching for we could help more(?).

Neat trick. It would’ve come in handy a few weeks ago when I was searching for bird house ideas to build with my grandson.

[Bruce Page]

Well, not to go all meta on you, but if you search for advanced google search techniques, or advanced internet search techniques, you will find a wealth of info.

Here is one decent pdf cheat sheet for Google: http://www.googleguide.com/print/adv_op_ref.pdf

Lots of good info in there, thanks!

[John K Jordan]

Lots of good info in there, thanks!

The search modifier I use the most is the "-". If I search and a bunch of results have some common word that is not germane to my quest I'll put the dash in front of that word and search again. This is a simple and fast way to narrow things down. (There can be no space between the dash character and the word to exclude.)

I use this a lot on Amazon. For example, if I want an analog oven thermometer, searching for oven thermometer also gives me a bunch of digital models. I'll add the exclusion to the end of the search string and search again: "oven thermometer -digital" (without the quotes) and all the digital models are excluded.

JKJ

[Kevin Beitz]

You can get a lot of info off E-bay searching also.
Just remember not everyone uses the same words...

[glenn bradley]

You can get a lot of info off E-bay searching also.
Just remember not everyone uses the same words...

So true. If I am looking for something that is sort of like a "your term here" but, do not know its specific name . . . I have spent way too much time looking for something and then accidentally stumble on to the "magic word". That is, the name that it is identified with on the web. Suddenly, I have tons of results.

[Kevin Beitz]

Yep... Don't want earrings just -earrings minis it out....

[Andy Coyle]

Does this help? https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/35890?hl=en

[Kevin Beitz]

If you seeing to much of something you don't want then just minis
it out...
Example... Looking for a truck and you don't like Ford.

Truck for sale -Ford

No space between - and word you don't want....

[Alex Atkinson]

1) "Ridgid Tile Saw R4040 price"
2) Ridgid Tile Saw R4040 $(some price)...(some price)$

[henry joshua]

Hi, I read the topic and checked the conversation of all. Its really good and valuable.

[Helen Johnson]

Do yo know about google search queries? If you don't know about that do a little research on search queries.

[Tobias Jones]

I usually google with the appropriate model number or I hide in others. So think what my friends have searched for example

[Jim Fenton]

You can enclose the search term in double quotes "sawmill creek". You can use site:example.com to search only within that website.

[Jim Fenton]

Like this the results MUST contain the term https://www.google.com/search?q=%22R4040%22

[Willliam Martin]

Hi all, The other conversation related to topic is really amazing, btw you can get result related to any specific query by putting into double quotes " the keywords of your query here" and you will get all the result around the query specifically but if you want the query the i searching should appears in title only then you can search allintitle:your query here OR allintitle:"your query here". If you want result from specific website you can search site:site.com and put related query in-front of it bomb. I hope, this may add value into this thread.

[Willliam Martin]

Hi all, The other conversation related to topic is really amazing, btw you can get result related to any specific query by putting into double quotes " the keywords of your query here" and you will get all the result around the query specifically but if you want the query the i searching should appears in title only then you can search allintitle:your query here OR allintitle:"your query here". If you want result from specific website you can search site: "bowlingocean.com (http://bowlingocean.com)" and put related query in-front of it bomb. I hope, this may add value into this thread.

Also, you can try other terms like inurl:"you term here" and it will all show you the query that only used in url.

[Chris Parks]

This is a little known advanced search facility Google offer Google Advanced Search (https://www.google.com.au/advanced_search)

[Keith Outten]

Google Guide