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?
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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?
Search... Rigid Tile Saw R4040 pricing... that wasn't hard...first hit that shows up tells you all you need to know
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.
You can specify the site if you know you want to search a specific location:
"ridgid table saw" site:www.sawmillcreek.org
You can exclude things like Pinterest that make searching the web really frustrating:
pictures of earrings -site: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(?).
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
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)
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
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.
Thank you, glenn. ..Very helpful.
This is so valuable, Paul. thank you.
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.
If you enclose your search terms in quotes - "rigid R4030" you will only get info on what is in quotes
Good idea to exclude Pinterest. It has forever ruined image searching.Quote:
Originally Posted by glenn bradley
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by glenn bradley
Lots of good info in there, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul F Franklin
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.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce Page
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin Beitz
Yep... Don't want earrings just -earrings minis it out....
Does this help? https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/35890?hl=en
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....
1) "Ridgid Tile Saw R4040 price"
2) Ridgid Tile Saw R4040 $(some price)...(some price)$
Hi, I read the topic and checked the conversation of all. Its really good and valuable.
Do yo know about google search queries? If you don't know about that do a little research on search queries.
I usually google with the appropriate model number or I hide in others. So think what my friends have searched for example
You can enclose the search term in double quotes "sawmill creek". You can use site:example.com to search only within that website.
Like this the results MUST contain the term https://www.google.com/search?q=%22R4040%22
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.
Also, you can try other terms like inurl:"you term here" and it will all show you the query that only used in url.Quote:
Originally Posted by Willliam Martin
This is a little known advanced search facility Google offer Google Advanced Search
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