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Re:Get better at Googling by blakesterz on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:27AM (#26914521)
I've found the "around" proximity search to be one of the most useful, if not THE most useful operators. It's SUPER useful if you're looking for something you just know someone must've already posted somewhere but you just can't find it!

It always reminds me of learning how to search databases back in the 90s when you had to pay by the minute and you really needed to know all the operators and how to use them! Old school librarian skills :-)

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Re:Get better at Googling by kevin_thibedeau on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:42PM (#26921013)
AltaVista had this 25 years ago as the "near" operator. Early Google was relatively gimped in comparison with it's limited search syntax in comparison to the main incumbents.
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