Many search engines provide some reasonably sophisticated options to make a better search. Hopefully answering these questions will lead you to looking at some of the possibilities. Unless otherwise specified, I want an explanation and I want you to test the feature in the search engine. In explaining or giving and example, do not use the examples or the explanations that appear at the site - I want things in your own words with your own examples! When explaining the results that you got, I want to know whether they make sense given your search - whether the search element you used worked as advertised!

Due in one week.

www.google.com Look at the advanced search and the accompanying advanced search tips to answer the questions.

1. Explain the use of the + sign in a search. Show me the example that you used to test and analyze the results you achieved.
2. Explain the use of the - sign in a search. Show me the example that you used to test and analyze the results you achieved.
3. Does google support the use of or? If so explain how it should be used and what it accomplishes.
4. What is a domain and how can you use it in google? Show me the example that you used and analyze the results that you got.
5. Explain ANY, ALL and WITHOUT. Show me the examples that you used to test each of them and analyze the results that you got.
6. Give me a detailed explanation of the options in occurrences. Test each of them and show me the examples that you used and analyze the results that you got. Also please define and explain URL.
7. Explain Page-Specific Searches / Links. Show me the example that you used and analyze the results that you got.
8. Explain how to limit your search to a particular period of time. Show me the example that you used and analyze the results that you got.

www.yahoo.com Look at the advanced search and the accompanying search tips and advanced search syntax to answer the questions.

1. What does a + in front of a word mean? Show me the example that you used and analyze the results that you got.
2. What does a - in front of a word mean? Show me the example that you used and analyze the results that you got.
3. What do quotations do and how should they be used? Show me the example that you used and analyze the results that you got.
4. What does t: in front of the word mean? What does u: in front of the word mean? Show me the examples that you used to test these and analyze the results that you got.
5. Explain wildcard matching using the *. Show me the example that you used and analyze the results that you got.
6. Explain the rules for combining the syntax and in your example use a combination of four. Show me the example and explain the results that you got.
7. Explain how to limit your search to a particular period of time. Tell me what you did and explain the results that you got. Please contrast this with the question you answered about periods of time using Google.