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By default, Google searches only return pages that include all of your search terms.
There is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep in mind that the order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results. To restrict a search further, just include more terms.
Google ignores common words and characters such as "where" and "how", as well as certain single
digits and single letters, because they tend to slow down your search without improving the results.
Google will indicate if a common word has been excluded by displaying details on the results page
below the search box.
If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.) The one exception to this is "the", which is so common it is not considered in searches.
Another method for doing this is conducting a phrase search, which simply means putting quotation marks around two or more words. Common words in a phrase search (e.g., "where are you") are included
in the search. The sole exception to this is "the," which is not considered in any Google searches.
To provide the most accurate results, Google does not use "stemming" or support "wildcard" searches.
In other words, Google searches for exactly the words that you enter in the search box. Searching for
"googl" or "googl*" will not yield "googler" or "googlin". If in doubt, try both forms: "airline" and
"airlines," for instance.
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