\nI mentioned back on April 28, 2019,<\/a> about the minus sign operator in Google Search. You can use it to exclude results that contain a certain word.<\/p>\n \nI’ve noticed, though, that in response to a search that could lead to a lot of different results, Google often returns, at the very top, a paneled display, perhaps with a thumbnail in each, of the first few dozen, most likely results. When I type in the same search but with a minus sign to trim the results, I sometimes don’t get that initial paneled list at all. Yet, the paneled list can be very helpful, even if it doesn’t contain what I was thinking of.<\/p>\n \nTherefore, I do the search first without any minus sign, then refine it as needed in the next one.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about Google Search techniques: the tutor revisits the minus sign. I mentioned back on April 28, 2019, about the minus sign operator in Google Search. You can use it to exclude results that contain a certain word. I’ve noticed, …<\/p>\n