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How Google Works

A typical Google search.

 

Google will search for:   group     AND     therapy      AND      benefits

 

Google will search for the keyword,   group    and find 1,860,000,000 web pages.

Then, Google will search through the 1,860,000,000 web pages for the keyword    therapy     and find 30,700,000 web pages.

Finally, Google will search through the 30,700,000 web pages for the keyword    benefits     and find 2,020,000 web pages.

How to make Google work smarter

Exact phrase

Use quotation marks to search for your keywords in the exact order you want the keywords.

For example:

"group therapy benefits"                "bipolar disorder"                "bipolar disorder" "group therapy"

 

intitle:

Retrieves web pages with all your keywords in the title of the web page.

For example:

intitle:"group therapy benefits"                intitle:"bipolar disorder" intitle:"group therapy"

 

Specific domain (site:.)

Retrieves web pages with your specified domain in the URL.

For example:

intitle:"group therapy" site:.edu               intitle:"group therapy benefits" site:.gov               "bipolar disorder" site:.org

 

A smarter Google search:

A smarter Google search using limiters.

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