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Subject: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: psamu-ga
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Posted: 14 Feb 2004 18:34 PST
Expires: 15 Feb 2004 05:59 PST
Question ID: 306881

why doesn't this work: 
micah montreal -lexier-locilento -anderson -yui -sport -melnyk -parker -jeppesen

Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 14 Feb 2004 19:12 PST
What do you mean?  When I do a Google search on these terms, the
search appears to function normally.  What is about this query that
"doesn't work"?

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Subject: Re: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 14 Feb 2004 18:39 PST

You need a space before the minus sign that precedes 'locilento'.

Subject: Re: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
From: psamu-ga on 14 Feb 2004 18:58 PST

I had a space. I just copied it wrong.

p.

Subject: Re: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 14 Feb 2004 19:13 PST

In what way does your search not work? What are you hoping to find?

Subject: Re: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
From: steph1000-ga on 14 Feb 2004 19:20 PST

I wasn't aware Google officially supported boolean searches (although
sometimes some boolean symbols do work on Google)
If I were you, I'd try it at http://www.vivisimo.com and I'd put some
quote marks around "micah montreal"

Subject: Re: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
From: psamu-ga on 14 Feb 2004 22:51 PST

When I used this search I got no results. Everything was working fine
until I added the last "-" word. Then, from 100 results it went to
none.

Subject: Re: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
From: pinkfreud-ga on 14 Feb 2004 23:59 PST

I get 4,910 results with this search:

://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=micah+montreal+-lexier+-locilento+-anderson+-yui+-sport+-melnyk+-parker+-jeppesen&btnG=Google+Search

Subject: Re: Is there a limit to the number of -'s?
From: psamu-ga on 15 Feb 2004 05:59 PST

Thanks guys. when I tried it today the same query worked. I must have
hit a bug in Google.

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