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Chris W · 09-08-2004, 23:31

i have been playing around with google searches and i cannot fathom the difference between these two searches...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=

and http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=

i was under the impression that "and" was excluded from the search anyway... the page states that it is being excluded as an operator and the details link talks about common words being excluded from the search.

I don't know much about search engines, but could it be something to do with and being in there pushing "ann's" to the third word and then searched for with less importance... just a guess!

I have now worked out that replacing "and" with "the" gives exactly the same results... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=

any suggestions anyone...?

09-08-2004, 23:31	#1
Chris W cf.mega poster Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading Age: 42 Services: Virgin Media Broadband Size M Posts: 6,546	google question i have been playing around with google searches and i cannot fathom the difference between these two searches... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta= and http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta= i was under the impression that "and" was excluded from the search anyway... the page states that it is being excluded as an operator and the details link talks about common words being excluded from the search. I don't know much about search engines, but could it be something to do with and being in there pushing "ann's" to the third word and then searched for with less importance... just a guess! I have now worked out that replacing "and" with "the" gives exactly the same results... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta= any suggestions anyone...?