# Google Searching

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 9, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653 "2011-12-09T19:10:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653/1 "2011-12-09T19:10:04Z")

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What’s the syntax for searching the boards via Google?

If I want to search for a specific phrase, how do I input the search? Something along the lines of:

sdmb: “search phrase”

??  
Little help?

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653/2 "2011-12-09T19:13:04Z")

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“phrase here” site:boards.straightdope.com/sdmb

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653/3 "2011-12-09T19:20:31Z")

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Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653/4 "2011-12-09T19:36:42Z")

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All you really need is **“phrase here” site:straightdope.com** if you don’t mind the very occasional column in the results.

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**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653/5 "2011-12-09T21:37:42Z")

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Or, instead of “remembering” what to do each time, use the advanced page:  
[http://www.google.com/advanced\_search?hl=en](http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en)

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653/6 "2011-12-10T07:47:34Z")

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Ironically, searching google for “search sdmb with Google” brings up [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=518829) very useful thread, which has now been incorporated into the [FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11650034&postcount=13).

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-searching/605653/7 "2011-12-10T16:40:22Z")

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The results are the same, but I’ve found it far easier to reverse the order:

site:straightdope.com keywords

SDMB is pretty much the only site I specifically search, so whenever I want to do a search, it’ll autocomplete for me.