# Question about using Google. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 10, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751 "2019-05-10T00:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751/1 "2019-05-10T00:17:43Z")
I want google to find me a pair of pants with specific waist and inseam measurements and return exactly zero results that do not fulfill that request. How do I choose search terms to make that happen? I’m not that picky, though. I’ll happily accept directions to any search engine that will do this for me. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751/2 "2019-05-10T00:36:53Z")
I know that this isn’t exactly what you asked, but Lands End sells men’s pants and jeans hemmed-to-order. Just choose a waist size and then pick an inseam. [Example.](https://www.landsend.com/products/mens-comfort-waist-plain-no-iron-chinos/id_180161) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751/3 "2019-05-10T01:19:09Z")
I’d think this would be pretty difficult, because that information mostly isn’t out there. Most clothing sellers just list the range of standard sizes available, something like: “Available in waist 30-46 inches”. So if your search wanted only 40" waist size, that listing wouldn’t come back – even though they clearly do sell 40" sizes. You’d be better off searching for the style of pants you wanted, and then check their available sizes. P.S. Most mass-produced clothes come in only a standard set of sizes. If you want something unusual, you might have to buy a standard size and then have it altered. That’s easy; within a few blocks of my house there is a dry cleaner, a formal wear store, and a seamstress that all offer alterations on clothes for very reasonable prices. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751/4 "2019-05-10T01:40:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I want google to [. . .] and return exactly zero results that do not fulfill that request. How do I choose search terms to make that happen? Good luck with that. Search engines aren’t that smart yet. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751/5 "2019-05-10T01:53:15Z")
Does going to [www.google.com/shopping](http://www.google.com/shopping) and searching for "pants 34x32” (or whatever size) work for what you need? I get lots of pants, all in that specific size from various retailers as results. Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751/6 "2019-05-10T02:11:39Z")
You can search like this: [https://www.google.com/search?q=levis+30w+30i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8](https://www.google.com/search?q=levis+30w+30i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) Honestly though I think you are better off going to a place that sells pants (like Amazon or Lands End as an example) and they will almost certainly have search tools built in to narrow in on the size you want. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-using-google/833751/7 "2019-05-10T02:53:38Z")
Rather than the general search, click “shopping”. “Shopping” general gives you a bunch of relevent things to filter by depending on the type of thing you’re shopping for, such as “size” and “inseam” if you are searching for “pants”. I generally use Google Shopping as a starting point when I’m shopping for something online.