How can I get better search results using Google?

Answered By: Reference Staff

Last Updated: Jun 28, 2017 Views: 11

Google is a go-to source for many people because of its comprehensiveness, but that can also lead to unmanageable search results.

For better Googling use the site feature in your search. For example, if you want to find out about poverty in Tennessee you would search: poverty site:*.tn.gov. Using the * (wild card) allows any government site in Tennessee that deals with the subject, poverty, to be included.
You might also try phrase searching, which can be done by putting quotation marks around the phrase. For example: "child abuse" will search those two words in that order, with no words in between.

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