Remove irrelevant Google search results by blocking specific subjects with the exclude command. With hundreds of millions of Web pages to choose from, searching for a specific subject on Google can sometimes seem like searching for a needle in a haystack. If Google returns irrelevant subjects when you search with specific keywords, you might want to block these subjects from your Google search. To block specific subjects from appearing in search results, use the “exclude” command in your Google search.
Difficulty:Moderately Easy1
Launch your Web browser and go to Google.com.
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Type the relevant keywords for your search into the Google search input box.
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Enter a “-”minus sign after the last relevant key word. After this sign, add the keyword for the subject that you want to block. You can exclude as many subjects as you like, but you must place a minus sign before the keyword for each subject that you want to exclude. For example, to search for information about the snow leopard create, you might want to exclude all references to the Macintosh computer system of the same name. Your complete search string might look like this: “snow leopard -macintosh -computer -os”.
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Press the “Enter” key on your computer keyboard or click the magnifying glass button beside the Google search input box to launch the search. Google displays the search results in the main window. Experiment with your keywords and exclusion keywords until you filter results to return relevant Web pages.
Do not insert a space between the “-”minus sign and the exclusion keyword or Google will mistake this as a hyphen.
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