Timeline for How to search the internet for terms with special characters [closed]
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| Sep 30, 2017 at 21:32 | history | closed | pnuts serenesat jonsca | Not suitable for this site | |
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:57 | history | edited | CommunityBot | replaced http://webapps.stackexchange.com/ with https://webapps.stackexchange.com/ | |
| Dec 2, 2013 at 4:29 | answer | added | Larry Lo | timeline score: -3 | |
| Jan 24, 2012 at 3:17 | answer | added | ale | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 6, 2011 at 10:22 | answer | added | keheliya | timeline score: -2 | |
| Aug 10, 2011 at 4:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWebApps/status/101150108112003072 | ||
| Oct 7, 2010 at 9:25 | comment | added | wilson | putting the keyword (with special character) in quotes does not work. is there any other methods? | |
| Jul 7, 2010 at 22:13 | comment | added | matpie | I usually try to put it in context. If you're searching for something as short as ss! it will greatly help Google if you supply as much information as you can. Also, try putting quotes around terms that need to be found together. | |
| Jul 7, 2010 at 14:20 | comment | added | Mehper C. Palavuzlar | @phwd: I don't know, maybe this was not a very good example. The original question is on Superuser: superuser.com/questions/160334/mm-file-in-every-directory . Anyway, I'll keep an eye on my question. | |
| Jul 7, 2010 at 13:53 | comment | added | phwd | Okay I get it now , but it would depend on the situation, if i do *MM!* I will get the first hit as Symantec site threat list, where just MM! would give millimetre etc. What folder is it in ? is it a program folder a system folder, is that the real file name ? descriptions like these will lead to a better search it still applies to the += case. What are you asking for is localized and will not be able to make a top hit unless more information is placed in the query | |
| Jul 7, 2010 at 8:02 | comment | added | Mehper C. Palavuzlar | @mbrochh: I think you misunderstood. Following my example, if somebody has already experienced this issue and posted it somewhere on the net, I should be able to find it. Searching for a similar problem related to MM! case should not be impossible. | |
| Jul 7, 2010 at 7:42 | comment | added | mbrochh | What does google have to do with files and folders on your computer? I think with Linux you can search for any regular expression so you should be able to find your folders... | |
| Jul 6, 2010 at 12:43 | comment | added | Mehper C. Palavuzlar | Think of this case: My computer has some folders with some files named as MM! without extension. This could be done by a virus or a program. The search results fetched for MM! is nonsense. | |
| Jul 6, 2010 at 12:18 | comment | added | phwd | well the more popular search engines do not preserve punctuation as they use it as operators. I do not understand why you do want to use a programming code search engine if it will do the job. Your only other option is to just use as is for example += ---> plus equals . | |
| Jul 6, 2010 at 7:08 | history | asked | Mehper C. Palavuzlar | CC BY-SA 2.5 |