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Google's boolean search syntax is the simplest yet most effective tool anyone can use to master search and efficiently get exactly what they want. *actual example taken from the Reddit post that motivated coding this script: * example search terms (AMD is a company name): Vive AMD VR original entry This is because although a search term may be in quotation marks, if it contains 1 or more spaces at the end, Google treats it as though no quotation marks exist at all (see below). This script automatically trims empty whitespaces at the end of a selected word or phrase, before wrapping it in quotation marks. pressing the Numpad Add button will surround your text selection with quotation marks in the search box
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use Shift+Ctrl+LeftArrow and Shift+Ctrl+RightArrow to quickly highlight-select entire words or phrases use Ctrl+LeftArrow and Ctrl+RightArrow to quickly navigate the cursor between the start of words The word or phrase will be placed between quotation marks, search results will contain only your exact terms (boolean search).Īdvanced tip for text selection in search boxes: press the Numpad Add button on your keyboard, it's the '+' sign near your numpad keys highlight-select a term or group from those words enter some text into the Google or Youtube search box (example: song lyrics) V2.0 update: works on Bing, which also uses quotation marks syntax V3.0 update: to work with current Google Search
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"Brillant addon, it save a looot of time in google search when you don't get consistent results :ĬTRL+A and then Numpad+, much quicker than the manual way :) - review by Yoannjap"v4.0 update: should work now on without requiring updates (Chrome tested, Google, YouTube, Bing) Note: only works in Chrome (Firefox incompatible)