August 05, 2003
Google adds '~' operator

Google Weblog: Big News! New Google Operator

So what is the big deal? The ~ operator adds the ability to search for synonyms of the keyword marked with the "~".

Example: weblog help and weblog ~help

According to the Google Blog the ~ character was chosen because it's shorthand for approximate and a good way for users to express their wish to expand searches to include synonyms.

More information at Google's search help


[Via Google Blog]

Posted by jarle at 12:41 AM | Comments (3)