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Tip of the Week (Episode 201224): Special Characters and Google

By Dan Giancaterino •  June 12, 2012

Jenkins Tip of the Week (Episode 201223): Special characters have special meanings in Google. For example, the asterisk (*) can be used as a placeholder in quotations (which require quotation marks, e.g. " "). Boolean NOT is the minus sign (-). Type a tilde (~) before your term to include synonyms. Include an elipsis (..) for number ranges. Finally, mathematical symbols such as $ and % can be used in queries for Google's calculator/converter.

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