Monday, July 20, 2009

Boolean Searching on the Internet

Google
Walking in Ireland.............................................. 18,200,000
Walking AND in AND Ireland........................... 26,600,000
Walking AND Ireland..........................................25,800,000

Copernic
Walking in Ireland ...............................................................63
Walking AND in AND Ireland ............................................77
Walking AND Ireland ........................................................ 69

Metacrawler
Walking in Ireland ..............................................................48
Walking AND in AND Ireland ...........................................78
Walking AND Ireland .........................................................69

Curtin University
Walking in Ireland ................................................................8
Walking AND in AND Ireland .............................................8
Walking AND Ireland ...........................................................8

Google's results were huge but contained a large number of sponsored sites. The best results came I believe from Copernic which also had some sponsored sights. Metacrawler was similar to Copernic and both had helpful suggestions on other areas to search under the heading "Are you looking for?" Curtin University Advanced Search with the exact phrase Walking in Ireland
yielded zero results.

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