"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message
news:QCoPc.164886$OB3.1...@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Chris Shorb wrote:
> > Hi all -
> >
> > Anyone care to give either a link, or a quick tutorial to generate
good
> > searches on google for rulings? LSJ often puts search criteria in
his
> > replies, but doesn't explain what they mean. I don't want him to
reply
> > to this per se, but someone else who is a google master. I looked
on
> > Google's FAQ, but didn't find anything that showed how to generate
those
> > one line searches that bring back the best listings of stuff. Also,
I
> > didn't find anywhere a list of the syntactical shorthand codes to
use
> > when trying to generate Google searches. Things like " " is exact,
or +
> > is something else, what : means, and so forth.
> >
> > Thanks to anyone who replies with info, it will be very appreciated.
>
> Usually mine aer just a few primary and distinctive terms followed
> by author:lsj
Correct. :-) That works reasonably well, although I almost always use
the advanced-search page:
> You can also go to http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
> to compose your complicated query.
There, if I'm looking for rulings posts, I typically put some pieces of
(or full) card titles in the "all of the words" box at the top, select
"sort by date" on the right, and put "LSJ" in the author box. That's
it.
If I'm looking for posts from other people, I usually put
"rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad" in the "newsgroup" box, and sometimes
use the "author" box if I know who wrote what I'm looking for. I still
often sort by date since I find that's frequently a useful way for me to
find what I'm looking for. Sometimes I use the "exact phrase" box too,
but not that often.
Josh
the mad googleator what googles at midnight