Internet Research with Google Advanced Search

Excluding a term

The initial search on just the word greenhouse returned some pages about garden greenhouses. One way to focus more towards the greenhouse effect is to modify the search by typing "gardening" in the Find results without the words box

Use this feature with care. If the term you are trying to exclude could reasonably also appear in pages which are of relevance to your topic you may overlook useful information.

Try this yourself: Using Google Advanced Search search for information on the preservation of the jaguar (ie. the cat, not the make of car or computer game with the same name)

How did you go? In January 2002 searching on jaguar and preservation resulted in about 6,000 results. By excluding the words car and game the results were much more relevant (approximately 2,360 pages).