How to Use Quotes in a Google Search for Better Results

When you need search results having the exact phrase that you enter in the Google search box, use the quotes operator. The quotes operator narrows down your search results to only those pages that contain the keyword as is. Here's how you can use quotes in your Google search.

Things You'll Need

• Internet connection
• Computer

Instructions

1. Go to the Google homepage.

2. Enter your keywords in the search box, within quotes, for example "major league baseball."

3. Click the Google search button or hit return. A list of pages with these exact words (and in the same order) will be displayed.

Tips & Warnings

• Note that if you do not use the quotes you may get results that would randomly contain any or all of the keywords you list.