Matt BlazeSep 3, 2023
This may be obvious, but I recently started routinely adding "-youtube" to google searches. This eliminates most pages with links to garbage YouTube-monetized videos that try to attract people looking for basic instructions on how to do simple things. Greatly improves the quality of search results.
Show threadSpaceLifeFormSep 3, 2023

@mattblaze

But without the double quotes, right?

ex: keyword1 keyword2 -youtube

not keyword1 keyword2 "-youtube"

Show threadKen Butler has moved
@SpaceLifeForm @mattblaze putting the minus *outside* the quotes seems to work.
Sep 3, 2023 at 10:52pmWeb
Show threadSpaceLifeFormSep 3, 2023

@nxskok @mattblaze

Yep. The purpose of the quotes is to create a phrase. Once a minus sign (dash) is inside, it becomes part of the phrase, and the dash is no longer a meta character that means to exclude from the search results.

Show threadKen Butler has movedSep 4, 2023
@SpaceLifeForm @mattblaze that's a nice clear explanation of why it works that way.
Show threadSpaceLifeFormSep 4, 2023

@nxskok @mattblaze

I have found these to be useful on google

define:
site:
inurl:
map:
weather:

There are more

hXXps://ahrefs.com/blog/google-advanced-search-operators/