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Mon, 08/04/2003 - 20:04 — Christoph C. Cemper

Google has a new cool search feature that enables users to search not only for a particular keyword, but also for its synonyms. This is accomplished by placing a ~ character directly in front of the keyword in the search box.

For example, to search for browser help as well as browser guides and tutorials users can search for browser ~help. The ~ character was chosen because it’s shorthand for approximate and a good way for users to express their wish to expand searches to include synonyms More information is available at google…

Waxy already found out how to find out which synonyms Google is using ...

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