Digital Black and White
August 10, 2005Another technique I want to remember.
Using wildcards in Google searches
Google Blog: Fill in the blanks
An alternative is to get the search engine to ‘fill in the blank.’ So instead of asking [who invented the parachute?], you can enter the query [the parachute was invented by *]. (The blank, or wildcard, search is marked by * - an asterisk.)
