Using wildcards in Google searches

August 10, 2005

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.)

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