How To Use Google To Search For An Exact Phrase

Did you know that there's a quick and easy way to use Google to search for an exact phrase? Say you want to find pages on the Web where the phrase, "health benefits of chocolate" appears.

If you type this in the search entry box:

health benefits of dark chocolate

Google will return 288,000 results (as of this writing)

Instead, if you type this:

"health benefits of dark chocolate"

Google will return only 9,990 results.

Notice the difference? By putting quotes around the phrase you're telling Google that you want to narrow or restrict your search to only those Web pages where that exact phrase can be found.

Incidentally this quick little trick also works on other search engines as well, like Ask.com, Live Search and Yahoo! Search, among others.

Give it a try!