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Wierd Query Results With & Without Quotation Marks

by David
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Hey gang, am doing some preliminary keyword research and these look backwards:

Without quotation marks is supposed to be total # of pages with that phrase
With quotation markes is supposed to be the total number of individual sites competing for said phrase...

is that correct?

if so then why are these backwards??

Videographer without quotation marks

videographer - Google Search

Videographer WITH quotation marks

"videographer" - Google Search

umm either I've got the behavior figured out wrong or something else is up

any insight on this guys n gals?
#marks #query #quotation #results #wierd
  • Profile picture of the author BaloneyTony
    I'm not sure about your specific example, but without quotes shows you sites that have the keywords on the page in any order. It is also possible that a search without quotes could return sites that are related the to the topic but don't actually have the keywords on their page. A search with quotes is for sites that have your keywords in that specific order.

    Not sure about the discrepancy in your example though. Definitely kind of odd.
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  • Profile picture of the author KirkMcD
    Putting quotes around a single word, doesn't really do anything useful.
    You put quotes around a phrase.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Either way, it triggers the google algo to "think" inside your head as to what
      you are really searching for. Google searches are sometimes results that do
      not have the words displayed, simply because google thinks it knows what
      normal people have wanted in the past. Using quotes or not using quotes
      will most likely put a different spin on things, even though we cannot fathom
      how. Many times google splits apart words, many times they don't. They often
      give a : showing results for a,b,c or do you really want AB,C?

      When you say you like coffee hot, do you mean hot, HOT or hot-hot?

      As far as people using quotes for one word, as I said, we cannot fathom why
      or what happens. Just like I cannot fathom why facebook is the #1 searched
      for term. Why? Makes no sense to me. Can't people just go to facebook.com?
      I guess not.

      The search world is a strange place. Aren't you glad we have google to guide
      lost souls?

      Paul
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      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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