Using Google to Find the Best StackOverflow Result

5 pointsby kvanderdover 11 years ago

Google's search engine is better than SO. Here is how I search google to find the best results on SO:#this limits the google search results just to the SO websitesite:http://stackoverflow.com/#searches for an exact match of a keywordsite:http://stackoverflow.com/ "nested forms rails"#searches for synonymous wordssite:http://stackoverflow.com/ *nested forms rails"

3 comments

InformalReliefover 11 years ago

But tags. If I type in [android] in the stackoverflow search box, it gives me all questions tagged android. This doesn't work if I use google.

auslegungover 11 years ago

Thanks! Simple stuff that some of us know, but I'm still not in the habit yet of using it. Great reminder!

thoughtpaletteover 11 years ago

I always just type stackoverflow.com and hit tab in the chrome address bar.