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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 21584" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>What I do - I copy a string of words, extracted from the piece I want. Where possible I try to choose phrases which are distinctive. I also make sure that whatever string of words I'm using, I've got it RIGHT. Then I paste these words between double quote marks into the search engine. That should work. If you know the singer/songwriter you add that OUTSIDE the quote marks, maybe inside a second set of double quote marks, to narrow the hit rate.</p><p></p><p>Example - I want to find the lyrics to "Banks of the Ohio". If the title alone won't get it (and it probably won't, because there will be real estate ads or tourism ads which refer to a place as being "on the banks of the Ohio River") then I go through what I remember in my mind - "I asked my love to take a walk". Hmm, is that going to be enough? A lot of songs have that sequence. "Take a walk" is going to get a lot of hits which have nothing to do with the song.</p><p></p><p>You try this, and you try that. if you make your search too general you'll get a lot of 'noise'. If you make it too specific you could get nothing.</p><p></p><p>I do the same thing if I'm trying to find out if the latest virus warning email is hoax or not. I COULD go to one of many hoax busting websites, but I copy a distinctive patch of text into the search engine and generally get an answer within seconds.</p><p></p><p>Just remember the double quote marks.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 21584, member: 1991"] What I do - I copy a string of words, extracted from the piece I want. Where possible I try to choose phrases which are distinctive. I also make sure that whatever string of words I'm using, I've got it RIGHT. Then I paste these words between double quote marks into the search engine. That should work. If you know the singer/songwriter you add that OUTSIDE the quote marks, maybe inside a second set of double quote marks, to narrow the hit rate. Example - I want to find the lyrics to "Banks of the Ohio". If the title alone won't get it (and it probably won't, because there will be real estate ads or tourism ads which refer to a place as being "on the banks of the Ohio River") then I go through what I remember in my mind - "I asked my love to take a walk". Hmm, is that going to be enough? A lot of songs have that sequence. "Take a walk" is going to get a lot of hits which have nothing to do with the song. You try this, and you try that. if you make your search too general you'll get a lot of 'noise'. If you make it too specific you could get nothing. I do the same thing if I'm trying to find out if the latest virus warning email is hoax or not. I COULD go to one of many hoax busting websites, but I copy a distinctive patch of text into the search engine and generally get an answer within seconds. Just remember the double quote marks. Marg [/QUOTE]
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