What Is ~ for in Google search?

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    What exactly is "~" used for in Google search?

    According to Google Cheat Sheet

    "~auto loan"

    will display loan info for both the word auto and its synonyms: truck, car etc.

    Now when I search for "~hut" , I get Pizza Hut as first result.

    Also Dominoes Pizza is the second result and Papa John's Pizza is the third :D

    Is this a sign of some kind of "latent semantic indexing" used - Google found "Hut" used very often with "Pizza" and so thinks both words are related ????

    Any Thoughts?
     
    sachin410, Dec 2, 2005 IP
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    Infiniterb Well-Known Member

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    Yes, it is used for Latent Semantic Indexing, and has been implemented for quite some time now.
     
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    Bobafart Peon

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    is there a link or tutorial to all of the google search short cuts?

    another interesting one that I learned was "search word site: domain.com" which searches for the search word limited to the specified domain which I thought was rather cool

    anyone got a link?
     
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