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Search Tools: Summary and Comparison of Commands The table below summarises and compares a selection of the advanced search commands that are available in Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo. (Yandex will be added shortly). A list of Google’s advanced search operators compiled by Google’s own Dan Russell can be found at /document/d/1ydVaJJeL1EYbWtlfj9TPfBTE5IBADkQfZrQaBZxqXGs/. There is a full list of Bings commands at /en-us/library/ff795620.aspx. DuckDuckGos syntax is at https://duck.co/help/results/syntax . Google Bing DuckDuckGo / Default search Automatically looks for Automatically looks for All of your words but synonyms and variations on synonyms and variations drops terms if the your terms. Drops words from on your term. Usually number of results is low your search if the number of searches on all of your or zero. results is low or zero. words but has started to drop terms if the number of results is low. Wild card or Not user specified. Google Not user specified. No truncation automatically looks for Automatically looks for variations and synonyms. (But synonyms and variations. see Proximity and asterisk below). Alternative terms Use OR for example oil OR Use OR for example oil Use OR for example oil or variations petroleum OR petr