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I would only use our search if

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears in the question or answer.

  "elephant muscles".

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears within a SPECIFIC TAG

  [search] "elephant muscles"

(that's how I use it)

For anything fuzzier, you'll be better off with Google. There's a reason Google is a trazillion dollar company and we are just 3 guys in a windowless, musty basement with a single unshaded lightbulb hanging down from a frayed electrical extension cord.

That's all I'm saying.

p.s. http://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22elephant+muscles%22

I would only use our search if

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears in the question or answer.

  "elephant muscles".

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears within a SPECIFIC TAG

  [search] "elephant muscles"

(that's how I use it)

For anything fuzzier, you'll be better off with Google. There's a reason Google is a trazillion dollar company and we are just 3 guys in a windowless, musty basement with a single unshaded lightbulb hanging down from a frayed electrical extension cord.

That's all I'm saying.

p.s. https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22elephant+muscles%22

I would only use our search if

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears in the question or answer.

  "elephant muscles".

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears within a SPECIFIC TAG

  [search] "elephant muscles"

(that's how I use it)

For anything fuzzier, you'll be better off with Google. There's a reason Google is a trazillion dollar company and we are just 3 guys in a windowless, musty basement with a single unshaded lightbulb hanging down from a frayed electrical extension cord.

That's all I'm saying.

p.s. http://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22elephant+muscles%22

EDIT: We now force any terms in your search which map directly to a top 40 tag, to be that tag. In other words, if you search for

c++ pointers

the system will auto-convert this to

[c++] pointers

on your behalf

I would only use our search if

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears in the question or answer.

  "elephant muscles".

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears within a SPECIFIC TAG

  [search] "elephant muscles"

(that's how I use it)

For anything fuzzier, you'll be better off with Google. There's a reason Google is a trazillion dollar company and we are just 3 guys in a windowless, musty basement with a single unshaded lightbulb hanging down from a frayed electrical extension cord.

That's all I'm saying.

p.s. http://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22elephant+muscles%22

I would only use our search if

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears in the question or answer.

  "elephant muscles".

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears within a SPECIFIC TAG

  [search] "elephant muscles"

(that's how I use it)

For anything fuzzier, you'll be better off with Google. There's a reason Google is a trazillion dollar company and we are just 3 guys in a windowless, musty basement with a single unshaded lightbulb hanging down from a frayed electrical extension cord.

That's all I'm saying.

p.s. http://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22elephant+muscles%22

I would only use our search if

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears in the question or answer.

  "elephant muscles".

• you know an EXACT PHRASE that appears within a SPECIFIC TAG

  [search] "elephant muscles"

(that's how I use it)

For anything fuzzier, you'll be better off with Google. There's a reason Google is a trazillion dollar company and we are just 3 guys in a windowless, musty basement with a single unshaded lightbulb hanging down from a frayed electrical extension cord.

That's all I'm saying.

p.s. http://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22elephant+muscles%22

EDIT: We now force any terms in your search which map directly to a top 40 tag, to be that tag. In other words, if you search for

c++ pointers

the system will auto-convert this to

[c++] pointers

on your behalf