Number Searching at Google

With all the cosmetic changes and bad news this week, I am pleased to see some new and potentially very useful syntax from Google. The number range search lets you search for a range of numbers, say for any number between 5 and 11. It even searches for numbers with and without commas and includes decimals such as 7.23. The number range command consists of a smaller number, two periods, and larger number which can be used in conjunction with another search word, as in score 5..11. Adding a dollar sign invokes the price range search which actually searches for the dollar sign, (although it does not yet recognize the pound (£), Yen (¥), or Euro (€) characters) as in good books $5..11. See the new number searching section of my Google review for more details.