312-50V13 Question #28: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

Which results will be returned with the following Google search query? site:target.com ­ site:Marketing.target.com accounting

Options

• AResults from matches on the site marketing.target.com that are in the domain target.com but do
• BResults matching all words in the query.
• CResults for matches on target.com and Marketing.target.com that include the word "accounting"
• DResults matching "accounting" in domain target.com but not on the site Marketing.target.com

Explanation

This Google search query combines an inclusion operator for a domain with an exclusion operator for a subdomain, along with a keyword.

Common mistakes.

• A. The -site: operator excludes results from the specified site, it does not include them.
• B. While it matches all words, this choice does not accurately describe the domain inclusion and exclusion specified by the site: and -site: operators.
• C. The -site:Marketing.target.com operator explicitly excludes results from that subdomain, so they would not be included in the search results.

Concept tested. Google advanced search operators

Reference. https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/134479?hl=en

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