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Here’s a handy tool to help you visually refine your search terms. Running a search through SortFix lets you manipulate your search terms more easily.

I’ve never quite gotten a handle on all the quotation marks, minus signs, and other search operators. Pity, because they can really help you sift through useless results that Google and Yahoo! sometimes turn up. SortFix takes the headaches away by letting you drag and drop common results into “Add to Search” for stuff you want, and “Remove” for pages you want to skip. As of right now, it only searches Google and Yahoo!, but hopefully more search engines are on the way. But even with just those two engines, SortFix can help you find what you need a lot faster. -BILL FERRIS