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<p>[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 5389360, member: 8258"]My google searches for antique items may look something like this:</p><p>praxinoscope "auction" -ebay</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything in quotations means that the search listing should, theoretically, have that word in the URL, the title, or on the resulting page. *most reputable auction houses have some idea about the items they sell, hence why I want that to be included in the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anything with a hyphen before it excludes listings with that in the URL or listing title (and possibly page text...not sure). Again, theoretically. I don't want eBay listings typically because most people selling on eBay don't know what they're selling. You can exclude a lot of sites like this: -ebay -pinterest -etsy -amazon -chairish -1stdibs...and the list goes on. These sites usually get top billing in terms of SEO placement, and again, they usually either don't know what they have, or you get newer items that say "vintage" "antique" etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this case, I did a Google Image search using the above criteria and I scrolled through and found a match</p><p><br /></p><p>[edit]: Don't discount Google Lens, either. Pretty handy app[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 5389360, member: 8258"]My google searches for antique items may look something like this: praxinoscope "auction" -ebay Anything in quotations means that the search listing should, theoretically, have that word in the URL, the title, or on the resulting page. *most reputable auction houses have some idea about the items they sell, hence why I want that to be included in the results. Anything with a hyphen before it excludes listings with that in the URL or listing title (and possibly page text...not sure). Again, theoretically. I don't want eBay listings typically because most people selling on eBay don't know what they're selling. You can exclude a lot of sites like this: -ebay -pinterest -etsy -amazon -chairish -1stdibs...and the list goes on. These sites usually get top billing in terms of SEO placement, and again, they usually either don't know what they have, or you get newer items that say "vintage" "antique" etc. In this case, I did a Google Image search using the above criteria and I scrolled through and found a match [edit]: Don't discount Google Lens, either. Pretty handy app[/QUOTE]
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