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Tips for searching for apps

0 replies · 4,515 views · Started 27 December 2009

Since it's been a low-posting holiday weekend and I'm sure that everyone has time on their hands, I thought I'd post a helpful tip.

On the AAS S80 forum another poster once asked me how I was able to locate so many new applications for the 9300.

The trick is to tell your search engine what to exclude.

For example, I use Google and will often use a search string like:

N97 download -games -ringtones -themes -torrent -rapidshare -wallpaper -reviews

This pretty much gets rid of the common "junk" and warez-type sites from the search results.

I also search with Symbian, S60 5th, 5800 and J2ME varients which can bring up sites which don't have N97 specifically listed yet.

Now if I can find a way to exclude those pesky aggregator sites from the search results--you know, the ones that composite links from elsewhere to try and get you to look at their ads.

Enjoy!