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The primary use for this is to give Google News, Google Books, Google Scholar, or other more specific results, though it can also be used to provide a substitute search engine, like DuckDuckGo or Yandex, if you don't like Google.
 
The primary use for this is to give Google News, Google Books, Google Scholar, or other more specific results, though it can also be used to provide a substitute search engine, like DuckDuckGo or Yandex, if you don't like Google.
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'''Or provide multiple links, up to 10:'''
 
'''Or provide multiple links, up to 10:'''

Revision as of 20:16, 20 June 2017

This template links to Wikipedia:You can search, too (WP:LMGTFY) (and provides a mouse-over tooltip for what the acronym means), and then provides a link to Google search results.

Usage

Basic (search terms at Google.com):

Provide the search term string, with |search= or |terms=:

{{LMGTFY |search=key words here -wikipedia}}

Example: WP:LMGTFY: Algerian Arab OR Arabic -sheep -wikipedia

There are no "Template:Monospace", "Template:Monospace", etc. parameters.


URL only (to any search engine):

Specify the search results URL with |url= or |1=:

{{LMGTFY |url=http://Google [or other search engine] search results URL here}}

Example: WP:LMGTFY: [1]

The parameter must always be named one or the other because the presence of the = character in the results URL will break the template if this parameter is not named; i.e. "Template:Monospace" will not work.

The primary use for this is to give Google News, Google Books, Google Scholar, or other more specific results, though it can also be used to provide a substitute search engine, like DuckDuckGo or Yandex, if you don't like Google.


Or provide multiple links, up to 10:

{{LMGTFY |1=URL_1 |2=URL_2 |3=URL_3}}

Example: WP:LMGTFY: [2] [3] [4]

The |1=, etc., parameter names are mandatory, because most such URLs have the = character in them, and this will break the template if the parameters are not named.