You can use punctuation in your searches to filter the results you see in Trends.
| Search term | Type of results you see |
|---|---|
| tennis shoes |
Results can include searches containing both tennis and shoes in any order. Results can also include searches like "red tennis shoes," "funny shoes for tennis," or "tennis without shoes." |
| "tennis shoes" | Results include the exact phrase inside double quotation marks, possibly with words before or after, like "red tennis shoes." |
| tennis + squash | Results can include searches containing the words "tennis" OR "squash." |
| tennis -shoes | Results include searches containing the word "tennis," but exclude searches with the word "shoes." |
| tennis - shoes | The hyphen (-) is ignored and the results are treated in the same way as the first example: tennis shoes. |
| center + centre + centere | Results include alternative spellings like “centre” or “centere,” and common misspellings like "centere." Trends considers each version of a word a different search, including misspellings. |