Boolean partial word / wildcard search

[David Evans]

Hi All

Is it possible to do a partial word search in Boolean? ie. "account*" to bring up the words "accountant", "accounting", "accounts" etc

It doesnt seem to work for me with this string:

site:au.linkedin.com -pub.dir "Current * * account*" Industry * Retail" "Location * Adelaide area Australia"

Nor does this one (though I dont think Im doing it correctly):

site:au.linkedin.com -pub.dir "Current * * account OR accounts OR accountant OR accounting" Industry * Retail" "Location * Adelaide area Australia"

Any assistance on this would be greatly appreciated

[Dave Galley]

David,

This behavior is not controlled by an operator on Google.

Google will normally seek 'similar' terms to any keywords which are not enclosed in quotes, however.