"in" is a very common word

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[twebdonny]

"in" is a very common word and was not included in your search.

My question is this> I can do a search for widgets texas, and then do a search widgets in texas, get the above message yet the results are completely different. What goes with this?

Thanks

[WebWalla]

It's all to do with word proximity, which is different for the 2 different seacrhes.

[John_Caius]

widgets in texas should give the same results as widgets and texas.

[napoleon bona part 2]

Though google says the it ignores words like in, and, or etc., yet the results are always different because of the fact that 'widgets in texas' becomes 'widgets [space] [space] texas (keyword proximity as WebWalla pointed out, and that explains why results are different for 'widgets texas' and 'widgets in texas'. However, 'widgets in texas' and 'widgets of texas' should yield same results.

[AthlonInside]

I couldn't understand, can someone explain further?

word proximity?!

[killroy]

Widgets texas has proximitys 0 as there is nothing between the words. Both Widgets in Texas and Widgets of Texas have proximity 1, as there is one word in between. Similarly all resutls for proximity 2 should be the same.
Try these:

Widgets of the Texas
Widgets and in Texas
Widgets as this Texas

For illustration purposes only.

SN