CaSe sensitive search engine?

[OuTpaTienT]

Is there a search engine on the web that will do searches using case sensitive text? I know Google doesn't. I'm not aware of any so if there is one out there please let us know.

[MitaDC]

ok OuT, go back to the white padded cell. . . why would u want one? It would be fun to screw with and see what comes up with different cases. . .

[XxCowOfChaosxX]

He wants it so he can search up his uniquely capitalized "OuTpaTienT" I bet...:P

[spatty11]

For example if I search for "air," I will get hundreds of thousands of hits about the gas that comprises our atmosphere. Let's suppose I want to eliminate all of those and search only for the famous cracking team "AiR," I could not do so using case sensitivity alone (which would be the most simple and efficient method). The same goes for "ArCADE," "AMPLiFY," and "COBaLT."

I'm sure there are less nefarious examples, but I can't think of any right now (I came across this thread via Google while searching for an engine that would separate "COBaLT" from "cobalt").

Spatcoelectric

[OuTpaTienT]

Well, obviously this is a needed tool. Someone create a search engine that uses case sensitivity and you'll be the next Internet billionaire. I guarantee it.

[EXreaction]

To get case sensitivity, the amount of data that would have to be stored is much higher than what Google has already.

Building a search engine to search with case sensitivity is easy enough, but having the resources to have a decent search engine requires millions of dollars.

[GraysonPeddie]

Really? So, if I'm doing a SQL-related case-sensitive search for SELECT, PROJECT OVER, GIVING, etc., it will just take a minute to search. That is much more efficient than having to search for hours when it comes to do my homework. I do have a textbook, but unfortunately, I'm not comfortable reading books due to my visual impairement.

[HolyPossumPants]

Case sensitive search engines used to exist about 10 years ago, but the demand was so low that one by one they all removed the feature. AltaVista was the last one to go; if you search for information you can find a lot of pages still claiming they are case-sensitive, but that hasnt been true for about eight years. In other words, case sensitive search is a thing of the past, not the future.

[RobRich]

You can search Google with case sensitivity using a third-party app. It first utilizes a generic search, then filters the results using your desired case sensitive string. YMMV, but it does exist.

Case sensitive Google Search

[rkh]

Engineers and scientists are VERY MUCH in need of a good case-sensitive search engine. For instance, if I search for the copper-beryllium alloy CuBe on Google, the vast majority of the 60,700,000 hits are trash; anything from the Nissan Cube to Rubik's cube. Most people don't need case sensitivity, but that still leaves millions who do.

[wallyh]

He wants it so he can search up his uniquely capitalized "OuTpaTienT" I bet...:P

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[rkhertz]

"CaSe" is the perfect example. If you are searching for the 20,700 pages referring to calcium selenide (CaSe), you are not interested in the 716,000,000 pages referring to "case". As far as I know, AltaVista was the last free search engine with a case-sensitive capability. I used to use it all the time, but switched to Google when AltaVista dropped case-sensitivity some years ago. Google Scholar does not have case-sensitivity, but is a reasonable choice if you want to limit your search to the scholarly literature. If you can afford the hefty price-tag and want to limit your search to the scholarly literature, go with STN Express or SciFinder, which allow case-sensitive searches. Some (not all) university libraries will let guests use their subscriptions to these two databases, but I think it is a violation of their terms-of-use.

[Watchinit]

For example if I search for "air," I will get hundreds of thousands of hits about the gas that comprises our atmosphere. Let's suppose I want to eliminate all of those and search only for the famous cracking team "AiR," I could not do so using case sensitivity alone (which would be the most simple and efficient method). The same goes for "ArCADE," "AMPLiFY," and "COBaLT."

I'm sure there are less nefarious examples, but I can't think of any right now (I came across this thread via Google while searching for an engine that would separate "COBaLT" from "cobalt").

Spatcoelectric

Here's a great example. "IDEaL" project management brings up pages of what people think is great ideal project management, but nothing on the trademarked PM process. Yes, generally I prefer not case sensitive, but in this case it is very limiting, no pun intended.