List of Google recognised abbreviations?

[AndyMacLean]

Does anyone know of a list/resource of abbreviations recognised by Google?

For example does Google recognise w/ as with?

Andy

[LynnPatchett]

That could be an interesting list!

No idea if one exists or not (could be a whole phd of what/why google recognises certain abbreviations in there!), but a quick unscientific test searching for 'fish w/ rice' and 'fish w rice' (I guess I am hungry), shows the serps returned highlighting the word 'with' as well as the words 'fish' and 'rice'.

[AndyMacLean]

Google bolds 'with' when you search for w/ so it does recognise it but does w/ help you rank for a term with 'with' in is the bigger question.

[LynnPatchett]

Indeed that is another question.

I suppose it might if you use it as a second instance of describing 'x with y' in a page's text although the word 'with' is so generic in many instances that I'm not sure it would make a huge difference... I could be wrong though!