What will the Google search query 'site:target.com - site:Marketing.target.com accounting' return?

What will the Google search query 'site:target.com - site:Marketing.target.com accounting' return?

• A. Results matching 'accounting' within target.com but not on Marketing.target.com
• B. Results from Marketing.target.com only
• C. Results from any site containing 'accounting' on Marketing.target.com
• D. No results returned due to query error

Answer: (A)

This uses Google search operators to combine a domain filter with an exclusion. The site:target.com part limits results to pages on target.com. The minus operator before site:Marketing.target.com excludes any pages that are on that Marketing subdomain. The remaining results are pages on target.com that contain the word accounting, but none from Marketing.target.com. In other words, you get accounting-related pages on target.com overall, excluding the Marketing.target.com subdomain.

This uses Google search operators to combine a domain filter with an exclusion. The site:target.com part limits results to pages on target.com. The minus operator before site:Marketing.target.com excludes any pages that are on that Marketing subdomain. The remaining results are pages on target.com that contain the word accounting, but none from Marketing.target.com. In other words, you get accounting-related pages on target.com overall, excluding the Marketing.target.com subdomain.