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Check spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly.
Use multiple words
Using multiple words will return more refined results than a single
word. For example, typing our free product will return more relevant
results than typing just product. (Keep in mind that relevant results
are returned even if they don't contain all query terms.)
Example: our free product
Use similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant your
results will be.
Example: safe secure privacy security
Use appropriate capitalization
Capitalize proper nouns, and remember that lower-case words will
match any case. For example, typing search will return all documents
containing the words search, Search, and SEARCH. Typing Search,
however, will instruct the search engine to look only for the capitalized
word.
Example: Search Template Reference
Use quotation marks
Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to
each other, for example, "our pledge to you." Otherwise,
the search results will include the word our, pledge, to, and the
word you, but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear
anywhere, and in any order, within the document.
Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons
for "any," "all," and "phrase," then
quotes can only be used when the "any" radio button is
selected. Quotes are ignored if the "all" or "phrase"
radio buttons are selected.
Example: "our pledge to you"
Use plus (+) or minus (-)
Use a plus sign when your search term or phrase must appear in the
search results. Use a minus sign to indicate undesirable term(s).
The plus sign tells the search engine that a certain word or phrase
is required in the search results, and a minus sign indicates that
a word or phrase must be absent in the search results.
Note: A phrase must be contained within quotation marks. Leave no
spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term.
Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons
for "any," "all," and "phrase," then
plus and minus can only be used when the "any" radio button
is selected. Plus and minus are ignored if the "all" or
"phrase" radio buttons are selected.
Example: +"template language"
Use field searches
Field searches allow you to create specific searches for words that
appear in a specific part of a document. A field search can be performed
on body text (body:), title text (title:), alt text (alt:), meta
description (desc:), meta key words (keys:), URL (url:) or meta
target key words (target:). The field name should be in lower-case
and immediately followed by a colon. There should be no spaces between
the colon and the search term.
Note: The field searches can only be followed by a word or phrase.
Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.
Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with a list box
for the field name, then field names can only be entered before
a word or phrase when the "any" option is selected. Specific
field names are ignored if any other Advanced Search Form field
is selected in the list box.
Examples:
title:about
desc:"Our Team"
keys:login
body:security
alt:"join now"
url:help
target:Atomz
Use wildcards
Wildcard searches can expand the number of matches for a particular
request. The * character is used as the wildcard character.
For instance, searching for wh* will find the words what, why, when,
whether, and any other word that starts with wh.
Searching for *her* will find the words here, whether, together,
gathering, and any other word that contains her anywhere in the
word.
Wildcards may be combined with the standard plus (+) and minus (-)
modifiers, quotes for phrases, as well as the field search specifiers.
+wh* -se*ch will find all pages which have a word that starts with
wh and which does not contain a word that starts with se and ends
with ch.
"wh* are" will find the phrases where are, what are, why
are, etc.
Examples:
wh*
"wh* are"
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