Search Tips
To get more specific search results, try using the following tips:
Check spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly.
If Sound-Alike Matching is turned on, the search
engine will attempt to find words that sound similar
to your search terms, but it's always best to try
to spell the search terms correctly.
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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
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Use similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more
relevant your results will be.
Example: safe secure privacy security
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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
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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"
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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"
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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
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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.
Example: Examples:
wh*
"wh* are"
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