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Tips
To get more specific search results,
try using the following tips:
Use
quotation marks
Use quotation marks to find words which
must appear adjacent to each other,
for example, "summer school"
Otherwise, the search results will
include the word summer
and the word school,
but not necessarily in that order.
The words may appear anywhere, and
in any order, within the document.
Check
spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. The search
engine will attempt to find words that sound similar your search
terms, but it is always best to try to spell the search terms
correctly.
Use
multiple words
Use multiple words when performing your search. The search results
will return more refined results from several words than from
a single word. For example, typing our free service
will yield more relevant results than typing only service.
(Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even if they don't
contain all query terms.)
Use
similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant
results you will get back.
Use
appropriate capitalization
Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case.
For example, typing search will return all documents
containing the words search, Search, and SEARCH.
However, typing Search will only search for pages
about the Search service.
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.
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:) or URL
(url:). The field name should be in lowercase 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.
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.
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