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engine to look up any keyword or phrase and view matches in
our website. To get more specific search results, try using
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- Check spelling
- Use multiple words
- Example:
our free product
- Use similar words
- Example:
safe secure privacy security
- Use appropriate capitalization
- Example:
Search Template Reference
- Use quotation marks
- Example:
"our pledge to you"
- Use plus (+) or minus (-)
- Example:
+"template language"
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- Use field searches
- Examples:
title:about
desc:"Our Team"
keys:login
body:security
alt:"join now"
url:help
target:Atomz
- Use wildcards
- Examples:
wh*
"wh* are"
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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.
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.
Example: Examples:
wh*
"wh* are"
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