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To perform a search, type what you are looking for into the search box:
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 is always best to try to spell the
search terms correctly.
Sound-Alike Matching is turned on in this example:
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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 return more relevant
results than typing only service. (Keep in mind, relevant
results are returned even if they don't contain all query terms.)
Example:
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Use similar words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant results
you will get back.
Example:
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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 Atomz.com Search
service.
Example:
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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 Advanced Search Form
"all" or "phrase" radio button is selected.
Example:
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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
Advanced Search Form "all" or "phrase" radio button is selected.
Example:
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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:) 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.
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.
Example:
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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:
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