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.)
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. 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.
Example:
title:about
desc:"Our Team"
keys:membership
body:security
alt:"join now"
url:help
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.
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