|
Symbol |
Translation |
Example |
Usage |
|
+ / and |
Require this term |
+internet |
Will only display listings that contain the word "internet" |
|
- |
Forbid this term |
-web
or ...
+internet -web |
Will only display listings that DO NOT contain the word "web" |
|
or |
Prefer this term |
+internet or web |
This will find all listings containing "internet", and
will rank those that also contain the word "web" a bit
higher. (since web is "preferred") |
|
" " |
Exactly match this phrase |
"Internet Help" |
This will find all listing that contain the phrase "Internet
Help". Note that using the quote marks forces the engine into a
case-sensitive search. |
|
url: |
Find all entries belonging to a given domain or matching a file
name |
url:www.mysite.com
url:*asp |
The top example will return all entries in the
www.mysite.com domain. The lower
example shows how you could find every .asp page listed in the engine. |
|
mailto |
Find all entries submitted by a person with this email address |
mailto:fred@mysite.com
mailto:fred@mysi* |
This is a convenience search, if you know who posted a link (or
want to see if a certain person has posted any links, this is how
you'd find them. |
|
* |
Match anything |
inter*
|
You can use the asterisk as a "wildcard" to match parts
of a word. In our example, the search would return any listing with
any word starting with "inter". The asterisk does have one
limitation: it cannot span words - that is, the query "mat*arts"
would not match the first sentence of this description - and it can
represent at most four letters or numbers. To avoid overly broad
searches, the asterisk can only be used in words or phrases which
have at least three characters, so a search for "th*" or "an*"
would be ignored. |
