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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.
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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 yield more
relevant results than typing only service.
(Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even if they don't contain
all query terms.)
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Use
similar words
The more similar words you use in a
search, the more relevant results you will get back.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Use
field searches
Field searches allow you to create
specific 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.
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