| What
you want to do is... |
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for words with the same prefix.
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typing the * symbol
after the prefix like -- key* |
keying, keyhole,
keyboard, etc. |
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for all forms of a word.
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typing ** at the
end of the word like -- sink** |
sinking, sank, sunk |
Find words
close to each other
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typing in NEAR, rather than AND
to get a better match of the words your looking
for like -- system near manager, instead of system
and manager. |
Results will be returned ranked
in order of proximity...the closer the words
are together the higher the ranking of the page. |
Need to retrieve
specific phrases or words.
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using quotation marks around
words like -- "system near manager" |
Results will contain exact phrase
-- system near manager. Without quotes, pages
will be returned containing words "system" and "manager". |
Refining
your search for specifics
|
using AND or NOT keywords to
excluse certain text from your search. If you
are searching for all results of surfing but
now surfing the Net, type in: surfing AND NOT
the Net |
Results will show listings of
pages with surfing in them, but only the ones
without "the Net". |
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