Atomz Search Tips
Taken from Atomz.com
To get more specific search results, try using
the following tips:
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's always best to
try to spell the search terms correctly.
Using multiple words will return more refined
results than a single word. For example, typing
our free product will
return more relevant results than typing just
product. (Keep in mind that
relevant results are returned even if they don't contain all query terms.)
Example:
our free product
The more similar words you use in a search, the
more relevant your results will be.
Example:
safe secure privacy security
Capitalize proper nouns, and remember that
lower-case words will match any case. For example, typing
search will return
all documents containing the words search,
Search, and
SEARCH. Typing
Search,
however, will instruct the search engine to look only for the capitalized word.
Example:
Search Template Reference
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 "all" or
"phrase" radio buttons are selected.
Example:
"our pledge to you"
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 "all" or "phrase" radio buttons are selected.
Example:
+"template language"
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:), URL (url:) or meta target key
words (target:). The field name should be in lower-case 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.
Examples:
title:about
desc:"Our Team"
keys:login
body:security
alt:"join now"
url:help
target:Atomz
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: Examples:
wh*
"wh* are"
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