To get the best possible search results, try the following tips:
Check spelling. Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly.
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.
Use similar words. The more similar words you use in a
search, the more relevant results you will get back. For example:
safe secure privacy security
Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case.
For example, typing search will return all documents containing
the words search, Search, and SEARCH.
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. 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. For example, searching for
title:knights will find pages with knights in the title of the
page. 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. 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.
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