Welcome to my e-book on Search Engines for the world wide web by Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner. A Visual quickstart guide published by Peachtree press, ISBN 0-201-73401-x, read in December 2005.
PART OF APPENDIX A
| for this type of search | do this: | example: |
|---|---|---|
| Plain- english question | Not Recommended. | |
| Phrase Search | surround by "double qoutes" | "?" |
| AND search | use a (+) plus sign in front of each word | +london+"art museum" |
| OR search | Type words or phrases separated by a space, w/o any special notation. | woodworking cabinetry |
| NOT search | use the (-) minus sign before the word. | pyton -monty |
| case sesitive search | n/a | |
| date search | n/a | |
| field search | to search titles of web age documents, use t: directly in front of a word or phrase To search web page URLs, use u: directly in front of the word or phrase. To search for multiple words, use multiple u: search terms with the (+) plus signs | t:"oriental rugs" u:carpeting +u:oriental +u:rug |
| nested search | n/a | |
| proximity search | n/a | |
| wildcard search | use an (*)asterisk at the end of a word | brit* |
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