To get more specific search results, try
using the following tips:
Use quotation marks
Example: "lord of the rings"
Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent
to each other, for example, "lord of the rings"
Otherwise, the search results will include the word lord,
of, the, and the word rings,
but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear
anywhere, and in any order, within the document.
Use multiple words
Example: gladiator anachronism jeans scene
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.)
Use similar words
Example: safe secure privacy security
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant
your results will be.
Use plus (+) or minus (-)
Example: +"harry potter"
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.
Use wildcards
Examples:
wh*
"wh* are"
415-*-*
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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