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When should you use Advanced Text Search?
Advanced text search is for very specific searches and not for general searching. Almost everything you need to search for can be found quickly and with better results using the standard search box, where the AltaVista search services sorts the results by placing the most relevant content first. However, if you need to find web pages within a certain range of dates or if you have to do some complex Boolean searches there isn't a more powerful tool on the Web. What's the difference between Search and Advanced search? Although words and phrases work the same in both basic search and advanced text search (see basic search for more information), listed are some differences between the two:
What are Boolean Operators? You can create specific relationships among keywords or phrases using (brackets), OR, NOT, AND, NEAR commands in the Boolean Operator section below the search box.
What do you mean by the term 'ranking'? Usually, the search service sorts or "ranks" the contents of your search according to relevance. The higher the ranking, the more relevant the content. However, in Advanced Search you can view 'unranked' results by just using the Boolean Operations section and not the regular search box. Using Range of Dates: Using the Range of dates section, you can limit your search results to find pages and usenet articles created during certain time ranges. To use this feature, enter both a search query and a range of date. Also if you forget to include the month or year, the search service will use the current month and year.
Note: You must enter a keyword in the query box for the range of dates feature to work properly, otherwise the AltaVista home page will appear in the results.
Optional: Check the Count documents matching the boolean expression box, if you want to see only the number of results for your search. |
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