Search Tips

To get better search results, try using the following tips:

Check spelling

 

Use multiple words

Example: our free product

Use similar words

Example: safe secure privacy security

Use appropriate capitalization

Example: Search Template Reference

Use quotation marks

Example: "our pledge to you"

Use plus (+) or minus (-)

Example: +"template language"

Use field searches

Examples:
  title:about
  desc:"Our Team"
  keys:membership
  body:security
  alt:"try now"
  url:help

Use wildcards

Examples:
  wh*
  "wh* are"
  415-*-*

Check spelling

Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. If you're unsure about how to spell a particular term, see "Use wildcards" below.

back to top

Use multiple words

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.)

back to top

Use similar words

The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant your results will be.

Example: safe secure privacy security

back to top

Use appropriate capitalization

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

back to top

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 words "our", "pledge", "to", and "you", but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the document.

back to top

Use plus (+) or minus (-)

Use a plus sign (+) when your search term or phrase must appear in the search results. Use a minus sign (-) when a search term or phrase must not appear in the search results. 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: Leave no spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term. Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.

Example: +"template language"

back to top

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:), 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.

Examples:
  title:about
  desc:"Our Team"
  keys:membership
  body:security
  alt:"try now"
  url:help

back to top

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.

Examples:
  wh*
  "wh* are"
  415-*-*

back to top