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Search Syntax Summary | 
 
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| Operator | 
Action | 
Example | 
 
| "term1 term2 ..." | 
Specifies that words should be adjacent | 
"laser printer" | 
 
| +term | 
Requires a term | 
+"laser printer" color | 
 
| -term | 
Excludes documents containing a term | 
"laser printer" -color | 
 
fieldname: term | 
Specifies that the term must be found in that field. 
See listing of fieldnames in the table below. | 
title:"laser printer" | 
 
| query1 | query2 | 
Searches the results of query1 with query2,
ranking results by relevance to both query1 and query2. | 
dogs, cats | fleas | 
 
| query1 || query2 | 
Searches the results of query1 with query2,
ranking results only by relevance to query2. | 
trucks, cars || tires | 
 
| Note: Lowercase terms match any case,
otherwise case is matched exactly as typed. | 
 
 
Field Search Summary 
 
| Name | 
Description | 
Example | 
 
|   | 
If no field is specified, the text is searched for in the Title, 
Summary, and Body. | 
color computer | 
 
| link | 
A hyperlink within the text of the document | 
link:inktomi.com | 
 
| site | 
Pages on a specified site | 
site:cnet.com | 
 
| url | 
The URL of the document | 
url:sales/west | 
 
| title | 
Title of the document | 
title:"downhill skiing" title:Washington | 
 
| Note: Please see the
Special Searches page 
for details on field search. | 
 
 
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