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The
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To find information about a topic, simply type in a few keywords. The more detailed your query, the more relevant your results. To search for a web site, type 'URL:' in front of the actual site name (such as, url.com). For example, to find the www.pga.com website, search on URL:pga.com
Note on case sensitivity - only words or phrases containing an upper case character will be treated as case sensitive. A search on "usa" will match "Usa", "USA", and "usA", while the term "USA" matches only its uppercase version.
Our search engine also comes with some advanced capabilities to help you find exactly what you're looking for. If you preface a search term with one of the 'special' characters below it will greatly narrow your search results to the most relevant sites...
Symbol |
Translation |
Example |
Usage |
+ / and |
Require this term | +internet | Will only display listings that contain the word "internet" |
- |
Forbid this term | -web or ... +internet -web |
Will only display listings that DO NOT contain the word "web" |
or |
Prefer this term | +internet or web | This will find all listings containing "internet", and will rank those that also contain the word "web" a bit higher. (since web is "preferred") |
" " |
Exactly match this phrase | "Internet Help" | This will find all listing that contain the phrase "Internet Help". Note that using the quote marks forces the engine into a case-sensitive search. |
url: |
Find all entries belonging to a given domain or matching a file name | url:www.golfhelp.com url:*asp |
The top example will return all entries in the www.golfhelp.com domain. The lower example shows how you could find every .asp page listed in the engine. |
mailto |
Find all entries submitted by a person with this email address | mailto:joe@golf.com mailto:joe@golf* |
This is a convenience search, if you know who posted a link (or want to see if a certain person has posted any links, this is how you'd find them. |
* |
The asterisk means - match anything or anypart of a search word where '*' is inserted. | *net* inter*
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The asterisk is a powerful search tool, but has some limitations. It cannot span words - that is, the query "powerfu*earch" would not match the first sentence of this paragraph - and it can represent at most four letters or numbers. To avoid overly broad searches, the asterisk can only be used in words or phrases which have at least three alpha-numeric characters. A search for "th*" would be ignored. |