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basic searching..

Put simply, the search scans documents in the site for the terms you input, returning documents containing all those terms. If you search for..

cakes

you will get back a list of all documents containing the word "cakes". If you search for..

cakes Standard
you will get back a list of documents containing the word "cakes" AND the word "standard". In other words, the search operates in boolean AND mode. You can narrow down a search by simply entering more and more relevant query terms. "stop-words" (such as "of", "the", etc), are removed from the search query, and are not taken into consideration.

NOT again..

This search behaviour can be modified in other way, to. The most common is the boolean NOT. This allows you to exclude terms from your search, and is achieved by simply putting a "-" (minus) sign in front of some word, a search for..

photographs -plymouth
would return all documents containing the word "photographs", but excluding any documents that contain the word "plymouth". Again, this is used to narrow down searches, enabling you to "home-in" on the information you need.

You can include multiple NOT words in your query, too.

rank scoring..

The search scores documents by their relevance to your input query.The scoring mechanism is weighted towards terms that appear earlier in your search string, for instance, a search for

rockets candles cakes
would return exaclty the same documents as a search for..

cakes candles rockets
but the results would be returned in a different order, The first with documents more relevant to "rockets", then "candles", etc, and the second with documents that featured more occurences of the word "cakes". This usually gets the most relevant document to the top of the list, useful in a big search with multiple terms.

titles and filenames..

Other aspects of a document are taken into account too.In your search for..

Cat3 candles
any document containing either "cat3" or "candles" in its title, or its filename will receive a bonus.If the entire phrase "cat3 candles" is there, a further bonus is awarded. Another way of getting the most relevant files to the top of your search results.

"phrase" scoring..

As well as the individual query terms, the search considers the query phrase as a whole, and scores documents containing "phrases" more highly. if you searched for..

Cat3 candles
all the documents containing both words would be returned, but any documents containing the phrase "cat3 fireworks ", would be ranked higher. Any "stop-words" ("and", "of", etc) in the original query are taken into consideration when looking for "phrases".

dynamic pages

Some pages on this site are generated dynamically - that is, the content is drawn live from external databases and inserted live each time the page is viewed. This search facility cannot be used to search these external databases. the two principle sections involved are the book section (Amazon) and the worldwide links (ODP dmoz project)

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