AlltheWeb: New Search Options & Tools, Boolean Now Available
Web Search--AlltheWeb AlltheWeb Online With New Advanced Search Options and Tools
We have several things to report from ATW today. 1) Boolean Ready!
Hooray, ATW now recognizes Boolean! To use it, go to the Advanced Search page and select "Boolean Expression"
from the pull-down menu located to the left of the search box. Here's the syntax (lower case only): and, or, and not. Nested searching also works.
- 2) "Rank" a Search Term
If you use the Boolean search option another term is available, "rank". Using rank at the end of a Boolean strategy gives another term a higher weighting in the result set. For example, florida and golf andnot "Arnold Palmer" rank LPGA. At this time you're only able to rank with a single term. Very similar to AltaVista's "Sorted By" capability.
- 3) Language Options
Below the search box you'll now notice two "radio" buttons. ATW now recognizes your IP and determines where you're located. You're offered two language limit options. The first "radio button" allows you to search all languages while the second button limits your search to the language or languages spoken in your country plus English. For example, a searcher from Germany would see "Search All Languages" or "Search German and English". Btw, language options can be changed by simply making choices from the customize preferences section.
- 4)Long Overdue: An ATW Examples Page
Learn about the entire array of ATW's advanced query syntax. Search syntax continues to be updated and made easier to use. For example, title: (terms in the title tag), link: (pages linking to a specific page), and url: (terms in the url) now work.
- 5)AlltheWeb Bookmark Buttons And More
Run an ATW search by highlighting a term(s) on any web page and clicking the button you've added to your toolbar.Tools are available for IE, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, and Apple's Sherlock. Look for the links under the "AlltheWeb Search Tools" heading.
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