Using DeepSearch 4 > Basic Search

Using DeepSearch 4

Basic Search

AND Operator "&" default operator

By example, let us try to find "Namo DeepSearch" using the AND operator. Since AND is the default operator, entering either "Namo DeepSearch" or "Namo & DeepSearch" will produce similar results.

Condition: Namo & DeepSearch
Result: All documents containing "Namo" and "DeepSearch" will be found

OR Operator "|"

By entering OR in between keywords, documents containing one or more of the keywords will be found. For example, if you enter fish, goldfish, and salmon using OR after each word, the search results will produce documents containing one or more of these keywords.

Condition: fish | goldfish | salmon
Result: All documents containing one or more of the words "fish," "goldfish," and "salmon" will be found.

AI-AND Operator "+"

Combining the above two (AND and OR) search operators will result in AND/OR operator. This will return documents that contain all the search words or just one.

NOT Operator "!"

By entering NOT in front of the keyword, documents containing that keyword will not appear in the search result. For example, if you wish to search documents containing "Operating System" but not documents that contain "MS" together with "DeepSearch," you just need to follow the example below. As you can see, the NOT operator is frequently used along with other search options (Here, in the example box, it is used together with the AND operator).

Condition: !MS & Operating System
Result: Only documents containing Operating System without MS will be found

GROUP Operator "( )"

When using many operators in your search you can specify higher priority to a certain operator. The GROUP operator enables you to choose priority in certain search options. For example, if you wish to initially find documents containing the keywords "Borland" or "Inprise" and then secondarily find ocuments containing the keyword "Product" in the initial search, then you need to follow the below example. If you simply type in "Borland" OR "Inprise" AND "Product," then all documents containing these words will be found. Your search will not be accurate.

Condition: Product & (Borland | Inprise)
Result: Only documents containing Product found together with both Borland or Inprise will be found

WILD Operator "*"

The WILD operator will help you find all documents that contain a certain prefix or suffix that you choose. For example, if you need to find words containing "Ball" then follow the example below. One exception, *ball* will not work.

Condition: ball*, *ball
Result: ball* - ballpark, ballgame, ballplayer*ball - baseball, basketball

PARTIAL STRING Operator "^"

The Partial String operator will find all documents containing a specific word in any place of the text- either as a suffix or prefix. Thus the Partial String operator is a combination of the WILD operator's prefix and suffix option. (ball^ = ball* | *ball)

Condition: ball^
Result: ballpark, baseball, ballplayer, basketball

FIELD Operator

The FIELD operator lets you confine your search to certain fields such as <meta>, <body>, <title> or <href>. First you need to specify the keyword that you wish to search and then specify the target field for the search. Follow the example below to find "Namo" in the guide word field, title field, and body field.

Condition: Keyword:namo
Result: Only homepages that contain the word "Namo" in the keyword field will be searched.
Condition: Title:Namo
Result: Only documents containing the word "Namo" in the title field will be found.
Condition: Body:Namo
Result: Only the body will be searched for the word "Namo".
Condition: URL:Namo
Result: Homepages that contain the word "Namo" will be searched.

Reference

The keyword, title, body and URL can also be shortened to "k", "t", "b" and "u" respectively.

Random Extension Restriction operator (' ')

When you have selected many options in advanced search, you may receive many search results that do not fit your search criteria. The same may happen when you enter a compound noun in the search box. In these situations, you can narrow down your search by entering a random extension restriction operator.

Condition: 'medical insurance'
Result: Documents with "medical insurance" will be found and documents with "medical" and "insurance" will not be found.

Phrase search operator (" ")

You can use Phrase search operator to search for the phrases or clauses within the company name, movie title, or album title. You would need to type "I & you & last & summer & what" to search without phrase search operator in the following example. However, Phrase search operator lets you search for the keyword in the example without any other operators.

Condition: "I know what you did last summer"
Result: Can be searched without using several AND operators(&)

Synonym Extension operator ("#")

When you wish to search synonyms to the keyword then you can use the synonym extension operator to perform this task. Let us try to find all related words of the word "Calculator". The DeepSearch will first draw snonyms from the DeepSearch thesaurus and then proceed with the search on your homepage.

Condition: Calculator#
Result: All documents containing the words calculator and computer will be found.

Phonetic Extension operator ("%")

When you try to search a word but you are not sure of the correct spelling, you can command the search to find all words that sound similar to the word you typed in. Thus, just type in the spelling of the word that you think is close to how it sounds and then adds the pronunciation extension operator to it. To help you through this search process, DeepSearch will show you search options (2-step search) that will try to identify the word you are not sure of.

Condition: Calculator%
Result: calculater, calculator, calculate and so on, words with similar pronunciations can found.