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			<b>Plain Query</b>
			<br>Searches documents containing word. 
			<br>For example to search for word <b><tt>ASP</tt></b>, simply type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="ASP" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>

			
			<b>Word List</b>
			<br>Searches documents containing few words. 
			<br>For example to find all documents containing both <b><tt>ASP</tt></b> and <b><tt>street</tt></b> type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="ASP street" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>			
			
			
			<b>Phrase</b>
			<br>Searches for exact match of few words.....
			<br>For example to find all documents that contain word <b>ASP</b> followed by word <b>street</b> type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="&quot;ASP street&quot;" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>			

			<b>Filter by Site</b>
			<br>Allows to narrow search up to the site...
			Allows to search sites using start or end...
			<br>For example to find all documents containing word <b>ASP</b> only on <b>www.ASPstreet.com
</b>type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="ASP site: www.aspstreet.com" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>			


<b>Exclude pages containing specified words</b>
			<br>Allows to narrow search by excluding pages containing specified
words or expressions. It is important to put space before &quot;minus&quot; sign
and leave no space after it.<br>
For example to find all documents containing word <b>ASP</b>  but not containing
word <b>provider </b>type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="ASP -provider" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>			


<b>Search by pattern</b>
			<br>Allows to search documents containing words, that match
specified pattern. Character '?' means any character, character '*' means
sequence of any characters. You should use at least 3 non-pattern characters in
the beginning of pattern.<br>
For example to find all documents containing words beginning with <b>provider</b>
type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="provider*" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>			


<b>Logical OR</b>
			<br>Allows to search documents at least one of the specified words
or expressions.<br>
For example to find all documents containing word <b>provider</b> or <b>providers
</b>type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="provider | providers" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>			


<b>Complex expressions</b>
			<br>Allows to search documents, which match specified complex
expressions. Expression can be composed using AND OR | boolean operators,
subexpressions can be grouped using parenthesis. Subexpression can be another
boolean expression or just word, pattern, phrase. Only OR or | operators and
parenthesis can be used inside phrase.<br>
For example to find documents containing either phrase &quot;<b>ASP street</b>&quot;
or word <b>ASPstreet</b> on sites matching pattern aspstree.com, type
			<form method=get action="http://www.aspseek.com/cgi-bin/s.cgi?ul=">
			<input type="text" name="q" value="(&quot;ASP street&quot; | ASPstreet) site: aspstreet.com" size=52>&nbsp;<input type="submit" value="Search with ASPseek!" border=0>
			</form>			
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