| Query type |
Examples |
Description |
| Plain query |
ASP |
Searches documents containing word <ASP> |
| Word list |
ASP street |
Searches documents containing both words <ASP> and <street> |
| Phrase |
"ASP street" |
Searches documents containing word <ASP> followed by word
<street>. |
| Pattern |
Indust*
Industr? |
Searches documents containing words which
match specified pattern.
<?> means any character, <*> means sequence of any
characters.
Minimal fixed part of pattern is 3. |
| Any word |
* |
Can be used inside phrase, means any word. |
| Plus |
ASP + Web + space |
Searches documents containing all
specified words. |
| Minus |
ASP -provider |
Searches documents containing word <ASP> but
not containing word <provider>.
It is important to put space before "minus" sign and leave no
space after it. |
| Filter by site |
site: aspstreet
-site: asp-one |
Restricts search to the sites with name
containing <aspstreet>
Excude results from sites with name containing <asp-one> |
| Logical expressions |
ASP AND street
ASP OR street
ASP | street |
Searches documents according to specified
logical expressions
<ASP AND street> is equivalent to <ASP + street> or
<ASP street>
<ASP OR street> is equivalent to <ASP | street>
Keywords AND and OR are case-sensitive. |
| Combinations |
ASP + street -provider
ASP AND (stre?t OR provider) AND "Press releases"
"ASP (provider OR providers OR corn*)"
provider (site:sw | site: asp-linux) |
Limitations:
AND can not be used inside phrase. Minus signs are ignored inside phrase.
<site: site_name> filters or logical expressions of it can not be used
alone, but only with the other
query words or expressions. |
