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SearchEngines	AltaVista	HotBot	Yahoo!	DejaNews	Excite	InfoSeek	Lycos	WebCrawler
*	x	-	x	x	-	-	x$	-
+	x	x	x	-	x	x	x	-
-	x	x	x	-	x	x	x	-
" "	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
AND	-	-	-	x	-	-	-	x
OR	-	-	-	x	x	-	-	x
NOT	-	-	-	x	x	-	-	-
MAJ/min	x	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
( )	-	-	-	-	x	-	-	x
title:	x	x	-	-	-	x	-	-
domain:	x	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
host:	x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
url:	x	-	-	-	-	x	-	-
applet:	x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
text:	x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
anchor:	x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
link:	x	-	-	-	-	x	-	-
image:	x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
depth:	-	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
feature:audio feature:embed feature:image feature:video	-	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
linkdomain:	-	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
linkext:	-	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
befor: after: within	-	x	-	-	-	-	-	-
site:	-	-	-	-	-	x	-	-

[] What is domain - host - url - applet - anchor - link - site ?

Meta	Description	Use
Joker	you can use *	alum* = aluminum...
+	ibm + apple
-	ibm - apple
" "	exact text sting	" cat get dog"
AND	same as +
OR
NOT	same as -
MAJ/min	technique Technique	technique = technique, Technique, TECHNIQUE technique = ~~technique~~, Technique, ~~TECHNIQUE~~
( )	(pet AND dog) OR (pet AND cat)
title:	search in the title of the pages	title:"ibm news"
domain:	search domain name	domain:usa
host:	search on the sever name	host:microsoft
url:	search inside URL	url:products
applet:	search Java applet	applet:javaclass10
text:	search on the visible text	text:HTML
anchor:	search anchor in the pages	anchor:top
link:	search links in pages	link:home.netscape.com
image:	search images in pages	image:clinton
depth:	search depth in sites	depth:3
feature:	search sounds search plug-ins search images search video	feature:audio feature:embed feature:image feature:video
linkdomain:	search in the link URL	linkdomain:ibm.com
linkext:	search in the link text	linktext:jpg
befor: after: within:	search date before, after, within	befor:28/1/98 after:12/1/98 within:3/days
site:	search in site name	site:sun.com

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