Search Functions: Invisible but Vital

• Basic Query Operators

  • Internet Standard: +, -, ""

  • Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT, NEAR

• Most Useful Features

  • spelling suggestions

  • synonym suggestions

  • language recognition

• Other Features

  • phonetic search - good for names

  • natural-language processing

  • fuzzy matching

  • concept search
    

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Best Practices for Search Engines
Brown Bag, May 2002
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