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Live Basic Search
http://www.live.com/
Live Search has changed little about its basic search internals in terms of how it
handles queries and the number of basic search options.
Live Search assumes as its default that multiple search terms are joined by the AND
operator, so that a search on the keywords [windows explorer] will find all the
webpages that contain both search terms.
Live Search recognizes double quotes as enclosing a phrase.
Live Search will not return any results if there is no webpage containing all the
search terms. Try this query to see what I mean:
[rollerskate handshake specktioneer]
Unlike Google, Live Search does not limit the number of search terms to 10
keywords. Live will try to match all the keywords you enter.
Live Search is not case sensitive.
Live Search does not offer any word stemming or truncation, i.e., searching for
variations of search terms. A search for [child] will not find [children].
Live Search automatically clusters search results. If you want to see more pages
from a specific site, simply select the link following the uri of the result.
Live permits the use of nested boolean queries in simple search. The operators
must be capitalized. Live Search will run nested boolean queries (those using
parentheses), such as:
[cardinals AND ("st louis" OR arizona) NOT (bird OR catholic)]
Live Search will ignore stop words, i.e., commonplace words, if the query
contains non-stop words; the query [to be or not to be] will only search for the term
"not." However, you can search on any single letter or number by itself, e.g., [1]. You
can also force Live Search to look for stop words either by enclosing the query in
double quotes ["to be or not to be"] or by placing a plus sign in front of the stop word,
e.g., [+1 number] or [+to +be +or +not].
Otherwise, it is unnecessary to use the plus sign (+) with any terms because by
default Live Search searches for all keywords. However, many times searchers need
to exclude certain terms that are commonly associated with a keyword but irrelevant
to their search. That's where the minus sign (-) comes in. Using the minus sign in
front of a keyword ensures that Live Search excludes that term from the search. For
example, the results for the search ["pearl harbor" -movie] are very different from the
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