| Ask Jeeves Shortcut |
Finds Pages That Have... |
| "map", "latitude","longitude" |
any of these words will do a basic search |
| (latitude AND longitude) AND (decimal OR degree) |
group search terms using parentheses |
| po?tland - look for parts of words |
you can do wildcard searches in MapQuest with a question mark |
| post* - search for multiple characters |
postal, post office, posting |
| l*tude - wildcard search |
can also use the * as a wildcard search |
| add~ - find similar words with the tilde |
use the tilde to find address, addressing, etc. |
| "toolbar installation"~5 |
helps you find words that are close to each other; for instance, within five words (the # can be changed) |
| Canadian^4 map |
use the up arrow sign to "boost" a search term for better results (the number indicates the importance) |
| "driving directions" Canada^4 |
boost a phrase (the higher the number, the higher the boosting. You can tweak the numbers for better results.) |
| "zip code" OR "postal code" |
search for documents that contain "zip code" OR "postal code" |
| "postal code" "zip code" |
same as above |
| "city" AND "state" |
search for documents that contain "city" and "state" |
| "city" && "state" |
same as above |
| "map" "longitude" |
earch for documents that must contain "map" and may contain "longitude" |
| "map" NOT "Find It" |
search for documents that contain "map" but not "Find It" |
| "map" ! "Find It" |
same as above |
| "map form" -"form errors" |
search for documents that contain "map form" but not "form errors" |
