Boolean Operators
Search engines can be considered as a cluttered resume database. Using detailed searches with Boolean search operators can drill down and find the information you are looking for faster. These operators are used to weed out irrelevant pages thereby narrowing your search results to find exactly what you are looking for.
Each search engine is unique and we recommend to review the help section on each of the search engines to determine what Boolean operators are supported.
Boolean Key
AND - The AND operator delivers results with the terms you requested. For example, searching resume and oracle will return pages with both terms - resume and oracle.
OR - The OR operator delivers results with either of the terms you requested. For example, MCSE OR M.C.S.E.
NOT - The NOT operator will not deliver certain words in your search results. For example, Java NOT coffee will deliver closer results for JAVA Programmers and not Java Coffee.
NEAR - The NEAR operator locates words that are located in close proximity to other words. For example, Java NEAR Programmer. Not every search engine supports this operator.
( ) Parentheses - The ( ) operator allows you to group terms and build longer search strings. For example, NOT (submit AND employer) will avoid pages with both names.
* - The * operator is a wild card. Adding a wild card will find words contain the wild card. For example program* will help so you do not have to run separate searches for words similar like: programmer, programming, program
Example of Complex Search String
resume AND (java or JavaScript) AND program* AND (New York or NY or 212) AND NOT (coffee or submit)
* In some case i recommend to go to the advanced search option within the search engine.
Search Engine Quick Guide
AND
AltaVista
resume AND oracle
+resume +oracle
HotBot
resume AND oracle
InfoSeek
+resume +oracle
Northern Light
resume AND oracle
+resume +oracle
Snap
resume AND oracle
OR
AltaVista
resume OR oracle
HotBot
resume OR oracle
InfoSeek
Default is OR automatically
Northern Light
resume OR oracle
Snap
resume OR oracle
NOT
AltaVista
resume NOT submit
+resume –submit
HotBot
resume AND NOT submit
Select “Must not contain”
InfoSeek
+resume -submit
Northern Light
resume NOT submit
+resume -submit
Snap
resume AND NOT submit
Select “Must not contain”
NEAR
AltaVista
oracle NEAR programming
(finds words within 10 words of each other)
HotBot
Not Supported
InfoSeek
Not Supported
Northern Light
Not Supported
Snap
Not Supported
" "
AltaVista
“sales manager”
HotBot
Select “Exact Phrase”
InfoSeek
“Document must contain exact phrase”
Northern Light
“sales manager”
Snap
Select “Exact Phrase”
( )
AltaVista
resume AND (sales OR “sales manager”)
HotBot
resume AND (sales OR “sales manager”)
InfoSeek
Not Supported
Northern Light
resume AND (sales OR “sales manager”)
Snap
resume AND (sales OR “sales manager”)
* (Wild Card)
AltaVista
develop* (finds develop or developer or any other word starting with develop)
HotBot
Not Supported
InfoSeek
Not Supported
Northern Light
* replaces multiple characters, % replaces one character
Snap
Not Supported
Field Searches
X-Ray
AltaVista
host:website.com
HotBot
domain:website.com
InfoSeek
“url must contain” website.com
Northern Light
“words in url” website.com
Snap
domain:website.com
Flip Search
link:website.com
HotBot
“links to this url” http://www.website.com
InfoSeek
“hyperlink must contain the words” website.com
Northern Light
link:anysite.com
Snap
“links to this url” http://www.website.com
Page Title Search
AltaVista
title:resume
HotBot
“words in the page title” resume
InfoSeek
“title must contain” resume
Northern Light
“words in the title” resume
Snap
“words in the page title” resume
URL Search
AltaVista
url:resume
HotBot
Not Supported
InfoSeek
“url must contain the words” resume
Northern Light
“words in url” resume
Snap
Not Supported
Definitions:
X-Raying - searches for pages that are all on the same host.
Flipping - searches for pages that link to a specific page.
Page Title - searches for pages that has specific words in page title.
URL Search - searches for pages that has specific words in the URL or web address.
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