Search Tips The search engine by default searches for all the given words and displays the page which has the all given search words. The minimum number of characters for a word to perform a search is 4. Listed below is a example of the boolean searches. apple banana find pages that contain at least one of these words +apple +banana find pages that contain both words +apple macintosh word "apple", but rank it higher if it also contain "macintosh" +apple -macintosh word "apple" but not "macintosh" +apple +(>pie <strudel) "apple" and "pie", or "apple" and "strudel" (in any order), but rank "apple pie" higher than "apple strudel" apple* "apple", "apples", "applesauce", and "applet". * represents 0 or more characters and must only occur at the end of a word "some words" find pages that contain the exact phrase "some words" (for example, pages that contain "some words of wisdom" but not "some noise words") apple banana find pages that contain at least one of these words