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Keyword search tips

Most of the time entering a keyword like "campfires" or "bake ovens" or "permits" will get you started just fine. But here are some simple operators you can experiment with to refine your search (think of these as a tiny query language).

Operator Meaning Example Finds
+ AND operator; word must be included; use this most of the time +apples +oranges both "apples" and "oranges" must be found in the same document.
- NOT operator; word must not be included apples -oranges "apples" must be found without the word "oranges".
* wild card (must be appended to the end) camp* camp, camps, campfire, campfires, Campbell
<blank> absence of an operator is interpreted as OR; any document with the word will be found apples oranges any document with either "apples" or "oranges" will be found
"<phrase>" exact phrase; words enclosed in double quotes must be found exactly "orange apples" the phrase "orange apples" must be found
(<term>) grouping; search terms in parentheses are evaluated separately +bananas +(apples oranges) find "bananas" with either "apples" or "oranges"

Note that keywords less than four characters long are ignored.

Keywords are searched in the Title, Caption, Location, Description, and Body of documents.

Keyword search does not look for the root of plurals. So "campfires" will not find "campfire", nor will "campfire" find "campfires". To find both use "campfire*".

Some (very commonly used) keywords are ignored altogether. These are called "stopwords". For a list see stopwords.

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Description: This is the blog for the site's editor

Date: 29-Aug-2011 by Jutta Mason [552]

Henrik Bechmann's Blog  Personal opinions

Description: These are the personal reflections of Henrik Bechmann, who has been watching developments around Ward 18 for quite a few years. Although Henrik is the webmaster of this website, these blogs are entirely his personal views.

Date: 27-Aug-2012 by Henrik Bechmann [5716]

John Bowker's blog

Date: 27-Jan-2012 [981]

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Date: 09-Apr-2012 [1144]

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Description: This is the blog of the site's webmaster

Date: 25-Jan-2011 by Henrik Bechmann [551]

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