Boolean search allows to lookup pages containing some word and not containing other.
To express the fact that a page must contain a word, a + sign must be placed in front of the word.
To search for all pages not containing a word, a - sign should be used.
For example, you can search +net -"Internet"
which will show pages containing
net
, network
, etc., only if they don't contain
Internet
. Note that searching for -word
or
+foo -foo
will produce no results.
Refined boolean search can be done by mixing a boolean expression with normal words.
Searching +net +Foo bar
will sort results showing pages containing
net
, Foo
and optionally bar
first.