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The VH Trade site's new search script is based on Google's spidering search engine. If the normal search on the VH Trading site isn't producing enough and/or accurate search results, try one the following tips. If you're an advanced user of Google, some of these may look familiar: Phrase Searches Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in double quotes ("like this") will appear together in all results exactly as you have entered them. Phrase searches are especially useful when searching for famous sayings or proper names. This is probably the best way to get specific, accurate results fast. " + " Searches The VH Trade site search ignores common words and characters such as "where" and "how", as well as certain single digits and single letters, because they tend to slow down your search without improving the results. The VH Trade site search will indicate if a common word has been excluded by displaying details on the results page below the search box. If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.) Another method for doing this is conducting a phrase search, which simply means putting quotation marks around 2 or more words. Common words in a phrase search (e.g., "where are you") are included in the search. For example, to search for Diver Down use: " - " Searches Sometimes what you're searching for has more than one meaning; "bass" can refer to fishing or music. You can exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of the term you want to avoid. (Be sure to include a space before the minus sign.) For example, to find web pages about Video that do not contain the word "VHS", type: " ~ " Searches You may want to search not only for a particular keyword, but also for its synonyms. Indicate a search for both by placing the tilde sign ("~") immediately in front of the keyword. For example, to search for video media as well as mpeg and dvd information, use: "OR" Searches Similarly to Google, the VH Trade site search supports the logical "OR" operator. To retrieve pages that include either word A or word B, use an uppercase OR between terms. For example, to search for pages that contain either Cobo Hall or Detroit, just type: Numrange Searches Numrange can be used to specify that results contain numbers in a range you set. You can conduct a numrange search by specifying two numbers, separated by two periods, with no spaces. Be sure to specify a unit of measure or some other indicator of what the number range represents. For example, you might conduct a search for DVD burner $50..200 or 3..5 megapixel digital camera. Numrange can be used to set a range for everything from dates (Sammy Hagar 1973..1984) to units of measurement (10000..50000 watt sound system). Forum-Only Searches You can also choose to search only posts on the VH Trade Forums apart from the rest of the site. Use the advanced form below to specify what you want to search for:
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