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Getting better search results

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Many of you have been asking about why the search results are not specific enough. Getting more specific results is simply a matter of giving the system the right query. Here are a few examples of what you can do. This will soon be put in an FAQ on the main site for easy reference.

• Boolean queries. You can use AND to specify if all query terms are required. You may also use OR (the default).
  • tuna AND fish
  • tuna OR fish

• Use parentheses for boolean nesting.
  • (tuna OR fly) AND fish

• Use minus (-) to omit terms. This works like a NOT operator. The order doesn’t matter.
  • tuna fish -sandwich
  • tuna fish -sandwich -salad

• Use plus (+) to require terms
  • consider query tuna recipe vs. tuna +recipe

• Use quotes to find an exact phrase
  • “tuna sandwich”

The punctuation characters are going to be difficult to enter on some mobile devices, sorry.  Hope it’s helpful anyway.

9 Responses to “Getting better search results”

1. The videos aren’t working

   by Dazzler on 2007-07-08 at 12:35 am

2. The video aren’t seen!

   by Pamela on 2007-07-08 at 6:34 am

3. The videos won’t download. The page just changes from ‘queued’ to ‘in preparation’ when i refresh.

   by David on 2007-07-08 at 3:57 pm

4. David, Dazzler, Pamela,
   Thanks for reporting the problem. It was introduced when we added the low-quality stream option. Should be fixed now, let us know if you continue to have trouble.

   by admin on 2007-07-08 at 5:08 pm

5. Fixe xau

   by Sara on 2007-07-10 at 3:11 am

6. Queded videos won’t ever play at all. why is this?

   by bassplayer on 2007-07-11 at 4:34 am

7. Hello

   by Tamer on 2007-07-11 at 12:21 pm

8. during the upload of videos a lot of times error messege 509 comes up. it says that it unable uploae dew to overload but those are the same videos every time

   by Vladyslav on 2007-07-12 at 12:35 am

9. i think it would be better if by default all terms were included ala google.
   Overall tho thanks for a fantastic service. I prefer it to youtube mobile.

   by jono on 2007-07-12 at 6:09 am

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