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| Accessing information through Yellow Pages of America is easy! Understanding how our search engine works will
help you identify how to find exactly what you are looking for. There are several different ways to access information. Choosing the right method is key. The golden rule is this. The more specific your search the more specific your results. |
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| Basic Search - Methods |
| One Word |
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| When you are unsure about exactly what you are looking for but need a good place to begin your research, ONE WORD searching will provide a broad and extensive list of results relative to the key word you are searching. Keep in mind, our page indexing technology will query every website with relative key word matches. If the list of sites is too broad, narrow your search results by using multiple words in your search. |
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| Tip: If you have time to sift through a massive listing of websites to find what you are looking for ONE WORD searching is the way to go. |
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| Multi-Word |
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| Yellow Pages of America search engine technologies allow you to use multiple words within a search query. MULTI-WORD searching is a great way to begin narrowing your search results. The more words that can be used to describe exactly what you are looking for, the more relevant your search results will be. |
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| Example: Let's say you are trying to find an Italian restaurant that serves fresh sea food and pasta entrees. Your search might read something like this: Italian restaurant fresh sea food pasta |
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| Tip: MULTI-WORD searching will help to target your search results so that you can find what your looking for as fast as possible. |
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| Word Order |
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| When performing a MULTI-WORD search, the "order" in which you organize your key words will impact your search results. Type in your key words in the order of priority. Our indexing technology scans data throughout our entire database looking for keywords that match your search. Manipulating the order of your key words will produce unique relevancy results. |
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| Example: Keyword: Toronto hair salon color highlights will produce search results with an emphasis on Toronto then Hair. Another way to re-arrange the WORD ORDER might be Toronto highlights hair color salon emphasizing Toronto, highlights then hair. |
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| Tip: Experimenting with different WORD ORDER searches will often produce unique search results. To find what you are looking for we recommend experimenting with multiple search methods. |
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