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This will open a new browser window. When at Google.com, you will see the usual Google Search box, but with our Website address already inside. Type one space ( ) after that address in the Google Search box, then the word(s) you wish to find on our site. The results will show you the pages which contain your search target, and you can then browse them to find what you are seeking.

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We feel that the links on our site are easy to follow, ensuring that you do not get 'lost'.

However, you may well find it useful to be able to find information on a certain subject very rapidly, rather than to try and find what you need by reading all the text, or by hit-and-miss usage of these links, as helpful as we have tried to make them.

Here you can make a direct search for any word or phrase, e.g. Unit Trusts (or) ISAs, etc. You will not necessarily be taken directly to the actual word or phrase you have searched for, but a reference to what you are looking for will certainly be on the page you choose to visit. From there, reading the text or following our links should lead you to the information you require.

Note: This search tool will not locate the most common English words, such as "a," "the," and so on. Searches for words such as "a", "the" or other common words and phrases may find many irrelevant documents. Excluding such words and phrases improves the quality of your search results.

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To get more specific search results, try using the following tips:

Check spelling.   Use multiple words. Example: our free product Use similar words. Example: safe secure privacy security Use appropriate capitalization. Example: Search Template Reference Use quotation marks. Example: "our pledge to you" Use plus (+) or minus (-). Example: +"template language"

Use field searches. Examples:  title:about  desc:"Our Team"  keys:login  body:security  alt:"join now"  url:help  target:Atomz Use wildcards. Examples:  wh*  "wh* are"  415-*-*

Check spelling

Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. If Sound-Alike Matching is turned on, the search engine will attempt to find words that sound similar to your search terms, but it's always best to try to spell the search terms correctly.

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Use multiple words

Using multiple words will return more refined results than a single word. For example, typing our free product will return more relevant results than typing just product. (Keep in mind that relevant results are returned even if they don't contain all query terms.)

Example: our free product

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Use similar words

The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant your results will be.

Example: safe secure privacy security

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Use appropriate capitalization

Capitalize proper nouns, and remember that lower-case words will match any case. For example, typing search will return all documents containing the words search, Search, and SEARCH. Typing Search, however, will instruct the search engine to look only for the capitalized word.

Example: Search Template Reference

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Use quotation marks

Use quotation marks to find words which must appear adjacent to each other, for example, "our pledge to you." Otherwise, the search results will include the word our, pledge, to, and the word you, but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the document.

Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons for "any," "all," and "phrase," then quotes can only be used when the "any" radio button is selected. Quotes are ignored if the "all" or "phrase" radio buttons are selected.

Example: "our pledge to you"

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Use plus (+) or minus (-)

Use a plus sign when your search term or phrase must appear in the search results. Use a minus sign to indicate undesirable term(s). The plus sign tells the search engine that a certain word or phrase is required in the search results, and a minus sign indicates that a word or phrase must be absent in the search results.

Note: A phrase must be contained within quotation marks. Leave no spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term.

Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with radio buttons for "any," "all," and "phrase," then plus and minus can only be used when the "any" radio button is selected. Plus and minus are ignored if the "all" or "phrase" radio buttons are selected.

Example: +"template language"

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Use field searches

Field searches allow you to create specific searches for words that appear in a specific part of a document. A field search can be performed on body text (body:), title text (title:), alt text (alt:), meta description (desc:), meta key words (keys:), URL (url:) or meta target key words (target:). The field name should be in lower-case and immediately followed by a colon. There should be no spaces between the colon and the search term.

Note: The field searches can only be followed by a word or phrase. Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.

Note: if you are using the Advanced Search Form with a list box for the field name, then field names can only be entered before a word or phrase when the "any" option is selected. Specific field names are ignored if any other Advanced Search Form field is selected in the list box.

Examples:
 title:about
 desc:"Our Team"
 keys:login
 body:security
 alt:"join now"
 url:help
 target:Atomz

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Use wildcards

Wildcard searches can expand the number of matches for a particular request. The * character is used as the wildcard character.

For instance, searching for wh* will find the words what, why, when, whether, and any other word that starts with wh.
Searching for *her* will find the words here, whether, together, gathering, and any other word that contains her anywhere in the word.

Wildcards may be combined with the standard plus (+) and minus (-) modifiers, quotes for phrases, as well as the field search specifiers.
+wh* -se*ch will find all pages which have a word that starts with wh and which does not contain a word that starts with se and ends with ch.
"wh* are" will find the phrases where are, what are, why are, etc.

Example: Examples:
 wh*
 "wh* are"
 415-*-*

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