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OOKO Search allows you to create specific queries that instruct OOKO to return more
precise results. You can use either the Advanced Search form or the free-form query box to find
the products you want.
Choosing Keywords
For best results, it's important to choose your keywords wisely. Keep these tips in mind:
- Try the obvious first. If you're looking for video converter, enter [video converter rather than [converters].
- Make keywords as specific as possible. [PacMan Tetris BomberMan] gets more relevant results than [old arcade games].
- Do not use international characters. OOKO Search is currently available only in English.
- Use words likely to define the product you want. [File explorer] or [Internet browser] gets better results than [explore] or [browse].
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Search Queries
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By default, OOKO returns products that include at least one of your search terms.
So, there is no need to include OR between terms.
OOKO ignores the order in which the terms are typed.
But first of all, it searches for the whole query string as if it were a phrase.
Including more terms returns more results, but it affects their sort order.
So, to find a product what you need, you may include more terms.
For example, to search for database backup utility, simply type:
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Filter Results
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OOKO Search enables you to filter your search results by specifying a
platform (e.g. Windows, Mac, Unix, etc), license (e.g. Free, Free to try, Demo, etc)
and domain. Just use the Filter Panel at the bottom of the results page.
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Phrase Searches
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Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks.
Words enclosed in double quotes ("like this") will appear together
exactly as you have entered them.
Phrase searches are especially useful when searching for
known programs.
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Automatic Exclusion of Common Words
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OOKO 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.
If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can
conduct a phrase search, which simply means putting quotation marks
around two or more words.
Common words in a phrase search (e.g., ["easy to use"])
are included in the search.
For example, to search for Magic Ball 2, use:
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Capitalization
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OOKO searches are NOT case sensitive (except for some special terms).
All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case.
For example, searches for [pacmania], [PacMania], and [pAcMaNiA] will all return the same results.
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Word Variations (Stemming)
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OOKO now uses stemming technology. Thus, when appropriate, it
will search not only for your search terms, but also for
words that are similar to some or all of those terms.
If you search for [arcade games], OOKO will also search for [arcade game],
and other related variations of your terms.
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Special search terms
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Description |
| AND* |
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Finds products containing all of the specified words or phrases. Query [mp3 AND wav] or [+mp3 +wav] finds products
with both the word mp3 and the word wav.
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| OR* |
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Finds products containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. Query [mp3 OR wav] or simple [mp3 wav] finds products
containing either mp3 or wav. The found products could contain both items, but not necessarily.
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| NOT* |
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Excludes products containing the specified word or phrase. Query [mp3 NOT wav] or [mp3 -wav] finds products with
mp3 but not containing wav. NOT must be used with another operator, like AND.
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| site:domain |
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Finds products on a specific website. The search query [arcade game site:softpile.com] would find
arcade games on Softpile.com.
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| author:publisher |
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Finds products by a specific publisher. The search query [arcade game author:alawar] would find
arcade games by Alawar Entertainment.
You can use this term for searching publishers on a specified letter,
for example query [arcade game author:z] would find arcade games by Zonora Technologies, ZhangDou Corporation, etc.
You can use spaces in this term. Just enclose all term into double quotes, for example query
[arcade game "author:zonora tech"] would find games by Zonora Technologies, but not by Zonora Industries.
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* Note: These terms are case sensitive. So, you should use [mp3 AND wav] not
[mp3 and wav].
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