How do you use wildcards in search?

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Search engine wildcards

Do any of the freely-available (and free of charge) web search engines (Google, AltaVista, HotBot, etc) allow the use of wildcards? By that, I mean using a special character like * or ? to stand for any letter or group of letters. I've seen several articles...

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Hi davidsar-ga, As someone who does SEO (search engine optimization) as part of my job, I find your...

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Is there a search engine that can also do a domain search with wildcards?

I'm looking for a traditional search engine (not a domain search engine like that which GoDaddy has), that enables me to look for keywords, negative works, etc. but ALSO can search for a domain name using wildcards. Use case: searching for a startup...

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Justdropped.com searches in the way you described, but it searches for domains which have only just...

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Using wildcards in search engines

I am looking for a way to use wildcards in search engines. I find it unthinkable that someone shouldn't have foreseen the benefits of supporting the use of wildcards in searching the Internet and implementing it. Then again, perhaps unthinkable is not...

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Jeff, Thanks for your question. Like you, I find it hard to believe that no major search engines make...

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Google search help.

Can google (or any search engine) be made to search for a small portion of a word? I need to find a foreign word. I have a small portion of the word which I would like to put into google and have it return the entire word. I have no idea what the whole...

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Nope. There are search tools for single databases that do this, but engines that search the entire Web...

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Which search term should I use in TESS?

Using TESS, what is the search term I need to use? I need to find all the trandemarks that have 2 (or more) words, while the second word (or third, but not the first) starts with only one specific letter. for example: If I enter in TESS "HELLO...

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Hello iptess-ga, and thanks for getting back to me so promptly. To start your search, head for the...

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Is there a market for easy to install custom search tools for use on blogs, websites, et cetera?

Most same-domain-hosted site search tools lack the juice to return the best set of results per query.  For the frustrated that need better on-site search, there is Google Custom Search Engine (Custom Search Engine), Google Site Search (Enterprise Search...

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There's definitely a huge need for such a gizmo. And it could be better than Google, because websites...

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If you use the My Saved Search feature on Answers, do you like the trending search?

If you go to http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_s… there is usually a search there that is based on what people are talking about across Yahoo! which we call our trending search example. Do you like this search? If you are using My Saved Search...

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I use (and LOVE) the advanced saved searches daily! But I have to admit that I'm not very "Trendy...

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Considering how voice search technology bypasses search engine result pages, what are alternative ways besides analytics that companies like Google can still use to monetize search ads?

Assuming the voice search will be popular faster than many expected and given how much of Google's revenue is tied to search ads, how will future development in voice search technology by Apple or even Google  changes the financial aspects of search...

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I dont think conversational search and search ads are mutually exclusive. Looking at the how it is being...

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How do I use Solr for Search only instead of SQL Server while using RDBMS for write?

We use SQL Server currently.We are thinking about using technologies like Solr to speed up our search into the RDBMS-hopefully by flattening the RDBMS data into a denormalized data structure and indexed for the various queries performed by our users...

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As far as I understand your use-case, there will always be some lag between a commit in the database...

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Windows XP search improvement: suggestions for how to use the built-in search more efficiently, or for search programs to replace it

I need a search tool replacement for the built-in windows XP search, or suggestions for it. I have a lot of files on different drives in different directories (C:\AA F:\BB ...) and I when I want to find a specific file that I know is in one of those...

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I haven't tried it, but Google just released a beta of their new desktop search app. MetaFilter thread...

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