Please read the following text, it will help you to get the best out of the EntsWeb Directory and show you how to easily locate the information you need.
EntsWeb is a Directory and not a search engine
Because EntsWeb is a Directory rather than a search engine, an internal search will return only the directory pages themselves and not external web sites. For instance if a search for "Mime Artists" is made, it is the Mime Artists page of the EntsWeb Directory that is returned in the results. When the found directory page is opened, the names of the mime artists and links to their web sites are listed.
Likewise if a specific company name or stage name is searched for, such as “Acme Mime”, it is the directory pages which list Acme Mime that are returned in the results.
All card entries in EntsWeb (e.Card, Record Card & Guaranteed Position) inhabit their own directory page. These individual card pages show up in the search results along with regular listings pages. All other entry types are dealt with as described earlier.
Being a Directory, EntsWeb is structured in a way which is easy and fast to use. Highly relevant pages of information are just a couple of clicks away. You do not need to make searches or type in search phrases.
- Here's an Example:
For instance to find Mime Artists:
- From the home page of the EntsWeb Directory Click on 'Entertainers'
- Click on 'Mime Artistes'
- All Mime Artists are then listed after just a couple of mouse clicks.
Internal Search Rules
The Internal Search engine helps you find documents on this website and related sites. Here's how it works: you tell the search service what you're looking for by typing in keywords or phrases in the search box. The search service responds by giving you a list of all the Directory pages, in our index, relating to those topics. The most relevant content will appear at the top of your results.
When you search for phrases (more than one word) enclose the phrase in quotation marks. Like this "mime artists". This forces a search for the complete phrase rather than a search for two independent words ‘mime’ and ‘artists’. This results in much better search results.
How to search for one or more keywords:
- Type your keyword(s) into the search box.
- Press the Search button to start your search.
- Here's an example:
- Type mime artists into the search box. (No quotation marks)
- Press the Search button or press the Enter key.
- The Results page will show you numerous directory pages on which the word 'mime' or the word 'artists' appears.
Tip: Don't worry if you find a large number of results. Even though the number of results will be large, the most relevant content will always appear at the top of the result pages.
How to search for a keyphrase:
- Type your phrase into the search box enclosing it in double quotation marks.
- Press the Search button to start your search.
- Here's an example:
- Type "mime artists" in the search box. (With quotation marks)
- Press the Search button or press the Enter key.
- The Results page will show pages about Mime Artists.
The results will be more accurate and a smaller number of pages will be returned.
More Basics - An Overview
What is an Index?
Webster's dictionary describes an "index" as a sequential arrangement of material. Our index is a large, growing, organized collection of Web pages and discussion group pages from around the world. The 'index' becomes larger every day as people send us the addresses for new Web pages. We also have technology that crawls the Web looking for links to new pages. When you use our search service, you search the entire collection using keywords or phrases.
What is a Word?
When searching, think of a word as a combination of letters and numbers. The search service needs to know how to separate words and numbers to find exactly what you want on the Internet. You can separate words using white space and tabs.
What is a Phrase?
You can link words and numbers together into phrases if you want specific words or numbers to appear together in your result pages. If you want to find an exact phrase, use "double quotation marks" around the phrase when you enter words in the search box.
Simple Tips for More Exact Searches
Searches are case insensitive. Searching for "Fur" will match the lowercase "fur" and uppercase "FUR".
By default, all searches are accent insensitive as well, but administrators can change this setting. Accent sensitivity relates to Latin characters like õ.
Including or excluding words:
To make sure that a specific word is always included in your search topic, place the plus (+) symbol before the key word in the search box. To make sure that a specific word is always excluded from your search topic, place a minus (-) sign before the keyword in the search box.
Expand your search using wildcards (*):
By typing an * within a keyword, you can match up to six letters.
Example: Try wish* to find wish, wishes, or wishful.
Searching for web addresses:
If your search term is a URL, like "http://www.entsweb.net", some search engines will redirect you directly to the URL. To avoid this behaviour, and do an actual search with the URL as the search term, enclose the URL in double-quotes.
Fancy Features for Typical Searches
You can search more than just text. Here are all of the other ways you can search on the net:
link:address
Finds pages that link to the specified address, or a substring of it. Use link:microsoft.com to find all pages linking to Microsoft sites. Note: this feature is not implemented on all search engines.
text:text
Finds pages that contain the specified text in any part of the page other than an image tag, link, or URL. The search text:cow9 would find all pages with the term cow9 in them.
title:text
Finds pages that contain the specified word or phrase in the page title (which appears in the title bar of most browsers). The search title:Elvis would find pages with Elvis in the title.
url:text
Finds pages with a specific word or phrase in the URL. Use url:altavista to find all pages on all servers that have the word altavista in the host name, path, or filename - the complete URL, in other words. |
