The purpose of this document is to introduce you to the various search options for two reasons. The first is to maximize the accuracy of your search results. The second is to introduce you to the advanced options of our search engine. Most of these options can also be accessed through our advanced search options, it makes for a good exercise to understand them nonetheless.
Basics Never search for words such as the, a or it.
These words are will cause pages to receive a higher score simply because they contain these words. This is not desirable as nearly every page indexed will contain these words at least once. You should attempt to search for words that are specific to your search. For example let's say that you are searching for information regarding the fiery avenger quest in everquest. The above is a bad way to search for this quest.