Ranking In Simple Search, the only form you need to fill out is the the query box. In your results list, documents in which the query words and phrases appear in the HTML title rank higher than those where they don't. Likewise, documents in which those words and phrases appear in the first couple of lines of text rank higher than those where they are buried deeper. Logically, these are the documents where the query terms are likely to be an important element of the content, rather than a random occurrence. In Advanced Search, there is a ranking box, shown in Figure A, as well as a query box.
Most people ignore the ranking box, but it's a very powerful tool.
AltaVista's Advanced Search ranking box can prove a very powerful tool in your searches. In the query box, enter the words and phrases you're looking for. Here you don't need to know the categories of the field you're dealing with. You don't even need to know what any of these dishes might be called. All you need to know is the list of ingredients.