MSN Search Cheat Sheet (Tips)

General Searches (searching).

• Search exact phrase. Use “widgets”.
• Search any part of the term. Use "(apple OR orange)".
• Search for all terms. Use "apple oranges".
• Search for none of the terms. Use "-(apple oranges)".
• Search for pages for a region. Use "(loc:US OR loc:AU) widget".
  
  This displays web pages about widgets from the US and Australia.

Link Research.

• Search for backlinks from 1 domain. Use "link:http://www.yahoo.com".
• Search for backlinks from multiple domains. Use "(link:yahoo.com OR link:google.com)".

Site Research.

• Display 250 results for a site. Use "site:widgets.com –qasw".
• Display results excluding a domain. Use "-site:widgets.com".

Miscellaneous.

• To emphasize sites recently added to the search index. Use "widgets {frsh=100}".
  
  Select the amount of empahsis by picking a value between 0-100.
  
  
• To emphasize sites by the number of other sites linking to them. Use "widgets {popl=100}".
  
  Select the amount of empahsis by picking a value between 0-100.
  
  
• To emphasize the match between your exact search words and your results. Use "widgets {mtch=100}".
  
  This de-emphasizes the other two slider rankings. Select the amount of empahsis by picking a value between 0-100.