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SEARCH HELP |
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The HotelRooms.com
search, as well as our Super
search features can be used to
access a broad range of travel information. Whether you have
a specific destination in mind, or simply want to Research your
next adventure or vacation, this brief tutorial will provide you
with easy tips on how to get the most out of your HotelRooms.com
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To
Find Information
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Case
Sensitivity |
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detailed your query, the more relevant your results.
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Only search words or phrases
containing an upper case character will be treated as case sensitive. |
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Search Engine
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Search For |
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comes with some advanced capabilities to help you find
exactly what you're looking for. These capabilities are best shown with a few
examples found below.
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"chicago" will match "Chicago", "CHICAGO",
and "ChiCago", while the search term "CHICAGO" would
match only links with CHICAGO (in uppercase) in them. |
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Symbol
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Translation
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Example
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Usage
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+ / and
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Require this term
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+marriott |
Will only display listings that contain the word "marriott"
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(Minus)
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Forbid this term
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-texas
+paris
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Will only display listings that DO NOT contain the word "texas"
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or
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Prefer this term
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+internet
or
web
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This will find all listings containing
"internet", and will rank those that also contain the word
"web" a bit higher. (since web is "preferred")
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" "
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Exactly match this phrase
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"New York"
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This will find all listing that contain the phrase
"Internet Help".
Note:
Using the quote marks forces the
engine into a case-sensitive search.
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url:
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Find all entries belonging to a given domain
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url:www.mysite.com
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This example will return all entries in the www.wyndham.com
domain.
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mailto:
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Find all entries submitted by a person with this email
address
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mailto:fred@mysite.com
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This is a convenience search, if you know who posted a
link (or want to see if a certain person has posted any links, this is
how you'd find them.
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*
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Match anything
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inter*
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You can use the asterisk as a "wildcard" to match parts of a word.
In our example, the search would return any listing with any word starting
with "inter". To avoid overly broad searches, the asterisk can
only be used in words or phrases which have at least three characters, so a
search for "th*" or "an*" would be ignored.
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