• A Library Without a Card Catalog
• Indexing Requirements for a Web Page
• Ranking the Results
• Case Sensitivity Searches and Limitations
• What are "Words" and "Phrases"?
• Wildcard -- the Asterisk

Boolean Logic Operators

• Boolean Operator -- "AND"
• Boolean Operator -- "OR"
• Boolean Operator -- "AND NOT"
• Boolean Operator -- "NEAR"
• Boolean Operator -- "( )"

Fancy Searches on AltaVista -- Simple and Advanced Searches

• Searches by "images:"
• Searches by "title:"
• Searches by "text:"
• Searches by "url:"
• Searches by "host:"
• Searches by "domain:"
• Searches by "anchor:"