The websearch syntax discards stop words, such as “a” or “the” in English, then parses according to these rules:
Individual words match independently.
Double-quoted phrases match as a single unit.
The word
or(case-insensitive) specifies an “or” condition between two words or phrases.A
-prefix specifies to not match the following word or phrase.
Query | Notes |
| Stop word “the” removed |
| The two words can appear in any order, with any number of words between |
| The words must appear together in the given order |
| Stop words are removed within quotes |
| Either word will match |
| One of the two phrases must match |
| Either “blue” and “donkey” match, or just “mule” |
| “mule” must not match |
| “donkey” matches and “mule” does not |
| “blue donkey” matches and “red mule” does not |