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The "Any", "All", and "Phrase" Pull Down!

Begin by typing in photo and software and try each of the pull down selections. Notice how the search engine returns different results for each function of the pull down menu.

You'll notice that the results get more refined as you go down the list. This is one of the benefits to your users in finding the exact results they seek.

Match
We'll now take each line and explain its function. Here is the form code to print out in text.

<SELECT NAME="comp1col3">
The search engine needs to know what columns you are searching. Notice the comp1 is how the first column is added in this line. All the other columns get "col3" etc.

<OPTION VALUE="any"> any of the words

<OPTION VALUE="all"> all of the words
Web Search recognizes the words "any" and "all" and forces the search engine into adding them to the input.

<OPTION VALUE=""> the exact phrase
The default input to the search engine is a "phrase" thus nothing appears between the quotes.
You can actually remove any of the options completely without effecting the remaining ones.
I.E. You could completely remove the line <OPTION VALUE=""> the exact phrase and all that would happen is you'd only have two choices left on the pull down menu.

</SELECT>

<INPUT NAME="col1col3">
Although you've already selected the columns in the "SELECT NAME" field, this line needs to be here to form the actual input field for someone to type in their keywords. The column numbers MUST match in both fields.
Notice in this line all columns get the "col" tag. The "comp" tag only goes in the "SELECT" field.

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