How To Search
Welcome to the Alpha&Omega Search Service! This service helps you find documents and Web sites
on the World Wide Web. We have provided many powerful features to help make searching for information
easier and less frustrating. You can either continue reading for a tutorial or click on one
of these links for specific help:
Search Types
Most times you will find what you are looking for quickly and easily using the default search type: AllWords. However sometimes you may need to refine your search more or perhaps widen your search criteria.
Our Search Service offers you the following search types:
| All Words |
The default search type, resulting Web pages will contain all the words (or sub-words) you entered in either the Title or the Description. |
| Any Word |
This provides the widest possible search criteria and should only be used as a last resort. Resulting Web pages will contain any one of the words (or sub-words) you entered. |
| Boolean |
Boolean expressions are used to describe exactly what you are searching for. Normally, boolean expressions use the terms and and or but parenthesis can also be used to group things together. More on Boolean Expressions |
Searching For A Local Church
The best way to search for a church in your local area is to use the Alpha Omega Church Finder. Try it out! It's extremely powerful, or check out the following discussion on using the search engine to find a church.
When searching for a church in your local area of the denomination of your choice,
you will probably achieve the best results using the "All Words" search type. Let's consider
an example. Assume that you are searching for a Baptist church in Nashville, Tennessee - USA.
The following would be the best way to search:
- Type "baptist nashville tn us" into the Search box
- Select "AllWords" from the Type box
- Click on the Search button
The Search Service will now provide you a list of all the Baptist churches in Nasville, Tennessee.
Below is a fully working Search box, go ahead try it! Don't forget to press the Back button on your browser
to get back to this help screen or bookmark this page.
Searching Tips
In general, the more information (and particularly related information) you provide the
Search Service with, the better your results will be. Here are a few tips:
1. Use two or more search terms: The more terms you use, the better the results will
match what you're really looking for. As an example, searching for "Bible" will return
many unrelated Web sites if you're searching for sites dedicated to the King James version of the Bible,
rather search for "King James Bible". To narrow your search down more, you could search for an
online version of the King James Bible using something line: "Online King James Bible".
2. Use unique words: If you would like to search for something like music to play
on your guitar at home, make sure you select the "Music" category and choose words which are
unique to what you're looking for e.g. "guitar tablature".
3. Search for Phrases: Searching for a particular phrase is one of the most accurate ways
to search if your looking for something like an article on "The wages of sin is death" then use the "Phrase"
search type and you should get better results.
4. Use Boolean Expressions: Boolean expressions are used to describe exactly what you are searching for.
Normally, boolean expressions use the terms and and or but parenthesis can also be used to group things together.
Here are some examples of boolean expressions:
- food and cheap
- food or cheap
- (food or snack) and cheap
Add a Family Safe Search Engine to Your Web Site
Wouldn't it be great to offer visitors to your site access to a powerful Internet Search Engine, a FAMILY SAFE
search engine, which uses a database of approved Christian and Christian interest sites! If you're the Webmaster of a church Web page,
Christian music Web page or in fact any other page of interest to Christians, you can add the powerful Alpha&Omega Search Service to your page for FREE!
Simply copy the lines of code below:
<!-- Begin Alpha Omega Search Form -->
<form action="http://www.start-page.net/search.asp" method="POST">
<p><input type=hidden name="ID" value="0">
Safe Search: <input type=text name="SearchString" size="18">
<input type="submit" value="Search"> <font size=1><a href="http://www.start-page.net/help/search.asp">Help with Searching!</a></font><br>
Type
<select name=st>
<option selected value=al>AllWords
<option value=ph>Phrase
<option value=in>Intelligent
<option value=an>AnyWords
</select>
Cat
<select name=ca size=1 width=1>
<option selected value=0>All
<option value=11>Resources
<option value=21>Music
<option value=86>Books
<option value=31>Churches
<option value=41>Reference
<option value=51>Computers
<option value=01>BibleSchools
<option value=61>Ministries
<option value=81>Entertainment
<option value=85>Home&Family
<option value=91>Travel&Rec
</select>
</p>
</form>
<!-- End Alpha Omega Search Form -->
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