http://smartestsearcher.com Search like you mean it Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:47:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://smartestsearcher.com/2008/08/16/playing-the-wildcard/ http://smartestsearcher.com/2008/08/16/playing-the-wildcard/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:47:44 +0000 Simon Goudie http://smartestsearcher.com/?p=55 In many search applications an asterisk * serves as a wild card and can mean anything. For example, searching for ‘mas*’ would return results for mask, mash and masculine, amond others. Try experimenting with wild cards to increase the power of your searches.

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