Advanced Search Instructions

The form on the left can be used to search for specific items that are up for auction. You can search by keywords using a search phrase, or limit the results to items within a certain distance of your location, under a certain bid amount, or of a given status.

Advanced Search Phrase Usage:

In addition to searching for keywords or a search phrase, you can also perform more complex text searches using certain characters that have special meaning and act as modifiers when placed at the beginning of words.

Examples:

boat trailer

Find results that contain at least one of the two words.

+boat +trailer

Find results that contain both words.

+boat trailer

Find results that contain the word “boat”, but rank results higher if they also contain “trailer”.

+boat -trailer

Find results that contain the word “boat”, but not “trailer”.

+boat ~trailer

Find rows that contain the word “boat”, but if the row also contains the word “trailer”, rate it lower than if row does not. This is “softer” than a search for '+boat -trailer', for which the presence of “-trailer” causes the row not to be returned at all.

+apple +(>turnover <strudel)

Find rows that contain the words “apple” and “turnover”, or “apple” and “strudel” (in any order), but rank “apple turnover” higher than “apple strudel”.

apple*

Find rows that contain words such as “apple”, “apples”, “applesauce”, or “applet”.

"some words"

Find rows that contain the exact phrase “some words” (for example, rows that contain “some words of wisdom” but not “some noise words”).

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