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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="005a45a3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="017fb390.jpg" border=0 width="507" height="57" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DiscoverOwensboro.com"><U>home</U></A>     <A HREF="services.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><U>services</U></A>     <A HREF="get_better_search_results.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="get better search results"><U>get better results</U></A>     <A HREF="about_this_project.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="about this project"><U>about this project</U></A>     <A HREF="report_a_broken_link.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="report a broken link"><U>report a broken link</U></A>     <A HREF="contact_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>contact us </U></A>   </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <div>  <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=JoogLbygT2E&offerid=97292.10000153&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="RadioShack" border="0" src="http://www.radioshack.com/graphics/promo/rsk/wos_12060.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=JoogLbygT2E&bids=97292.10000153&type=4&subid=0"> <br> <br> <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=JoogLbygT2E&offerid=102327.10000066&type=4&subid=0"><IMG alt="TigerDirect" border="0" src="http://images.tigerdirect.com/email/affiliate_new/tigerlogo_88x31-10-20.gif"></a><IMG border="0" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=JoogLbygT2E&bids=102327.10000066&type=4&subid=0">  </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="510" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1019 WIDTH="504"><div> I track all searches in order to improve this site.  If a search query gets 0 results, I try to research the search and include to rigth site.  A record is listed below with my follow up.</div> <bR> <div> If you have a site or topic that does not appear or does not give the results that you wish, let us know. <A HREF="results_of_querys.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Results of querys"><U>Click here to view</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> A websites searchablility is only as good as the web designer makes it.  There are many sites that do not  have good search words present on its site.  So just because you think that a site should be pulled up because of a term, it may not.  A good example is that just because you search "schools" this does not mean all the schools in the tri-sate will appear.  Not all school site contain the word "schools" Another Example: there are some Restaurants that do not have the word restaurant on the site.  And that makes it hard to find. </div> <bR> <div> I have indexed sites in this search engine by using only the words that appear on its pages.  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url"><U>Urls</U></A> are not searchable.  Meaning if you search "www" or the actual address of a site you will not get any results.  I figure if you know the Url then you do not need to search it.  </div> <bR> <div> To get the best results I would suggest first searching for a single general term.</div> <bR> <div> If this does not pull up what your searching for then try a short phrase.</div> <bR> <div> If you still can not find what you are looking for then choose another word or phrase to describe what you are looking for.</div> <bR> <div> If you still can not find what your are searching for then maybe that site or that information has yet to be indexed in this search engine.  </div> <bR> <div> When you search a phrase this engine looks for an exact match within its data base.   It may be to your favor to use the "OR" operator in your search. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> This site does not look for plurals for your query unless you specify it doing your search. That is to say if your are looking for a school and you type in schools, you will only get the results for those sites that have the word schools, not school. And Visa versa.</div> <bR> <div> Exception to the above statement.  This engine does offer a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemming" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemming"><U>stemming</U></A> feature.  So I can include plurals  for commonly searched topics.   Feel free to contact us and make a suggestion for words that should be stemmed in order to improve this search environment.</div> <bR> <div> This engine also offers a spell check for what is searched.  But, it is impossible for me to take the time to figure out what you might misspell and how you might misspell it.   I have begun to build a misspell database but if you know of a word or words that you commonly misspell, let us know we can add it to our list.</div> <bR> <div> We also have an excluded word list.   These are common words that have no real bearing on a search query.  If you feel the need you may bypass this function by putting the excluded word in quotation marks.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Copyright 2000-2006 Owensboroepages.com</div> <div>  <img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=discov1.dat|display=Counter|ft=4|md=7|frgb=100;139;216|dd=K">  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>