Step 1: Type in one keyword
Enter one keyword that describes your product or service well. (Try to enter a word that might frequently appear in a bid notice' title or body.)
e.g.) To search for bids that contain 'janitorial' in a bid's title or body text, use:
Step 2. Add more keywords ("and" Search)
If a single keyword brings too many search results, enter one more keyword that describes about your business more specifically.
e.g.) To search for bids that contain both 'janitorial' and 'service' in a bid's title or body text, use:
Step 3. Phrase Searches
Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words enclosed in double quotes will appear together in all results exactly as you have entered them. Phrase searches are especially useful when narrowing down search results.
e.g.) To search for bids that exactly contain 'janitorial service' in a bid's title or body text, use:
Step 4. Exclude a word ("-" search)
Exclude a word from your search by putting a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of the term you want to avoid. (Be sure to include a space before the minus sign, but no space after the minus sign.)
e.g.) To search for bids that contain both 'janitorial' and 'service' words in a bid's title or body text, but exclude bids that contain 'equipment', use:
Step 5. Exclude Phrase Searches
Exclude one or more phrases from the search by enclosing exclusion phrases in quotation marks after the minus sign. Exclude Phrase searches are especially useful when narrowing down search results. (The space must be in front of the minus sign and the quotation mark must be attached immediately after the minus sign.)
e.g.) To search for bids that contain both 'janitorial' and 'service' words in a bid's title or body text, but exclude bids that contain 'snow removal', use:
Obtain results containing a keyword in the title only.
e.g.) To search for bids that contain 'construction' in a bid's title only, use:
Obtain results containing ALL keywords in the title only.
e.g.) To search for bids that contain 'construction building service' in a bid's title only, use:
Obtain results excluding a keyword/phase in the title only.
e.g.) To search for bids that contain 'janitorial service' in a bid's title only, but exclude bids that contain 'snow removal', use:
No support on capital words and plural forms
Our search engine DOES NOT support capital words and plural forms search.
e.g.) COMPUTER, computer, computerS, Computers will return the same results.