Comprehensive Arab Directory, Arab Search Engine with categories to all Arabic sites, Arab business, Arab News, Arab Music, Arab Art, Arab chat, Arab Media and more...
Required and Prohibited Search Words Attaching one of the following operators will either require or prohibit words from appearing in the search results. [ + / AND]: Attaching a + (plus sign) to a word requires that the word be found in all of the search results.
[- / AND NOT]: Attaching a - (minus sign) in front of a word requires that the word not be found in any of the search results.
Search for exact phrases using quotation marks (" ") Putting quotes around a set of words will find items with those exact words in sequence.
Wildcard Matching (*) Attaching a * to the right-hand side of a word will return left side partial matches.
Search Command Summary
Here is a summary of the search commands available to you:
Search for
Command
Example
One word AND another
Use space between words Use AND between words Use + between words
computer monitor computer and monitor computer + monitor Returns listings with the words computer and monitor.
One word OR another
word1 OR word2
movie or video Returns all listings with the words movie or video.
EXACTLY these words
"word1 word2 word3"
"computer hard disk" Returns listings with exactly the words computer, hard, and disk in that specific order, separated by a space.
One word AND NOT another
- (minus sign) word1 -word2 word1 AND NOT word2
computer -used Returns listings containing the word computer and will exclude all items containing the word used.
Any words starting with a SPECIFIC SEQUENCE OF LETTERS
* (asterisk symbol)
comp* Returns listings with words starting with "comp" such as computer, compact and company.
Combining the Syntax You may combine any of the query syntax as long as the syntax is combined in the proper order.
