Search Word Pro
Search Word Pro: Tutorial
Analysis of your search query
Search Word Pro analyzes your search word selections and gives you feedback to guide you to create better queries. The advice will suggest whether you should add additional words, select from additional Word Groups, or select from different types of Word Groups.

A sample analysis pane

The analysis will provide Advice in the right most column. If anything but "OK" is shown in this column you might look at the heading for that row and potentially modify your query. If the Advice is "Low" then you should select more of either Words, Word Groups, or Word Types as indicated. If the Advice is "High" then you might consider using fewer of the indicated Words, Word Groups or Word Types. If the overall Targeting is "Weak" or "Excessive" that indicates that for this builder we feel that you have missed the optimal mark for a productive search.

The analysis is contoured to each builder but is still based upon the most common search concepts. You may be looking for a needle in a haystack and so use many terms in your query. In that case the system may indicate that you have over-targeted by indicating that your targeting is "Excessive" in the Advice column. You may try your search and find exactly what you need. The analysis is really most useful when you are first learning the SWP system and anytime when you just aren't obtaining the results you desire.

The analysis looks at the following aspects of your query:

  1. How many search terms (words) you are using
  2. How many different word groups you selected terms from
  3. How many word groups were possible
  4. How many word types you selected terms from
  5. The builder itself will have certain parameters that are set by our search experts to yield the best results

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