Searching by Intent

[mike]

@itsMe

@snatchlightning

But how about introducing a parenthesis () operator, making it possible to do this:

(furniture store) (adirondack chair)

wouldn’t that be the same as dbbl quoting the 2 phrases?

I think that @snatchlightning was suggesting this syntax would first search for furniture store and then search within those results for adirondack chair which was my suggestion.

Whereas, double quoting each phrase would conduct one search where each phrase appeared in the results exactly as entered.

Technically, the only problem with parentheses is I think other search engines already use this for logical grouping such as:
supreme court (site:pbs.org/newshour OR site:bbc.com)
on DuckDuckGo. So, Mojeek might want to reserve parentheses for that use.

References

• eTools.ch - The Transparent Metasearch Engine from Switzerland
• Searching Multiple Sites (Reply) | Focus Feedback

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Note: I’m linking to my original Focus feedback above. And, in general, my reply there doesn’t make sense because I did not know what a Focus was. The only feature Focus provides is searching multiple websites. But, I did not have a working definition of Focus. I thought it was for saving search parameters and that site: was only the first of many. That makes sense because I mistook Focus for making a template out of the site: advanced search operator:

@mike

With regard to customization, Focus is similar to Chrome [chrome://settings/searchEngines] because I can add terms to my search and reuse those searches later. Right now, I can add the equivalent of site: to Focus engines. But, hopefully, there will be more customization available in the future.