Typical Search: maybeword +yesword -"no phrase"
Default Operator: OR (if boolean is selected)
Boolean: *note: Boolean must be selected* AND or & or +, OR or |, NOT or ! or -, " ", *, ?, nesting ( )
Case Sensitivity: No, unless you type any UPPERCASE letters.
Word Stemming: if the option is selected (above)
Stop Words: are used; they are treated as wildcards even if they are in a phrase
Special Keywords: [details] domain: depth: feature: title: linkdomain: outgoingurlext: scriptlanguage: after: before: within:
Index: Size is about 110,000,000. Index is from Inktomi, also pages and categories from DMOZ, and Top 10 sites from Direct Hit
Unique: search within results
Customize: personalize
More:
HotBot is owned by Terra Lycos, however it does not use the same index as Lycos. HotBot has been around for a while (1996), and for a long time was the only search engine using Inktomi's index. HotBot's advanced search has more options than just about any other search tool. It remains a quality search engine today.

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