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A tutorial for searching with blekko
Welcome! This tutorial is intended to teach you some of the unique features of the blekko search engine. It starts with search basics, explains blekko’s special slashtag feature, and finishes up by discussing privacy and safe searching. For more general … Continue reading
Advanced Search Features
Be sure to review the tutorial for searching with blekko before you read this page. Creating your own slashtags Logged-in users can create their own topical slashtags by clicking “create a slashtag” on any results page. At creation time, you … Continue reading
About blekko’s Search Results
At blekko, we believe that the index is the core of any search product. It is the only place where a search engine can provide editorial differentiation. Consequently, we have 1,500 servers that crawl the web continuously to make sure … Continue reading
How do I use a slashtag to search?
After a slashtag is created, you can use it to filter and refine your searches. Just enter it in the search box with your query, e.g., headache /aromatherapy. This will search on the query “headache” in the /aromatherapy slashtag. For … Continue reading
What if I want to search websites that aren’t in a slashtag?
You can negate a slashtag — only see web results which aren’t in a slashtag — by using a minus sign. For example, to see websites which aren’t in the Linux slashtag but might belong there, search for linux -/linux. … Continue reading
What is this line of links (like, add, seo, links, cache, spam) below each search result title?
The line of links directly below each search result title contains link tools that provide you with additional information about the search result and allow you to take certain actions. All of the link tools are shown by default but … Continue reading
Can I “un-fix” the top bar so it scrolls with the rest of the page?
Yes. The top bar is fixed in place by default but you can change this in prefs. Click on the prefs link in the top right hand corner to bring up the prefs pop-up. Click on the arrow by View … Continue reading
What does it mean to sort by /date?
/date sorts the search results by date, with the most recent ones first. /date only works on sites where blekko has been able to determine a date for the publication of the page. /date works very well for blogs and … Continue reading
What does “/date – show more” mean?
By default, /date takes relevance into account when ordering the search results. To see results without this relevance constraint, you can add /more to your query or click on ‘/date – show more.’ This will bring up more results than … Continue reading