Proximity searching on Search Engines

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From: Library (Library@kvn.com)
Date: Wed Jan 25 2006 - 10:14:24 PST 

Subject: Proximity searching on Search Engines
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:14:24 -0800
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From: "Library" <Library@kvn.com>

I was asked how to search on the web for a term within two words of another term.

According to Gary Price in a 2001 article, "AltaVista is the only major search engine that allows a searcher to use the proximity operator, NEAR (in simple search) near (advanced search). Using this operator finds terms within 10 words of each other in either direction."
Are there any others that now provide proximity searches? I seem to recall something about that, but can't find the information.
Paula Lichtenberg, Librarian
Keker & Van Nest LLP
library@kvn.com
415-773-6671

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