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Another way to fine-tune your HotBot searches is to use the Advanced Search page shown in Figure 10-4. To access this page, click the Advanced Seach link on HotBot's home page.

As you can see, the options on the Advanced Search page are pretty much the same as you can display with HotBot's custom filters. You can narrow your search by language, domain/site, region, date, or page content. You can also choose to include or exclude specific words, search specific parts of a page, and activate the Block Offensive Content filter.

So if you can put all these filters on the HotBot home page, why bother accessing the Advanced Search page? I recommend using the custom filter option to display those filters you use most frequently, reserving the Advanced Search page for those search options you use less frequently. That way you don't clutter up the home page too much—but still have access to other advanced search options as you need them.

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insider What's interesting about HotBot's Advanced Search page is that it's different insight for each search engine you select—because each search engine has its own advanced options. Figure 10-4 showed the Advanced Search page for HotBot; click the Lycos, Google, or Ask Jeeves options at the top of the page and you'll see specific Advanced Search pages for those search engines.

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