1. Wildcard Operator
Requirements
Must be in AND (with at least one non-wildcard term)
ACCEPTED: court* AND events
REJECTED: court*
REJECTED: court* AND event* (because it has no non-wildcard term in the conjunction)
Only prefix wildcards are supported
ACCEPTED: range*
REJECTED: *range
REJECTED: ran*ge
Prefix must have at least four letters
ACCEPTED: goal* (4 letters before the *)
REJECTED: hat* (only 3 letters)
REJECTED: in* (only 2 letters)
Historics Unavailable
Currently, wildcard operators can only be used in real-time tracking.
If a wildcard is used in a search, the Historics section will not show data sources available (similar to how certain social platforms might not show).
Cannot be used within other special operators
REJECTED: BY_TWITTER(steve*)
REJECTED: IN_URL(cost*)
REJECTED: "blast* doors"~3
Wildcard limit
Currently, you can only have up to 5 wildcard terms in a single search. (Hoping to increase to 10/20 soon.)
Example A: (marketing AND strateg*)
Example B: (innov* AND technology)
2. Case Sensitivity
Requirements
Use the operator (!) before the term (or quotes) you want to enforce case sensitivity on
ACCEPTED: !"NASA"
REJECTED: "Baseball !BAT" (the ! should appear before the quotes, not in the middle)
REJECTED: LASER!
Historics Unavailable
Currently, the case sensitivity operator can only be used in real-time tracking.
If a case sensitivity operator is used, the Historics section will not show data sources (similar to wildcards).
Cannot be used within other special operators
REJECTED: BY_TWITTER(!NASA)
REJECTED: IN_URL(!deLaGuerra)
REJECTED: !"NASA JPL"~3
No limit on the number of case-sensitive terms
You can use as many ! operators as you like in a single search (subject to the rule of not nesting them inside other special operators).
Example A: (!"NASA" OR "SpaceX") AND rocket
Example B: economy AND !GDP
3. NEAR Operator
Requirements
Syntax 1: (Term NEAR/N Term)
Syntax 2: ((Group of Keywords) NEAR/N (Group of Keywords))
Where N (≤ 7) represents the maximum number of words that can separate the two terms or keyword groups.
You must specify a distance /X to indicate how far apart the two terms/groups can be.
ACCEPTED: (elf NEAR/4 warlock)
ACCEPTED: ((dwarf OR human OR tiefling OR "half orc") NEAR/4 (rogue OR paladin OR wizard))
REJECTED: (game) NEAR (publisher) (missing /X)
REJECTED: NEAR (game developer) (missing terms on at least one side)
REJECTED: (dwarf OR human) NEAR/6 (rogue OR wizard) (missing opening and closing bracket should be ((Group of Keywords) NEAR/N (Group of Keywords))
Historics Unavailable
Currently, the NEAR operator can only be used in real-time tracking.
If a NEAR operator is used, the Historics section will not show data sources (similar to wildcards and case sensitivity).
Cannot be used within other special operators
REJECTED: BY_TWITTER(george NEAR/3 carver)
REJECTED: IN_URL(graphics NEAR/3 unit)
Cannot include other operators inside the NEAR groups
You can only include quoted phrases and OR.
REJECTED: ((bath AND bubble) NEAR/4 (soap))
REJECTED: (!"SpaceX") NEAR/5 (elon)
REJECTED: (shelf*) NEAR/4 (foods)
NEAR/X distance limit
X can be up to 7.
ACCEPTED: (soccer NEAR/7 stadium)
REJECTED: (football NEAR/10 stadium)
No limit on how many NEAR operators
You can use as many NEAR operators as you wish in one search.
Example A: ((apple OR banana) NEAR/4 ("fruit salad"))
Example B: ("climate change" NEAR/6 (adaptation OR mitigation))