Bits & Bytes employs the Google Mini, a special hardware and software appliance, to deliver highly relevant search results at record speed. The Mini's proprietary technology uses more than 100 factors to determine the ranking and relevancy of search results, thus providing the uncanny accuracy you have come to expect from Google. Search the Bits & Bytes website in the same easy way you would search the web with Google and get the same fast, accurate, and reliable results from the the Google Mini.

To enter a query, type in a few descriptive words and press Enter (or click the GO! button) to display a list of the most relevant product pages. Since searches only return pages that contain all the words in your query, refining or narrowing your search is as simple as adding more words to the search terms you have already entered. Your new query will return a smaller subset of the pages the search found for your original "too-broad" query.

For best results, it's important to choose your keywords wisely. Keep these tips in mind:

• Try the obvious first. If you're looking for information on apologetics, enter "apologetics" rather than "theology".

• Use words likely to appear on a site with the information you want. "NIV leather Bibles" gets better results than "really nice NIV Bibles".

• Make keywords as specific as possible. "Ancient scripture commentary" gets more relevant results than "old scripture commentary".

By default, searches only return pages that include all of your search terms. There is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep in mind that the order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results. To restrict a search further, just include more terms. For example, to search for Bibles from Zondervan, simply type:

Searches ignore common words and characters such as "where" and "how", as well as certain single digits and single letters, because they tend to slow down your search without improving the results. Searches will indicate if a common word has been excluded by displaying details on the results page below the search box.

If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.)

Another method for doing this is conducting a phrase search, which means putting quotation marks around two or more words. Common words in a phrase search (e.g., "where are you") are included in the search.

For example, to search for bible dictionary, use:

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Searches are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for "john stott", "John Stott", and "jOhN sToTT" will all return the same results.

To provide the most accurate results, searches do not use "stemming" or support "wildcard" searches. In other words, searches look for exactly the words that you enter in the search box. Searching for "dictionar*" will not yield "dictionary" or "dictionaries". If in doubt, try both forms: "dictionary" and "dictionaries," for instance.