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FAST Reveals Fresh New Features 

FAST has unveiled several new features to further improve the end-user search experience for users of AlltheWeb.com™. The new features are outlined below and include automatic language mapping, browser integration shortcuts, Boolean search, and an enhanced query language guide.

>> Automatic Language Mapping

AllTheWeb now automatically detects what country a search query comes from and provides search results in the user’s local language as well as in English. Additionally, users can override the default language (English) with one of 49 other languages.

For example, if a user was browsing a news site and wanted more information on a particular sporting event they were reading about (e.g. the Australian Open), they could conduct an instant search on AllTheWeb by simply typing "atw Australian Open" into the address field of their browser OR by highlighting the term "Australian Open" in the page they are browsing and clicking on the AlltheWeb button located in the links menu of the browser header. Supported Internet browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Apple Sherlock 3, Mozilla, and Opera.

Boolean Search

Advanced Search users can now search AlltheWeb using Boolean operators including “and”, “or”, “andnot”. In addition, AlltheWeb offers a “rank” operator allowing users to give preference to results that include a specified term.

Query Language Guide

AlltheWeb now includes a new query language "cheat sheet" to help users improve their search results through the use of advanced features such as “+” and “-“, Boolean operators, and query keywords such as “site:” and “filetype:”.