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Where do the AskJack Search Results Come From?
The search results page is split in to two parts:

Google™ Adsense
At the top of the page four results are shown from the Adsense program. Adsense uses advanced Google™ technology to determine what the search is about and then selects the most relevant links for that topic. If no links match the search term a default set of links are shown using the most recent search requests. These are owned and published by 32 Corners Ltd.

Alternate results are provided by Mirago an UK based search engine.

Search String Examples

Narrow the Scope by Lengthening the Search String
According to some of the top search engine statistics, most people use single word search terms. This can, as in the example above produce exactly the results you're looking for, but more often the user is overwhelmed by to many search returns. A search for "mortgage" returns thousands of results, while a search for "discount mortgage" starts to filter the results. Adding further terms to the search string will tighten up the results even further "first+time+buyer+mortgage".

Search the World
A good technique for obtaining relevant search results from around the world is to append the country name. I know this sounds simple and obvious, but the single search word "Spain" is in the top 20 of the most used search words. This just doesn't make sense, as a search for Property in Spain, Holiday in Spain or even Working in Spain would surely return better results.

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