CDS Electrical website search now supports exact operations

One of the most convenient features that we implemented on our new look CDS Electrical website is the site search. A universal search box found at the top of each page that drills down through every single web page on this website including any blog posts created around that keyword.

We started this new website back in December 2015 with just a single page and since then have expanded it to the level we see today. A fully fledged website that encompasses all aspects of CDS Electrical; from the services that we offer to things out customers are saying about us, and from blog posts about particular events and electrical related news to our popular about us page.

The only downside to having so much content is that a site search can sometimes bring back hundreds of results. That's why today we are happy to announce support for exact operations. Let us show you what we mean.

I want to find out a little more about 'Structured Cabling'. I go to the search bar and type in 'Structured Cabling'. Here are the results;

​A total of 7 results across the entire website. Now let's try it again but with the addition of speech marks around the search criteria. Searching for "Structured Cabling" instead of Structured Cabling limits the search to text that has the same ordering, precedence and formatting as the search criteria. The results from the exact criteria search are shown below;

From seven search results down to just three. This was performed on a search that yielded limited results to begin with for ease of demonstration. This technique of using exact search is very handy for pinpointing exact information. In house, we are already using it to quickly find blog posts from the months gone by. Give it a whirl and let us know in the comments how you get on.