Some way of searching for two words NEAR each other rather than just both appearing or a phrase
Some search systems have commands like NEAR4 to find two words with four words of each other.
All too often a search for two words finds then in completely different parts of the page.
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JMB
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Pending - For future development
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AdminThe British Newspaper Archive
(Head of Data Development, The British Newspaper Archive)
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We have established a way of doing this through our search technology. Next steps are to start designing a user interface.
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Robert Hodges commented
That's great news and will make my life so much easier! Thanks
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Jim commented
Wow, any progress on this since 2014?
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Anonymous commented
Great. This would be a great addition. Sometimes called 'proximity searches'.