Differences between Advanced and Public Searches

The following table summarizes the major differences between an Advanced administrative search and a Public search.

Note: By default, a Public search finds Web pages (HTML) or files (PDF, CSS, or JS), and only finds images if they were uploaded as files (items of a File-based content type).

Advanced Search	Public Search
Available from: Website Explorer Insert Hyperlink and Insert Image tools of the application's HTML Editor Search button in the Edit Link Set and Edit Navigation Menu dialogs (with a slightly different UI)	Available from any published Web page that uses a search function either directly in the page body or in the wrapper.
Finds and includes in search results all items whether live, draft, or expired.	Finds only live items.
Finds text files such as CSS, ICS (iCalendar), JS, XML and TXT.	Finds text files such as CSS or JS that were uploaded as files (items of a File-based content type).
Finds images based on their title or description.	Does not find images, unless the image was uploaded as a file (an item of a File-based content type).
Includes in search results a Live link to published pages, and a Manage link to an item's Status page.	Includes in search results a Live link to published pages.
Items cannot be excluded from search.	Items can be excluded from search. Client administrators can also configure a public Search with hidden parameters that control search results -- for instance, limiting a search to specific folders, websites, or a base or extended content type. These parameters are not visible or available as search options to site visitors. For details, see Adding a Search Form in HTML: Manually Configuring Search Parameters.
Content can be searched using a variety of parameters in any combination: keyword, keyword location, published or last-modified date ranges, websites, folders, content type, file type, and content category or related item (if the selected content type includes category-backed or related-item fields). You can enter a full or partial filename as a keyword to find the matching file. You cannot use wildcards when entering a keyword or search string.	Website visitors can specify one parameter: a keyword. They can also use the following wildcards when entering a keyword or search string: * - Use with zero or more characters ? - Use with zero or one character For instance, a search on the text string fee* or fee? will include "RSS Feed" in the results, while a search on fee will not.