Existing users, 
Advanced SearchAdvanced Search Tips
By default, a search returns results that contain ALL the words in your query.
- Sorting - The primary sort is by release date. You can change the sort order of your search results by clicking on the column headers.
- Exclude Words - Use this field to refine a search by excluding products with certain keywords.
- Quick vs. Expanded - Quick searches the product title, version, short description, and developer name. Expanded searches all the descriptive text such as product descriptions.
- Editors' Picks Only - Limits the search to only those products that VersionTracker editors have chosen to be of special significance.
Advanced Search Options
| Option | Description | Sample | Results |
| < > | “>” increases a word's contribution to a product's relevance while “<” decreases it. | internet (>browser <utility) | Includes products with “internet browser” and “internet utility”, but ranks “internet browser” higher than “internet utility”. |
| * | All possible suffixes of a word will be present in the results | game* | Includes products with “game”, “games”, “gamer”, etc. |
| ( ) | Any of these words, an “or” search | (web browser) | Includes products with “web” OR “browser” |
| “ ” | Exact Phrase, no words between | “apple itunes” | Includes products where “apple itunes” is in that order. |
| - | The word must not be present in the results | apple -itunes | Includes products having the word “apple”, but not “itunes” |
