VicDir Search Help

Search Help

Short Index
Company Name
Geogrephy Location
... Un-assigned Place Name
... Assigned place name
... Zip or Post code
... Phone Number
Industry
Product or Service
Trademark or Brand
Name Leading Letter Limit
The WITH Limit

Available Rule_Names List
VicDir Business Information Search Help
With VicDir system, you can search for 3 types of information Companies or other bodies Products or services Job vacations VicDir Search follows your grouped search rules which expected to be divided with semicolons ';' (or return keys - if the input box accepts multi-lines) Each search rule should follow the Rule_Name=Your_Search_Word syntax, both of them are case-insensitive, and the equal mark '=' can be replaced with colon ':' city=north shore industry=website hosting

Words must be contained in the names of the companies or other bodies Example 1: Example 2:

Geogrephy Location Limit VicDir supports 4 forms (or the mix combine of them) to apply geography location limits Un-assigned place names - If you do know a place without understanding the meaning of the name, the Rule_Name could be any one of the following: [loc, location, place] Example 1: Place names with assigned levels - if you do know the place name and what it means, you can combine some of the following rules: Nation level. Rule_Name could be: [nation, area, country] State/province level. Rule_Name could be: [sta, pro, state, province] City level. Rule_Name could be: [city, dis, district] Suburb level. Rule_Name could be: [sub, suburb] Street level. Rule_Name could be: [st, street] Example 1: Example 2: Example 3: Example 4: Zip or Post code Limit - If you know the Post Code of the target place, the Rule_Name could be any one of the following: [zip, post, zipcode, postcode] Example 1: Phone Number Prefix Limit - If you know the area code and/or some beginning digitals of the local phone numbers of the target place, the Rule_Name could be any one of the following: [ph, phone] Example 1: Example 2:

Industry Limit - You can set the industry limit via one of the following Rule_Names: [in, industry] Example 1: Example 2:

Product or Service Limit - You can limit the product/service range by using one of the following Rule_Names: [ps, product, service] Example 1: Example 2:

Brand or Trademark Limit - You can limit the brand/trademark range by using one of the following Rule_Names: [tm, trademark, trade] Example 1:

Name Leading Letter Limit - You can limit result by speciafy the beginning letter of the name of the companies or other bodies, the Rule_Name is: [az] Example 1:

The WITH Limit - This rule gives a wide range of choice to users to define addtional conditions which they think the target info should contain. Example 1: with=iso-9001; - the target companies should have recently ISO-9001 verified. Example 2: with=website; - the target companies should have their own websites or webpages.
Extend Rules
VicDir keeps an open mind to update our system to meet user's need. If you feel anything is important on the business searching/comparing or useful for people, please drop us some lines at our open support forum, and we will be glad to try our best to meet it.

VicDir Business Information Search Help