For example, if you search something like alex rob, you’d get things like robert and alexander too. What if you want to only search an exact name? Is there any way to narrow it down?
You can use search shortcuts in your search query to easily and quickly find what you’re looking for.
You can use them alone (e.g., name: kelly smith) or use certain combinations to quickly get the most relevant results (e.g., name: kelly smith gender: male company: facebook).
The following is a list of all the shortcuts available:
* user: or users: or people: or name:
(e.g., user: kelly smith will list people by that name)
* application: or applications:
(e.g., application: links will list the Links application and other applications related to the term)
* group: or groups:
(e.g., group: alumni will list groups related to the term "alumni")
* event: or events:
(e.g., event: quinceanera will list events related to "quinceanera")
* fbpage: or page:
(e.g., page: facebook security will list the Facebook Security Page as well as other Facebook Pages related to the term)
* A vertical line (the | character, also known as a "pipe"):
(e.g., John Doe | Jane Doe includes both John Doe search results with Jane Doe search results in the same list)
Shortcuts that you can combine with other shortcuts:
* user: or users: or people: or name:
* sex: or gender:
(e.g., name: kelly smith sex: male or name: kelly smith gender: m will narrow down the people named "Kelly Smith" to the ones who are male)
* company: or work:
(e.g., name: kelly smith company: facebook will list the people named "Kelly Smith" who work at Facebook)
* relationshipstatus: or rl: or status: with the options of single, in a relationship, in relationship, in an open relationship, married, its complicated, complicated
(e.g., name: kelly smith status: married will list the people named "Kelly Smith" who are married)
* y1: as the minimum age and y2: as the maximum age
(e.g., name: kelly smith y1: 30 y2: 39 will list the people named "Kelly Smith" who are between 30 and 39 years old)