//0 Greater Boston Tab - s.tab is ""
//1 Globe Tab s.tab is "globe"
//2 yellowpages tab s.tab is "yp"
//3 site search
//a. No results from query, and user is on the Globe tab
//This points to [1][0]
//b. No results from query, date parameters are set, and user is on Greater Boston tab
//This points to [0][0]
//c. The page is passed a query parameter value named "t"; the value of this parameter will be the number of the tip to display
//This points to whatever is the correct tab, and sets the index to t
var displayTips = new Array();
//This is greater boston sidecar tips
displayTips[0]=new Array();
//This is globe
displayTips[1]=new Array();
//This is yp
displayTips[2]=new Array();
//This is site
displayTips[3]=new Array();
//This is travel
displayTips[4]=new Array();
displayTips[0][0]="Looking for a Globe article?
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"Click the checkbox for \"Boston Globe articles only\", right next to the search box.
"
displayTips[0][1]="Too many results?
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"Use \"More Search Options\" to limit your search to selected types of sites.
";
displayTips[0][2]="Looking for a business?
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"Click on the \"Businesses\" tab right above the search box to get results from Google Local.
";
displayTips[0][3]="What is 'Local Search'?
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"Local Search combines Boston.com info, news from The "+
"Boston Globe and other Boston news sources, opinion from Boston-area blogs, "+
"business listings from Google, and information from more than 5,000 other local websites.
";
displayTips[0][4]="Searching by date?
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"For stories published in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, search by date using \"More Search Options.\" But for information from other sites, a search by exact publication date is not available.
";
displayTips[0][5]="Too few results?
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"Use fewer keywords. The search engine looks for articles and web pages that include ALL the keywords you typed in.
";
displayTips[0][6]="Looking for the latest news?
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"Click the \"Site Search\" tab to get the latest news off the wires, as well as Boston Globe stories, and photo galleries.
";
displayTips[0][7]="Looking for a person's phone number?
"+
"Click the \"
White Pages\" tab to search residential phone numbers.
Want the weather?
"+
"Just do a search for \"weather\" to get the five-day outlook and the latest video forecast.
";
displayTips[1][0]="Looking for a second opinion?
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"Click on the \"Local Search\" tab above the search box to find info from 5,000 sites across Massachusetts.
";
displayTips[1][1]="Looking for a specific article?
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"If you know the date or reporter's name, you can use \"More Search Options\" to zero in on the article you want.
";
displayTips[1][2]="Looking for the archives?
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"This search includes Globe stories published since 1979. Stories published between 1872 and 1923 are available in the
Historic Archive, but papers published between 1924 and 1979 are not available online.
Looking for the latest news?
"+
"Click the \"Site Search\" tab to get the latest news off the wires, in addition to Boston Globe stories.
";
displayTips[2][0]="How do I list my business?
"+
"Go to
Google's add my business form. Click on the \"Local Search\" tab above the search box to find info from more than 4,500 sites across Massachusetts.
Too few results?
"+
"Try using fewer keywords. The search engine finds listings that include ALL of the keywords you typed in.
";
displayTips[2][2]="Looking for a phone number?
"+
"Click the \"
White Pages\" tab to search residential phone numbers.
Sports fan?
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"Type the name of a Boston player into the search box and click \"Local Search\" to get his latest stats.
";
displayTips[3][0]="Looking for a second opinion?
"+
"Click on the \"Local Search\" tab above the search box to search other news sites, and more than 4,500 other local sites.
";
displayTips[3][1]="Looking for a Boston Globe article?
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"Click the checkbox for \"Boston Globe articles only\", right next to the search box, to search the archives of the Globe since 1979.
";
displayTips[3][2]="Trying to do the right thing?
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"Miss Conduct advises: \"A little forethought can prevent regret later.\" More tips are in
her blog.
Too few listings?
"+
"Try using fewer keywords. The search engine finds listings that include all of the keywords you typed in.
";
displayTips[3][4]="Looking for a person's phone number?
"+
"Click the \"
White Pages\" tab to search residential phone numbers.
What am I searching?
"+
"This travel search includes news articles, photo galleries, listing"+
" information from Frommer's, and several hundred local tourism websites.
";
displayTips[4][1]="State names are optional
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"You don't need to type in the state name (unless there's a chance of confusion between Concord, NH and Concord, MA).
";
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function writeSection(){
if (oldTabID != 'ypages') {document.writeln('Boston.com\'s business search now brings you Google\'s search results for stores, services, and businesses of all kinds - all in your community.