Keyword Search is one of the three ways to search in GOI. Use this method when you want exact term matching over organization profiles, with full control over which words define a hit — no semantic interpretation, no reference company.

How it works¶

• Switch to Advanced mode and pick Use keywords from the search-type dropdown in the search panel.
• Type a keyword into the search bar and press Enter. The keyword becomes a pill.
• Repeat for as many keywords as you need — each press of Enter adds another pill. Remove a pill with its × button, or press Backspace in the empty input to remove the last one.
• Run the search. GOI performs a full-text (BM25) search over organization profiles and returns matches, ranked by how well the keywords match each profile.

Keyword Search is ideal when:

• You know the exact terminology your target organizations use.
• Semantic paraphrasing is a risk (e.g. niche technical terms, brand names, standards).
• You want to sanity-check a semantic search by comparing against a strict keyword-only variant.

Combine with filters¶

Keyword Search can be combined with any of the usual filters to narrow the scope further:

• Location Filters — restrict to a country, state, district, or city.
• Organizational Filters — restrict by organization size, type, or NACE sector.
• Keyword refinement filters — layered Must Include (Any / All) and Must Not Include filters on top of the main keyword query, for even more precise control.

See also¶

• Semantic Search — natural-language search when you don't have exact keywords.
• Similarity Search — find companies similar to a reference website.