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==About Phantis==
 
==About Phantis==
 
===Where is Phantis physically located?===
 
===Where is Phantis physically located?===
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Phantis is based in [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Norristown+Pennsylvania+USA&om=1 Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA]. Norristown is a town approximately 25 miles outside the city of Philadelphia, the 5th largest city of the United States.
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Phantis is based in [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Eagleville+Pennsylvania+USA&om=1 Eagleville, Pennsylvania, USA]. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eagleville,+PA/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c69719191b45bd:0xe92033515cfd9acd?sa=X&ved=0CGsQ8gEwCmoVChMIpo3P6pnZxwIVgbKACh1xNwLx Eagleville] is a town approximately 25 miles outside the city of Philadelphia, the 6th largest city of the United States.
  
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The mailing address fro Phantis is:
 
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Decision Group, Inc.<br/>
 
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c/o Phantis<br/>
 
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P.O Box 176<br/>
 
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Eagleville, PA 19408<br/>
 
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===Who owns Phantis?===
 
===Who owns Phantis?===
 
Phantis is a division of Decision Group, Inc., a marketing consulting company established in [[1991]], incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania.
 
Phantis is a division of Decision Group, Inc., a marketing consulting company established in [[1991]], incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania.
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===How can I get in touch with Phantis?===
 
===How can I get in touch with Phantis?===
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'''By e-mail:''' Contact Phantis using the online [http://www.phantis.com/forms/contact_form.html Feedback Form]
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'''By e-mail:''' Contact Phantis using the online [http://www.phantis.com/contact/ Feedback Form]
  
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'''By telephone:''' You can reach Phantis by dialing: '''610-631-5361''' ''(and whatever country codes are required for calling the USA from where you reside, affixed prior to the above number.''
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'''By telephone:''' You can reach Phantis by dialing: <br/>
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USA: 610-616-2906<br/>
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Australia: (02) 8005 4848<br/>
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''(and whatever country codes are required for calling the USA from where you reside, affixed prior to the above number.''
  
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'''By postal mail''' - send and inquiries to:
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'''By postal mail''' - send and inquiries to:<br/>
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Decision Group, Inc.<br/>
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<div style="padding: 10px; background:#dfdfdf; text-align:center; border: 1px dotted gray; width:200px; ">'''Decision Group, Inc.'''<br/>
 
c/o Phantis<br/>
 
c/o Phantis<br/>
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P.O. Box 176<br/>
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925 Harvest Drive, Ste 120<br/>
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Eagleville, PA 19408<br/>
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Blue Bell, PA 19422<br/>
 
USA
 
USA
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==The Directory==
 
==The Directory==
 
===What is the Phantis Directory?===
 
===What is the Phantis Directory?===
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During that period and until manual validation completes the particular web site listing is unavailable to the public. If our people verify that the site is still operative, then the site is placed once again in the directory listings.
 
During that period and until manual validation completes the particular web site listing is unavailable to the public. If our people verify that the site is still operative, then the site is placed once again in the directory listings.
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==The Search Engine==
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===How do I get my site to appear in the Phantis search engine?===
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'''Phantis''' is a web crawler, a robot, just like those of Google and Altavista. A robot visits your site and extracts all the information, which it uses to construct huge databases. Phantis follows exclusion rules set forth by the robot.txt files.
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In order for Phantis to visit your site and index the information available there, we must direct it to do so. That's where your registartion comes in. By registering your site with Phantis you are giving us your web address, so Phantis can actually process the contents of your site.
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After Phantis has indexed your site, it will make that information available to everybody that is out there looking for it - provided of course they look for it on Phantis.
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The contents of your site are analyzed into individual words. When somebody does a keyword search, then information from a particular page on your site is displayed, if it matches the criteria set forth by the person who does the search.
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===Does the Phantis search engine support complex (Boolean) searches?===
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The Phantis search engine fully supports complex logical (Boolean) searches.
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Logical expressions can be composed using AND and OR operators, and subexpressions can be grouped using parenthesis. For example:
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<span style="color:blue;">(alexander OR napoleon) AND (great OR macedonia OR france)</span>
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The same query can be expressed with the following Boolean operators:
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<span style="color:blue;">(alexander|napoleon)+(great|macedonia|france)</span>
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Subexpressions in the parethesis can be an entire other boolean expression or even just a word, a pattern or a phrase.
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===Can I search for a specific word pattern?===
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Yes, Phantis offers full supports for pattern searches.
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When searching for a pattern, using the character '''<span style="color:red;">?</span>''' (question mark) means any character, while using the character '''<span style="color:red;">*</span>''' (asterisk - a wildcard) looks for a sequence of any characters.
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For example, search for: '''<span style="color:red;">expert*</span>'''
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will return all results for words that begin with 'expert', i.e. experts, expertise, expertly, expertness, etc.
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===How do I exclude a word from a search?===
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You can exclude a word from your seaches by putting a '''<span style="color:red;">-</span>''' (dash or minus sign) in front of the word. For example, searching for:
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<span style="color:blue;">hotels Crete -Chania</span>
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will return results with sites featuring the words ' hotels' and 'Crete', but without the word 'Chania'.
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===Can I limit my searches to or exclude a particular domain?===
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Yes. The Phantis search engine allows you to narrow your searches down to one or a few sites.
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For example in order to find all documents containing the word 'Crete' on the site 'eot.gr', you type:
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<span style="color:blue;">crete site:eot.gr</span>
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Using the same example, you can exlude sites from your searches by using the '-' sign, i.e.
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<span style="color:blue;">crete -site:eot.gr</span>
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This will exclude results from the site eot.gr, while at the same time it seaches every other site available for the word 'crete'.
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===How do I search for a particular phrase?===
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Phantis gives you the ability to search for not only a set of words but entire phrases. To do so, all you need to to is surround the phrase with quotation marks, i.e.
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<span style="color:blue;">"Sunday football game"</span>
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This will search for the entire phrase. In case you don't know the entire phrase you can use an asterisk instead of the word you do not know. For example:
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<span style="color:blue;">"Sunday * game"</span>
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==Site Registration==
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===How do I register my site with Phantis?===
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The registration process is relatively simple with Phantis. All you need to do is provide us with your site information in the appropriate form, and then submit it to us for approval and inclusion.
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Here's what you should pay attention to when submitting your site (URL) information.
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*'''Check to see if your site is already listed with Phantis!'''<br/>
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An important first step, because if your site is already listed in Phantis, you need go no further. Check by searching the Phantis directory for your site by title, or by browsing appropriate categories.
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*'''Select the appropriate category'''<br/>
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Selecting the appropriate category under which you want your site listed is essential for your registration. The Phantis people visit each and every site that submits a registration form, and identifying your site in the appropriate category helps speed up the registration process.
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*'''Select the appropriate country'''<br/>
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Phantis keeps a country directory of all Greek content related sites throughout the globe. Selecting the country which is your base of residence or business for your company will result in adding your site to the corresponding country listings.
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===Are all site registrations approved?===
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Not all site registrations are approved to be listed on the Phantis Directory or indexed by the Phantis Search Engine.
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Here is a list of prerequisites for a site registration to be approved for inclusion within the Phantis Directory and the Phantis Search Engine. Site information must meet at least one of these conditions:
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* The site submitting registration information must host content related to the Greek culture and/or lifestyle of the past or present. Any such content must be clearly labeled and easily identifiable on the site itself.
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* The site submitting registration information, if it is a business, must be targeting people from Greece and/or people of Greek descent. Any such intention must be easily identifiable and clearly defined on the site itself.
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* The site submitting registration information does not feature any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.
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===Is there any cost associated with site registration?===
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Site registration is offered at no cost. It is free.
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===How long will it take for my site registration to be processed?===
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Site registrations are usually processed within 3-4 weeks from the time submitted. This time between registration submission and processing is due to the large volume of site registrations submitted on a daily basis. Not all site registrations are approved.
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Latest revision as of 20:33, September 2, 2015

About Phantis

Where is Phantis physically located?

Phantis is based in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, USA. Eagleville is a town approximately 25 miles outside the city of Philadelphia, the 6th largest city of the United States.

Who owns Phantis?

Phantis is a division of Decision Group, Inc., a marketing consulting company established in 1991, incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania.

The President and founder of Decision Group, Inc. is Mr. Lazarus Sismanis.

When and why was Phantis created?

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Phantis was introduced to the public on May 1, 1997. It was one of the first ever services dedicated to archiving and indexing information pertaining to content related to Greece and the Greek diaspora -- or as we like to call it: Greek Cyberspace.

The images to the right show what Phantis looked like when it was first introduced.

How can I get in touch with Phantis?

By e-mail: Contact Phantis using the online Feedback Form

By telephone: You can reach Phantis by dialing:
USA: 610-616-2906
Australia: (02) 8005 4848
(and whatever country codes are required for calling the USA from where you reside, affixed prior to the above number.

By postal mail - send and inquiries to:

Decision Group, Inc.

c/o Phantis
925 Harvest Drive, Ste 120
Blue Bell, PA 19422
USA


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