Index: trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r1026 -r1031
--- trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php	(.../searchitems.php)	(revision 1026)
+++ trunk/kernel/include/searchitems.php	(.../searchitems.php)	(revision 1031)
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@
 {
     global $KeywordIgnore;
     
-       if(count($KeywordIgnore)==0)
+    //echo "Passed Phrase: $phrase<br>";
+    if(count($KeywordIgnore)==0)
        GetIgnoreList();
     $keywords["normal"]= array();
     $keywords["required"]= array();
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@
 						break;
 					$exact_word=substr($phrase, $i+1, ($exact_match_close-$i)-1);
 					$exact_word = str_replace("\\", "", $exact_word);
-					$exact_word = trim($exact_word);
+					$exact_word = trim($exact_word);					
 					$i=$exact_match_close;
 					if($exact_word)
 					{	
@@ -687,19 +688,22 @@
       switch(substr($keyword,0,1))
       {
         case "|":
-           $keywords["normal"][]= trim(substr($keyword,1));
+           $keywords["normal"][]= substr($keyword,1);
            break;
         case "+":
-           $keywords["required"][] = trim(substr($keyword,1));
+           $keywords["required"][] = substr($keyword,1);
            break;
         case "-":
-           $keywords["notallowed"][] = trim(substr($keyword,1));
+           $keywords["notallowed"][] = substr($keyword,1);
            break;
         case "=":
-           $keywords["ignored"][] = trim(substr($keyword,1));
+           $keywords["ignored"][] = substr($keyword,1);
            break;
       }
   }
+  
+  //print_pre($keywords);
+  
   return($keywords);
 }