Keyword Question

I am trying to clean-up my library before iPhoto 09. I ran Duplicate Annihilator first and have been diligently adding Keywords. To track my progress I created a Smart Album with Keyword equal to None, so I could see any Photos I missed.
The issue I am having is there are photos showing up in the smart album that I have clearly added keywords to. They are not duplicates per se as I cleared those up with DA. Any ideas?
Thanks.

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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Is it possible to do an advanced search to include
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<NSKeyValueObservationInfo 0x12b9ed890> (
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