BASICS OF EFFECTIVE SEARCH
Doing
a search on Google is easy. Simply type one or more search terms (the words or
phrase that best describe the information you want to find) into the search box
and hit the 'Enter' key or click on the Google Search button.
In
response, Google produces a results page: a list of web pages related to your
search terms, with the most relevant page appearing first, then the next, and
so on.
Here
are some basic tips to help you maximize the effectiveness of your search:
Choosing
the right search terms is the key to finding the information you need.
Start
with the obvious – if you're looking for general information on Hawaii, try Hawaii.
But
it's often advisable to use multiple search terms; if you're planning a
Hawaiian vacation, you'll do better with vacation Hawaii than
with either vacation or Hawaii by themselves. And vacation
Hawaii golf may produce even better (or, depending on your perspective,
worse) results.
You
might also ask yourself if your search terms are sufficiently specific. It's
better to search on luxury hotels Maui than on tropical
island hotels. But choose your search terms carefully; Google looks for
the search terms you chose, so luxury hotels Maui will probably
deliver better results than really nice places to spend the night in Maui.
Google
searches are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type
them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for george
washington, George Washington, and gEoRgE
wAsHiNgToN will all return the same results.
By
default, Google only returns pages that include all of your search terms. There
is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep in mind that the
order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results. To restrict
a search further, just include more terms. For example, to plan a vacation to
Hawaii, simply type vacation hawaii.
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