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Searching The Net

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Apr 4, 2009

If you are struggling to search the web the best tips to navigate yourself around the web would be by first learning all the basics:

What are Search Engines?

  • Search engines are the very special websites on the internet that make it much easier to find the information that you need.

What are Speech Marks used for?

  • Speech Marks are used to search for PHRASES.

What are Plus Signs used for?

  • Plus Signs are used for words which MUST appear in the results.

What are Minus Signs used for?

  • Minus Signs are used to search for pages which do NOT include a certain word.

What are Spelling used for?

  • Spelling is used for if  you dont spell a word properly when you are searching, in result you will not get good searching results.

What are Lots of Search Words used for?

  • If you use more words in a search, your results are likely to be better.

What are Choose your Words Carefully used for?

  • Using search words will give you more accurate results, and will speed up the searching process.