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How to Search the Internet More Effectively
The Internet has become a very valuable tool for getting all sorts of information about any type of subject, product or service. Whatever your interest, the answer is most likely available online. The challenge, however, is in finding it. Typing a simple "keyword" into a major search engine will get you the answer in many cases. Sometimes a key word search might not turn up the web page you need or it might turn up so many pages that the one you need is hopelessly buried. Here are some smart tips for searching the Internet more effectively to get the results you really need.
PHRASE SEARCH
Note: If you can't remember one of the words in a phrase, some search engines, including Google and Yahoo!, will allow you to substitute an asterisk. Example: You can't recall the full name of a tennis court where you once played, but you are sure that it starts with the word "Swing." Type "Swing * Tennis Court" into Google to find websites that use this phrase with various terms in place of the asterisk, such as Swing Time Tennis Court and Swing Your Racket Tennis Court.
MULTIPLE SEARCH ENGINES
ADVANCED SEARCH
1. Restrict your search to web pages where your key words appear in the title of the page. These are likely to be particularly relevant to your subject. 2. Restrict your search to pages written in English or located in a particular country. 3. Exclude certain terms. For example, if you're interested in animals, not sports teams, use advanced search to exclude web sites containing the word "Miami" from your search of the keyword "dolphins." 4. Limit your search to a particular website. For instance, type "car insurance" into the search box, but restrict the "domain" to AAA.com (the Automobile Association of America's official website) to find only what that organization has published on the subject. 5. Specify a "Numeric Range". Google's advanced search allows users to restrict their search results to web sites containing numbers within a given range. This is particularly useful for historical research. Example: If you search the terms "England" and "Civil War," most of your results will be about England's Civil War. If you are after information on England's role in the American Civil War, use Google's advanced search to restrict the results to web pages containing numbers from 1861 through 1865, the years of the American Civil War. Search for Web pages that include a specified word near another specified word within the text on a particular page. A lmore obscure search engine called Exalead.com is the only one to offer this particular feature.
PEOPLE SEARCHES - BASIC
Example: Search "Johnny Carmichael" rather than Johnny and Carmichael. In subsequent searches, try common nicknames instead of this person's formal first name. If you know this person's middle name, search again with this inserted between the first and last name then change the middle name to a middle initial and search one more time. If you do not know the middle name or initial, use Google and insert an asterisk between the first and last name as in "Johnny * Carmichael." If the name is common, add the person's state of residence, job title or spouse's name (but not in the quotation marks) to your search to better focus the list of results. Example: Searching "Bob Smith" yields an unmanageable one million-plus results on Google but searching "Bob Smith" together with the word "Arkansas" reduces this by 95%.
PEOPLE SEARCHING SITES
Pipl (www.pipl.com) provides basic facts and contact information, plus links to search companies such as USSearch and Intellius, that will scan public records to locate the person you're after. These sites typically charge $10 to $50 to access an individual's complete records, but they often provide basic information, such as hometown and spouse's name, for free. Return to Google and search the name again in combination with these new details, as described above or to search the spouse's name. Zoominfo (www.zoominfo.com) can track people down for free through their professional history, because it identifies job titles and current and former employers. Pandia People (www.pandia.com/people) provides a useful collection of links to other sites for finding people.
ARTICLE SEARCHING
Kidon Media-Link (www.kidon.com/media-link) features links to the homepages of 19,000 newspapers, magazines and other news sources worldwide. MagPortal.com (www.magportal.com) also lets users search for articles from a wide range of publications that are available for free online. If your article search comes up empty, try contacting your local library’s reference desk. Many libraries have databases that access a broader range of articles than are available online. In some regions, library cardholders can search these databases from home on their own computers.
DIRECTIONS & MAPS
VIDEO & IMAGES
Blinkx (www.blinkx.com) is the best place to find online video clips. It searches transcripts of Web videos to find those containing your key words.
HEALTH INFORMATION
Government sites MedlinePlus (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus) and Healthfinder.gov (www.healthfinder.gov) can locate trustworthy medical information on government web sites or other health-care sites.
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