3 Better Ways To Search Online

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Nothing creates a more frustrating online experience than

pulling up your favorite search engine to find something

simple and coming away empty handed after an hour of

searching.



Search engines - those sites that allegedly help you find

what you want online - can cause no end of grief if you

don't know some simple tricks that will vastly improve your

search results.



Suppose you wanted to find information regarding 1954 Ford

truck parts. Most people would search this subject by going

to their favorite search engine and typing in 1954 Ford

truck parts. The search engine would hopefully return

results for sites that matched those keywords.



However, search engines usually also return results

including sites containing only some of the words in your

search. So in this example you would also get sites not

only about 1954 Ford truck parts, but on 1954 Fords, Ford

trucks, truck parts, and trucks.



Virtually everyone knows the frustration of typing keywords

(the topic of your search) into a search engine, clicking

the search button, and then facing the prospect of sorting

through a million pages (literally) to find what you want.



For everyone experiencing search engine frustration, these

suggestions should quickly improve your results.



Tip #1 - To aid you in searching more efficiently, most

search engines allow surfers to perform "Boolean" searches.



This feature narrows the results to only those websites

containing all the words specified, but not necessarily in

the exact order.



Those searching for 1954 Ford truck parts would enter 1954

AND Ford AND truck AND parts into the search box to find

sites containing all of those words.



Tip #2 - Using quotation marks around keyword sets yields

even more specific results.



"1954 Ford truck parts" should produce only those websites

containing this exact phrase somewhere in the website.



Tip #3 - The more specific you get right up front, the

better.



If you want to look for antique car parts for your 1954

Ford truck, start your search with "1954 Ford truck parts"

and work from there.



Don't start with "1954 Ford" because you'll probably just

waste time sorting through everything from cars to

magazines to collector clubs.



It would also help if you searched by the model and any

other specific information.



If refining your searches doesn't get you where you want to

go, several programs exist to help you search more quickly

and effectively.



Copernic (www.copernic.com) examines multiple search

engines then compares each engine's results against the

rest to determine the best sites.



The program then ranks the resulting sites and displays

them for the user. Copernic's free version allows users

unlimited searches for websites.



Web Ferret (www.ferretsoft.com) also offers a free program

that queries multiple search engines and displays the

ranked results in the user's web browser for easy surfing.



With the addition of millions of web pages every week,

continuously honing your search skills represents one of

the smartest investments of time and energy any serious web

surfer can make.



About the Author:



Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-

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