Today I have dealt with how to perform effective searches on the web. Here is a summary of what I could find:
• use different keywords (possibly use a thesaurus);
• If you enter a phrase with quotation marks so that the search engine results make us appear to have the words in the exact order in which we live;
• Always use the power of Boolean operators;
• use help functions to display the characteristics of the search engine you are using.;
• use metasearch engines to combine results coming from different search engines. Some examples of metasearch engines are SurfWax, Ixquick, Search.com, and Mama. •
surfing the web, you can find search engine in connection with certain specific areas of interest. For example Loom, Torrent Typhoon, The Internet Movie Database, SingingFish for music and video, Ditto and Picsearch to find images or Scirus, Yahoo Reference, National Geographic Map Machine, MagPortal, CompletePlanet to find material related to the world of universities, education and research.
These are some sites you can consult to learn more about the subject.
www.media-awareness.com
websearch.about.com
www.pacificwebsites.com
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