How to Do The Google ~ How to Do Internet Searches ~ The Best Internet Search Methods ~ Optimize Net Searches ~ Advanced

Do not be dismayed by the following reference list; this is a short article.

How to do The Google.

How to do internet searches.

The best internet search techniques.

The best internet search methods.

Optimize your internet search results.

This article is about how to get the most from your internet searches. Most users fail to use 90% of a search engine’s capability. This article addresses that problem. It should be noted that this article is written for Google searches. Your results when using Yahoo, Bing, and other internet search engines may vary; but probably not.

For basic internet searches there are only a few things to keep in mind.

1. Keep it simple.

2. Searches are case insensitive.

3. Punctuation and words like “to”, “in”, “of”, “a”, “the”, etc. are ignored.

4. Use the words most commonly used by everyone else for a given subject.

5. Descriptive words are better than generic words.

6. Every word matters. Too many words will limit your results beyond what you want. This is because the default interpretation by the search engine is that every word must be included.

7. Word order matters. Prioritize your words in order of importance; starting with the most important word first.

1. The “+” sign. Search engines automatically include synonyms in the results. If you don’t want that, and only want to see results for the exact word; then put a “+” immediately preceding your search word (no space in between), e.g. +xyz.

2. The “-“ sign. If your internet search results have too many entries about an unrelated subject, you can get rid of them. Just put a “-“ sign immediately preceding the subject word that you don’t want to see (no space in between), e.g. -xyz.

3. The “OR” operator. The search engine’s default method of search (item #6 above) is set as if the “AND” operator is being used. To prevent that for inquires where you want either word, instead of both, you use the “OR” operator. For example: xyz abc will only give results having both entries, whereas: xyz OR abc will give you results having either entry.

4. The use of the quote symbol (“xyz”). For an exact quote or an exact phrase match, just put your text in quotes, e.g. “To Be or Not to Be”.

On the Google homepage is an Advanced Search link just to the right of the search box. Click it. The Advanced Search page implements all of the items previously described above and more. All of the entry boxes are self-explanatory. The last one, “Search within a site or domain”, is quite useful. It will often give you better results than the site’s own search box within that site.

At the bottom of the page is a “Date, usage rights, numeric range, and more” link that gives you even more capability. All are quite useful. Be sure to click the little, blue-square, down-arrows at the right of each box to see what your options are. Use the Safe Search option if so inclined.

On the homepage also make note of the additional internet search options listed at the top, e.g. images, videos, etc. These venues also have advanced feature capabilities.

May all your internet searches be prosperous ones!

You are not alone. Please share the above information to help others. The more people that are knowledgeable, the better off we all are.

To internet search, or not to internet search– that is the question.

Tis better to have internet searched and lost than to have never internet searched at all.

An internet search in time saves nine.

He who internet searches last, internet searches least.

Leave no internet search unsearched.