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SEARCHING
THE INTERNET
SIMPLE
SEARCH METHOD
1. Submit a search term:
(keyword
search) type a search term in a text box
(the blank box at the top of the search engine) and then click the submit button
to send the term to the search tool. The search term serves as a
key
to finding matching pages.
2.
After you click submit, scroll below and you will see
underlined
web pages
containing a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), a title, a brief description, and
group of keywords intended to describe the page's contents. If your search
term matches anything in that record, the search tool considers the page a
match. This list is called a hit
list.
3.
Hit List: a list of links, produced by a search engine in response to a
search term you have entered. Each link is a hit, a page that contains a
match for your search term. Click on these links, and if it turns out to
be a near miss, then, use your "back"
button at the top of your browser to return to your hit list and try a different
page, or start over with a new search.
4.
You may need to change your keyword or key phrase to get the results you are
looking for, here are some basic tips for improving your search success:
a.
Use the simplest form of a word.
b.
Use the singular form of a word rather than the plural.
c.
Use common Capitalization, and lower case for the rest of the word. Be
careful to observe funny computer words like FrontPage (unusual capitalization).
d.
Be as specific as possible. Example: If it's the German Shepard you
searching for, use that as your search term, not dog, which will produce too
many hits, and many unrelated to German Shepard. Having said that, if your
very specific term doesn't get you what you are looking for, you may have to go
to a less specific, generic term (dog), after all.
e.
Try partial words. Always try full words first. But if they're not
working out, try the partial word. Example: you want to match both
puppies and puppy, you can try "pup" as a search term, which matches
both.
5.
Many hits from a search will be located on more than one page and you will see
"next" or 1234...at the bottom of the page, click on these to view the
next page. Use your back button to return to 1st page.
6.
Finally, if you are not finding what you are looking for, try a new search for
what matters to "you".
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page (POWER SEARCH)
back
to the search engines page
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