Monday, March 29, 2010

Basic Search Tips

To use search engines effectively, it is essential to apply techniques that narrow results and push the most relevent pages to the top of the results list. Below are a number of strategies for boosting search engine performance.
  • IDENTIFY KEYWORDS
  • BOOLEAN AND
  • BOOLEAN OR
  • BOOLEAN AND NOT
  • IMPLIED BOOLEAN: PLUS & MINUS
  • PHRASE SEARCHING
  • PLURAL FORMS, CAPITAL LETTERS, AND ALTERNATE SPELLINGS
  • TITLE SEARCH
  • DOMAIN SEARCH
  • HOST SEARCH
  • URL SEARCH
  • LINK SEARCH

For more details, click the following link!

http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/engines.html

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