Improve Your Internet Search Skills
Ranked #805 in Internet, #47,334 overall
Become an Internet Search Expert
Learn the Best Search-Engines to use, the best Search Engine Tips and Tricks, find Experts in every Discipline, Quickly become an Expert in any Micro-Niche. You can never know enough about searching the Internet which is in any case constantly evolving.
The ability to solve any problem, to source the best product, or learn a new skill quickly and effectively will become or already is the primary life and career skill. Learn how to rapidly research a company plus the job interviewed for before your job interview.
Information Brokers
Information Brokers (often librarians) existed long before the Internet. Although the Web has made their job a lot easier there are still many occasions when they have to use offline resources. Best Search Engines (and Why)
- Still the Best
- ASK
- Has some nice stuff, including displaying alternative search suggestions on the right of the screen.
- Yahoo
- The Original Search Engine
- Microsoft Bing
- Making quite a name for itself
Find Human Experts (Usenet/Google Groups/Yahoo Groups)
I would rate this as probably the most valuable Internet resource that there is
I use these groups to help me with home repairs, car repairs, computer problems, programming languages, how to swim or cycle better. In fact with virtually any problem.
Why do people give free help away? well vanity might be one reason, another is that they improve their own expertise by helping others, sometimes that might have a rather dull job.
- Gougle Groups (Formerly USENET)
- Usenet
- Yahoo! Answers
- Yahoo! Answers is a new way to find and share information. You can ask questions on any topic, get answers from real people, and share your insights and experience.
Google Tips
- site:www.successtheory.com (search this site only)
- link:http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/vimtips.html (who links to this page)
- wikipedia : "isaac newton"
- dictionary : ingratiate
- acronym : TCP/IP
- thesaurus : satisfy
- imdb : "the godfather"
- map : "OX14 2ES"
- best price uk : lcd monitor
- 4+5*23.4 (use Google as Calculator)
- Check spelling enter suspected word eg seperate (wrong separate)
- Google Translation Tools
- Translate from language to language
Reference/Encyclopedia Websites
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia
Best Information Search/Broker Books
You can never know enough
Article Directories
- EzineArticles
- Ezinearticles contains articles from expert authors in hundreds of niche fields. I often use Ezinearticles when researching a new blog or website
Best Knowledge and Tips Websites
- eHow
- Learn how to do just about everything at eHow, the world's most popular place to find How To instructions. New on eHow: Publish your own articles and How To videos. It's easy and it's free!
Continuously Improve Your Search Skills on the Internet
Google now has a "Show Options" Button at the Top of Each Search Page click this to see Wonder Wheel and Related Searches both will provide alternative search solutions. Search Techniques Broad Match , Phrase Match
Phrase Match
This is where you place quotes around the search keywords eg "Seth Godin"
Secret Google Search Tricks
in the following examples you have to type say
allinurl:buckets into the Google search box to find websites with bucket somewhere in the URL!
-
allinanchor: passive income streams
These means only search for pages which have a URL with a link text (called the anchor) containing the words passive income streams. Anchor Text is the underlined hyperlinked text you click on
http://www.google.com/search?q=allinanchor:passive income streams -
allintitle:Passive Income Streams
Search for keywords in the title tag -
allinurl:zzapper
Find websites with zzapper somewhere in the URL! -
site:www.herbertpolecat.com acrostic
Search just the website www.herbertpolecat.com for pages mentioning acrostic -
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22how+to+lose+*+fat%22
or
"how to lose * fat" in Google Search box will return say:-
how to lose belly fat
how to lose thigh fat etc
What's great about this is that it suggests things you might never have thought of
Switching Off Google's Personalized Search
Get your true position in the Search Engines
There are two ways to NOT see Google´s Personalized Search results:
(1) Log out of Google (eg Gmail)
(2) Append &pws=0 to the end of your search URL in the search bar
What is Your Search Tip?
-
Reply
-
ArefinShams
Jan 24, 2011 @ 2:58 pm | delete
- My search tip is, the search result varies for different countries. If you search from your country for a certain keyword in Google you will get some results, then if u change your ip to a different country, you will get another type of results. If you are doing seo, you will need to change your ip to see the proper results.
how can I change my ip to your ip address
-
-
Reply
-
JaguarJulie
Dec 18, 2010 @ 4:13 pm | delete
- Hmmm, persistence! I am like a bloodhound on a scent when searching for something! And, very persistent.
-
-
Reply
-
EditorDave Oct 14, 2010 @ 11:09 pm | delete
- Nice lens! Lots of good tips for research. As a writer, I need to dig deep for information sometimes--and this lens provides a bunch of good tips. I've liked, thumbs-upped, favorited, and lensrolled your great lens! Congrats on a great job!
-
by thesuccess
Why not Measure your Squidoo Progress Here find out what your Squidoo Goals are!
Find out if you are a Ripple Maker or a Scanner or do you want to
more »
- 162 featured lenses
- Winner of 20 trophies!
- Top lens » 101 Success Tips to Get your Life/Career/Dream Back on Track
Explore related pages
- Ideas, Ideas, How to Create More Ideas Ideas, Ideas, How to Create More Ideas
- Everything I Learn Everything I Learn
- The Zulu Principle The Zulu Principle
- 101 Success Tips to Get your Life/Career/Dream Back on Track 101 Success Tips to Get your Life/Career/Dream Back on Track
- 101 Keyword Research Tips 101 Keyword Research Tips
- How to Submit your URL to Search Engines, Google How to Submit your URL to Search Engines, Google