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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)

Google
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

All over the Internet there are communities of Experts and Enthusiasts ready to answer your queries. This can often vastly speed up your information search. It's your job to find the correct user group and to pose your question intelligently and politely.

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

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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

Broad match is the default setting for your keywords, the words will be matched whatever their order

Phrase Match
This is where you place quotes around the search keywords eg "Seth Godin"

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Secret Google Search Tricks

Well they are not exactly secret but not many know them them. They are excellent for doing SEO work and seeing what rivals/competition there might be for your new web project.

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

Few realize that Google personalizes search for you depending on your search habits. While this may be a great idea for ordinary users it is a disadvantage for webmasters Internet Marketers as it gives them the false impression that their sites are higher in the search rankings than they actually are.

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
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What is Your Search Tip?

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    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
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    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.
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    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!
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