TECHNOLOGY MATTERS

Make your internet search easier

With the deluge of information out there on the web, knowing how to look is key.

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nformation is power is an old axiom but one that rings true in every situation. Information capture, or knowledge management, is fast becoming the true competitive advantage at individual and corporate level with researches being conducted world wide and lately, academic writing, a trend that has become so rampant.

The internet is one source of volumes of current information. But with the proliferation of online businesses and millions of existing websites, and with many more getting added every minute, searching the internet efficiently is becoming a formidable task.

In this computer era, the need to use the internet to search for resources is not es-capable. Search engines are some of the most useful internet visitor should learn to efficiently use as they comb for information.

But we need skills to conduct an effective search. Before doing a search, it’s important to define your topic as completely and succinctly as possible. What information are you looking for from the internet?

With the exception of search engines such as Google.com, which will take questions in the form of actual queries, most work best if you provide them with several keywords. So how do you determine which keywords will work best?

Your most powerful keyword combination is the phrase. Phrases are combinations of two or more words that must be found in the documents you are searching for in the exact order shown. When you use quotation marks around a phrase, you are telling the search engine to bring back only pages that include these exact search terms in the order you typed them. Use nouns as query keywords. Never use articles (“a,” “the”), pronouns (“he,” “it”), conjunctions (“and,” “or”) or prepositions (“to,” “from”) in your queries.

Diversity

Most search engines are insensitive to case: You can type your queries in uppercase, lowercase, or a mix of cases. If you use lowercase, most engines will match on both upper and lowercase. For general searches, lowercase is the safest form to use.

Don’t fall into the rut of using only one search engine for all your search needs. Every search engine returns different results. Google remains the top search engine on the internet followed at a distance second, Yahoo! There exists dozens of specialized search engines that are extremely efficient and innovative though not very popular.

The focus on a specific topic like business, law, or medical researches a geographic location, a target audience, or a specific file formats like pdf files. They search from only a few specific sites thus they often offer greater depth of coverage for a category that makes results narrower and more relevant. www.truveo.com is the search engine that helps you find video content from all video sharing websites like YouTube and most mainstream media websites like CNBC, BBC and Reuters. Truveo indexes web videos in near real time so you can safely rely on it for timely searches. 

Make use of the internet, It is there for you.