Power Up your Browsing

Searching the internet can be a cumbersome job resulting in searching through thousands of web pages. But thanks to advanced searching techniques and shortcuts , searches on the internet can lead to the results you expect. Many search engines have build in Boolean operators that uses conjunction like and , or and not.

 Also when performing a search, it is best to try to be as precise as possible in order to narrow down the search results. " For example, suppose you are researching an answer to the following question: How many college students play sports and why? After selecting the search engine to use, the next task is to formulate the search query by selecting the keywords that will perform the search most efficiently - college and students and sports"(Shelly,Napier, Rivers).

Shortcuts are also was to get the fastest results while searching web pages. For example, if looking for maps while on Yahoo, simply type " map! (city your looking for)"   Bing and Google both offer short cuts for currency conversion and weather respectively.

Google Chrome offers unique and easy way to search web sites. Partial typing of keywords loads possible results and use of tab key allow uses to quickly move to what they need. "Chrome makes it much easier to add search engines than other browsers, as it automatically adds new search sites as you perform searches on various sites across the web"(Guay). http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/24227/complete-guide-to-keyword-shortcuts-to-search-sites-in-google-chrome/ 

                                                                              

The easy for searching the internet is continuously evolving and its a good thing because the number of new users continuously increasing as well. What will the next great search engine lead us?

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Works Cited

Shelly, Gary B., Albert H. Napier, and Ollie Rivers. Discovering the Internet Complete Concepts and Techniques. 3rd ed. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2010. 123. Print.

Guay, Mathew. "Shortcuts to Search Sites in Google Chrome." How to Geek. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Aug. 201. <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/24227/complete-guide-to-keyword-shortcuts-to-search-sites-in-google-chrome/>.