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Getting More Results

If you're new to searching the web or just don't know where to start this time, you may wish to begin with the option that will provide the easiest, quickest and most comprehensive results - FindSpot, the meta search engine.

A meta search engine searches the results of other search engine and compiles the results, saving you time and effort.

Broaden Your Horizons

When you find that your searches are returning too few results, even on a meta search engine, it may be that your search is too narrow.

The first thing to try is deleting some of the words in the search phrase. A one word search term might be too broad but a 6 word search term may be too narrow. Try two or three word phrases that are most often used for the type of product/service/information you are searching for.

Borrow Their Brain
Search engines are set up to return web pages with the same words that you put in the search box. So you have to try to think like the person who wrote that web page. What words would they use to describe what you're looking for? What would they have called it?

'You Talk Funny'
Another problem that searchers often face is that although the web is predominantly English, it's made up of web pages with colloquialisms from every part of the globe. If you're in the UK but the product/service/information you're looking for is most likely to be found on an American website then you might need to use an Americanism (crisps = chips, chips = french fries) or American-English spelling (colour = color).


 
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