Try using one or more of these tips to help you find what you are looking for more quickly.
1. Use the tabs:
-search engines usually have: all, images, videos, maps, …
-if looking for a photo, click on images tab for a quicker find
2. Use quotation marks:
-if you search for Puppy Dog Sweaters, the engine will search for content that contains those three words in any order
-if you search “Puppy Dog Sweaters”, it will search for that phrase exactly as you typed
3. Use a hyphen to exclude words:
-if you search bats, the animal, you can search: bats
-sports -baseball
4. Use OR to search for multiple words:
-chocolate OR white chocolate search will give search results on both types of chocolate
5. Use key words:
-keep it simple by using a few specific words
-example of too many words: What do tigers eat in the wild?
-example of key words: tiger diet
6. Ignore ads listed above found items:
-many search engines have advertisers whose ads are usually listed first
-scroll down to the entries listed that do not have the “Ad” tag
7. Don’t worry about spelling:
-the search engine will ask if tigrs was meant to be tigers?
