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By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search since 2004

How to Effectively Use a Search Engine

Wednesday April 30, 2008
According to the latest statistics, more people then ever before in history use a search engine on a regular basis - but how effectively are they using these search engines?

Unfortunately, most searchers don't take advantage of the bare minimum of search resources that search engines have to offer. Learn how to effectively use a search engine.

Wait - don't I just need to know about Google? Google is a strong contender, but it's certainly not the only game in town! Here are 100 search engines to choose from, anything from torrent search to USA.gov.

Comments
April 30, 2008 at 2:47 pm
(1) Martyn P says:

Surely you should give a timescale if you’re asking that poll? How many times in a day, week or your whole life?

April 30, 2008 at 3:40 pm
(2) websearch says:

Oh gosh, sorry about that! Yes, that would be per day. :>)

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