Wednesday, 6 December 2006

Ten Tips for Smarter Google Searches

Most people use Google in a very inefficient and often ineffective manner. If all you do is enter a few keywords and click the search button, you're one of those users who don't get as much out of Google as you could. In this article, Google expert Michael Miller shows you how to search smarter — and more effectively.

Read the article HERE.


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Pagebull - visual Internet search engine

Public beta version. Optimized for searches from within the United States. [Don't let that frighten you - looks perfect from Down Under in Australia] Mousing over the "i" in the corner of the screenshot gives text results, mousing over the magnifying glass produces a larger screenshot of that page. The 3x4 preselected format is perfect for a 19" monitor at 1280 x 1024, but you do have the option to view at 4x3 or 2x6.

Visit the website HERE.



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Search engine "overflow"

Years ago we had Yahoo [yesterdays Google - where did it all go wrong ?], Alta Vista, and my personal favourite Ask Jeeves [when it first appeared on the net - before it was neutered]. Then the Google monster arrived in town and everbody went into hiding. Now - all of a sudden, they're popping up everywhere - a new day, a new search engine. Does Google have too strong a hold on "search", or will one of these upstarts become the next King of Search ? I hear you scoff - but it happenned to Yahoo, and we all know that nothing lasts forever.

Just a few of the new offerings are :-

Listible

Huckabuck search interface

GahooYoogle.com

Ms. Dewey

searchmash

GoodSearch : Powered by Yahoo, GoodSearch works just like a regular search engine, except that fifty percent of its ad-generated revenue goes to charity. If only it leveraged Google instead of Yahoo, it would probably draw a ton more users. Even so, consider using GoodSearch at least a few times per day.

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