Are you using the right search strings?

Internet seems to be an important weapon as far as searching relevant content is concerned.Some people use it for searching, many for social networking sites, many to keep them updated on particular text subject or even entertainment…the list is long. But the most common task that generally maximum percentage of the users do while surfing internet is searching for the right content for their queries.

Not many, so you can use certain tips discussed here to make your search refined and receive the most optimal solutions for your query.

Searching the content with a string but you can not exclude certain phrase. You need that in search results displayed. So make sure that you put the whole term in double quotes. This will make search engine to consider the quoted phrase as specific and will only display the results including that.

The search engines are intelligent enough to take up + or – signs. They know the manipulation of these operators. For example, a term with + emphasizes that search should include it and – states that the search should be free from that.

The next is the use of operators “and”, “or”, “not” operators. Still with many people this is a mis-conception. They add no value to the search as many search engines exclude them but in fact they are the refiners. They can append to the search making its spectrum coherent and narrow.

In fact search engines do recognize them but they need them to be written in All Caps like “AND”. “AND” is the logical operator specifying that terms on right and left side of it are important and should be included in search results. “OR” emphasizes on the fact whether this or that, and “NOT” specifies that the part on right side of operator should be excluded from the search results.

You are looking for certain pages on the site but are not able to mark them. You are not able to reach that particular page that you are looking for even if you are on the home site. So to make query more specific and indexed, go to the search engine, type “site: url of the site”. The search engine will display all the pages that are indexed from that site for search results. Even you can go for the similar or related sites by appending the world “related” to your above search tag.

These tips will surely help you to refine your search results and reach optimal in lesser required time.


Published By : Daniyal Ahmad
MsN : Daniyal.ahmad@hotmail.com

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