Search Engines

[333] Pandia: The size of the World Wide Web - instead see The size of the World Wide Web

[333] Google: We knew the web was big...

[333] Google

[333] Yahoo: Search

[333] Bing

[333] Ask

Using a search engine

• [334] Yahoo: Search

Formulating your search

Basic searching

Looking for alternatives

• [336] Google: Advanced search

Exclusion

Stop words

Phrases and names

Refining your search

Search tips

Searching for files

Searching for photographs

• [343] Google Images
• [345] Technical Advisory Services for Images: Review of Image Search Engines

Sites and domains

Limitations

• [346] Steve Lawrence & C. Lee Giles: Accessibility of information on the web

The ‘invisible web'

Choosing a search engine

Size

• [348] The size of the World Wide Web

Ranking

• [350] Thumbshots Ranking

Overlap

Genealogy search tools

• [351] Cyndi's List: Search Engines
• [351] Mocavo
• [351] Mocavo UK
• [352] Genuki: Search

Further information

• [352] University of California at Berkeley: Finding Information on the Internet
• [352] BrightPlanet: Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
• [352] Rice University: Internet Searching Strategies
• [352] Kimberley Powell: Finding your ancestors on the Internet: A Guide to Internet Search Techniques for the Surnames in Your Family Tree

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