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Search:Why You Can’t Find What You Want
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Keystone Computer Concepts
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Search:Why You Can’t Find What You Want
Presented by:
Keystone Computer Concepts
Reasons Searches Fail
1)Always using the same search engine for everything
2)Search terms are too broad
3)Search terms are too narrow
4)You don’t use the advanced features of the search engine
5)You give up too soon
Always using the same search engine for everything
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You don’t use the advanced features of the search engine
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You give up too soonYou don’t find what you want in the first few pages of search results, so you quit.
Your search results are so far off from what you’re looking for that you become frustrated and you quit.
You label yourself “too old” to learn “this stuff” and you quit.
It irks you that your kids and grandkids can find what they want using search and you can’t so you quit.
How To Change Your Search Success Rate 1) Try more than one search engine.
2) Based on what we talked about here, learn to recognize whether your search terms are too broad or too narrow
3) Read and comprehend the advanced search features of your favorite search engine.
4) Attitude – change your attitude to “If it’s available on the Internet, I can and I will find it!”