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EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

use the Internet as a tool for


credible research and information
gathering to best achieve specific
class objectives or address
situational
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the process of interactively searching for and
retrieving requested information via a
computer from databases that are online.
are websites used for retrieval of data,
files, or documents from data bases.
• the best search engine worldwide. What made
Google the most popular and trusted search
engine is the quality of its search results
• Google is using sophisticated algorithms to
present the most accurate results to the users.
• According to recent statistics, Google is the
most popular search engine with a stunning
• the best alternative search engine to Google. Bing is
Microsoft’s attempt to challenge Google in search, but
despite their efforts, they still did not manage to convince
users that their search engine can be as reliable as
Google.
• Bing originated from Microsoft’s previous search
engines (MSN Search, Windows Live Search, Live
Search).
• Bing’s search engine share is between 2.55% and
• one of the most popular
email providers and its web
search engine holds third
place in search with an
average of 2% market share.
• searches across more than 300 million
images from open APIs and the Common
Crawl dataset. It goes beyond simple
search to aggregate results across multiple
public repositories into a single catalog, and
facilitates reuse through features like
machine-generated tags and one-click
attribution.
• A URL is one type of Uniform
Resource Identifier (URI).
• It is a generic term for all types
of names and addresses that
refer to objects on the world
wide web.
• Think before you search.
Think about the topic or question you like would
to search. Think about how you would
describe the topic and choose 3 or 4 keywords

2 . Keep it simple.
Describe what you want in as few terms as
possible.
3. Be specific.
The more precise your search terms are,
the more precise your search results will
be. Avoid general or common words. 4.
Imagine how the webpage you are
hoping to find will b
4. Imagine how the webpage
you are hoping to find will be
written. Use words that are likely to
appear on that page.
5. Capitalization, punctuation
and spelling don’t really matter.
In most cases, search engines will ignore
capitalization and punctuation in a
search and will generally auto-correct
your spelling mistakes.
6.Narrow your search results.
There are several ways to help you narrow your
search results to find exactly what you’re looking
for.:
• Use quotation marks to find exact phrases
or names. Put a word or phrase inside
quotes.
Example: "tallest building"
• Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, and NOT) to
broaden or narrow your search.
• AND (+ in Google) narrows the search
because it requires both terms to be in
each item returned.
Example: Peanut Butter +and Jam
• OR broadens the search because
either term (or both) will be in the
returned items. (OR gives you
more!)
Example: marathon OR race
• NOT (- in Google) narrows your
search because it will eliminate any
results with the second term.
Example: jaguar speed -car
7. Apply filters.
After you search, most search
engines have filters available that
will refine you search to a specific
type of contact.
8. Search a specific site.
If you’re looking for a specific topic on a
particular website, you can use site: to limit
your search results to that site. Example:
site:youtube.com or site:.gov
9. Search for a specific filetype.
If you know that you’re searching for a
particular type of file use filetype: to
narrow your search results to a certain
type of file.
Example: filetype:ppt
10. Search for a definition.
If you are looking for a definition
of a term, you can use define.
Example: define communication
11. Search for a time.
If you are searching for a time in
specific country, use time .
Example: time Dubai
12. Search for social media.
Put @ in front of a word to search
social media.
Example: @twitter
13. Search for a price.
Put $ in front of a number.
Example: camera $400
14. Search hashtags.
Put # in front of a word.
Example:
#throwbackthursday
15. Search for wildcards or
unknown words.
Put a * in your word or phrase where
you want to leave a placeholder.
Example: "largest * in the world".
16. Search within a range
of numbers.
Put .. between two numbers.
Example: camera $50..$100.
Activities that happened last
December 2019.
Keyword/s: #December2019
Laptop suited for your budget
ranging from $200 to $400.
Keyword/s: Laptop $200..$400
All information about Globe

Keyword/s: @Globe
Information about the exact
words sky scraper
Keyword/s: “sky scraper”
Shoes with a price of $50

Keyword/s: Shoes $50


Meaning of engine

Keyword/s: Define engine


Search for pdf files

Keyword/s: Filetype:pdf
Canada time

Keyword/s: Time Canada


Education site

Keyword/s: Site:.edu
Events on May 2016

Keyword/s: #May2016

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