Ever
wonder why you keep on getting something different from the exact thing you
were looking for on Google Search Engine? Do you thing the almighty Google who
claims to know everything and sees everything is now failing you?
Looking for information on
the Internet these days is becoming part of human activities. Sometimes we use
the Google Search Engine for things like; Our Local News, Weather Report,
Software Update, latest happening in the world of science and technology etc.
Sometimes after keying in
our search Term or what we want to search the Internet for, then the Almighty
Google gives us different thing other than what we expected. Sometimes we have
up to millions of the displayed result but doesn’t
contain what we were looking for.
Today, I have decided to share with you five (5) simples’
ways to effectively use the Google Search Engine without getting bunch of
rubbish. These under listed ways may not
give you the satisfactions you desire but I promise you that, it will shorten
the time you spend online looking for something.
Below are the simple ways to get the information you are
looking for in no time:-
- MAKE USE OF DATES.
The first thing you should
remember when looking for something on the Internet, is to consider the period
or dates of the information you are looking for.
Most at times you key in
words like “Latest Nigeria News” thinking you are looking for current news. What Google does
with this key words is, it will look through all the articles, blog, web site
on the Internet for the following words; without minding the date those
information where published.
If you do not include the
date or period of the information you are looking for, Google will give you
dozens of information which you may end up reading outdated information
thinking you are reading the latest news.
To make use of the date,
after keying in your search information, click “Advance Search Option” and then “Select the period” of the information you
want Google Search engine to display. You can select “Today” or “These week” or Months” for recent information.
2. CONSIDER THE LOCATION.
The second thing you
should be careful of is the location or the origin of the information you are
looking for. To many people, the location as nothing to do with what they are
looking for.
For instants, assume you
are running a background check on the even that happens on September, 11, in
USA, and you set your location to Nigeria, what the Search Engine will do is,
it will run through all the articles, blog, or web site that are Nigeria based
thereby giving you limited information.
Always make sure you are
looking for the information in the right place. To avoid this problem when
searching for information on the Internet, try to make use of the Advance
search tools to avoid reading gossips instead of the real information.
3. TRY REPHRASING THE SENTENCE OR KEYWORD(S).
Sometimes the reason why
we are not getting what we are looking for is because the words or phrase we
are searching for are somehow the wrong ones. For instant, instead of looking
for “Latest Nigeria News”, try searching for “Nigeria breaking news” or “Nigeria Tops
Stories of the day”.
Learn to twist the search
terms or phrase if the first one did not give you exactly what you are looking
for.
4. STOP USING GOOGLE START DIRECT VISIT.
This may sound obvious,
but it is the real truth. Sometimes we need to know few places to get the
information we are looking for without disturbing Google.
For instant, we should
always use the YouTube for every video files, Wikipedia for definition, Google Map for location, BBC for latest News, Ebay or Amazon for online shopping, Facebook or Twitter for Social Network, WikiHow for articles on How to.., etc.
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