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Tips on Better Surfing.

Charlie LeBer - As presented at the Dec 11th, 2007 meeting.

    Why should we improve our Surfing?
  • To save time
  • No need to sort through non relevant results.
    Searching Words
  • One word - finds all pages with that word in them (Many hits)
  • Two or more words - finds all the pages with one or more of the words in them (Many hits)
  • Plus (+) sign in front of words - finds all the pages that have all of the words prefaced by the plus signs (Limits hits)
  • Words within quotes - finds all the pages with the words in the inverted commas together (Limits hits)
  • Minus (-) sign - will only find pages that do NOT contain the word or words prefaced by the minus sign (Limits hits)
    Some Examples of Searching Words
  • Let’s use this search….
  • We want to find recipes on Northern Spy apple pie.
  • I could start by typing the word "apple" into a Google search argument.

  • Then click on Search.

  • Notice the number of hits, 33 million of them.
  • Notice the apple we found is not the eating apple, it is Apple Computers, iPods etc.
  • We need to define our search better.
  • If we wanted to do a better search on Northern Spy apple pie, we could type in, apple +Northern Spy –iTune.
  • (This means, I am searching on the word apple, There has to be Northern Spy but no iTunes)

  • And then click Search.

  • This gives us about 100 thousand hits and is about Northern Spy apple pie
  • Try quotes. Type in Apple “Northern Spy”

  • And then click Search.

  • Notice the number of hits is about 20 thousand.
  • Add no iTunes , -iTunes to the search.

  • Notice there are 4,9290 hits now.

  • Add recipes into the search, +recipes

  • Now we have only 738 hits. Much improved. We started with 33 million.
  • If you don’t like to use + or – signs, you could try clicking on Advanced Search in Google
  • It may be easier to use, Go to Google Advanced Search

  • No need to use + or - signs

  • Enter the search words into the boxes…
  • With all the words………………....apple
  • With exact phrase……....................Northern Spy
  • With at least one of the words…….pie
  • Without the words…………………iPod

      Key Board Short Cuts
    • Go to BCC Home Page: http://brightoncomputerclub.org/index.htm

    • press Spacebar – scroll down a page
    • Hold down Shift & press Spacebar - scroll up a page
    • press End - go to the bottom of the page
    • press Home - go to the top of the page
    • Go to BCC Software Page: http://brightoncomputerclub.org/software.htm

    • press Backspace - takes you back to the previous page you were on.
    • Hold down Shift & press Backspace - takes you forward to where you were.
    • Hold down Ctrl and press F to find a word on the web page (enter “Frank” without the quotes, and press next)
    • Hold down Ctrl and press N – to open a new browser window (surf on more than one page at once) You must minimize the pages and adjust the sides to fit on your screen…
    • Go to Miscellaneous Page, minimize this one and minimize Software, and size them to fit on the screen.
    • Hold down Ctrl and press C – to copy some text or a picture once you've highlighted what you want. Store it in an email or a word processor. Note some websites protect their text in images. You could use Fastone Capture or Print Key.
    • NOTE: These tips work in Internet Explorer, Firefox or Opera, Windows 98, XP or Vista.

    Charlie LeBer

Charlie Le Ber