Using Search Engines

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Where do most browsers allow you to perform a web search directly from?

Address bar

What do most search engines include with search results?

Advertisements

Search engines

Make information on the Internet easier to find

To search for something specific, like a news article, picture, or video:

Most search engines have links at the top of the page that allow you to perform these unique searches

To perform a search:

Navigate to a search engine in your web browser, type one or more keywords, then press Enter on your keyboard

To search for exact words or phrases:

Place quotation marks (" ") around the desired search terms

Relevant websites

Search results

Keywords

Search terms

Extra search tools

Size, color, image type, and more

Search bar

Sometimes next to the address bar

If you don't find what you're looking for on the first try:

Try different search terms

To exclude a word from a search:

Type a hyphen (-) at the beginning of a word

If you're having trouble thinking of new search terms:

Use search suggestions

Search suggestions

Usually appear as you're typing

More specific search terms

Yield better results

To use a search suggestion:

Click it with your mouse, or select it with the arrow keys on your keyboard

Popular search engines

Google, Yahoo!, Bing


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