Tips about using a search engine

There is no single online search tool which has an index to the entire Internet. Each search engine uses different search techniques and various software tools to build indexes of the Internet. When doing searches through them, they also yield different "views" of the Web and the Internet as a whole.

So, after connecting to each search tool for the first time, always read the tool's description, search options, and rules and restrictions before trying to perform a search.

Some search tools contain indexes to nearly everything online -- so it pays to make precise queries. Often, though, you can be too precise, so finding what you want may take a couple of queries.