Tips to search the Internet Successfully

• When you type multiple words in the search box, your search engine first looks for Web pages that contain all of the words. Pages with all those words will be at the top of your results; those with only one of the words will be at the bottom.
• Be as specific as you can. (Example­ Adelaide Crows football instead of just Adelaide Crows)
• Enter words that you think will appear on the web page you want.
• To require a word, put a "+" directly in front of it. To exclude a word, put a "-" directly in front of it. (Example: +dogs -cats)
• To search for an exact phrase, put it in quotes (Example: "to be or not to be").
• Uppercase and lowercase are the same. To maintain a certain capitalization, put the word in quotes.
• Words with punctuation between them are treated as if they are surrounded in quotes. All punctuation marks are treated equally. (Example: Ford.Mustang/convertible gives  the same results as "ford mustang convertible”
• AND Finds documents containing all of the specified words or phrases. Peanut AND butter finds documents with both the word peanut and the word butter.
• OR Finds documents containing at least one of the specified Words or phrases. Peanut OR butter finds documents containing either peanut or butter.  The found document could contain both items, but not necessarily.
• AND NOT Excludes documents containing the specified word or phrase. Peanut AND NOT butter finds documents with peanut but not containing butter.  NOT must be used with another operator, like AND. Your search engine does not accept 'peanut NOT butter'; instead , specify peanut AND NOT butter
• NEAR Finds documents containing both specified words or phrases within 10 words of each other. Peanut NEAR butter find documents with peanut butter, but probably not any other kind of butter.
• The asterisk is a wildcard; any letters can take the place of the asterisk. Bass* would find documents with bass, basset and bassinet. You must type at least, three letters before the * You can also place the * in the middle of a word. This is useful when you're unsure about spelling. Colo*r would find documents that contain color and colour
• ( ) Use parentheses to group complex phrases. For example, (peanut AND butter) AND (jelly OR jam) finds documents with the words 'peanut butter and jelly' or 'peanut butter and jam' or both.