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Searching The Internet. The internet is a great place to gather information and find things out . The easiest way to search for information is to use a search engine. Use search engines. What is a search engine? A program that allows you to search for keywords on web pages Examples
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Searching The Internet • The internet is a great place to gather information and find things out . • The easiest way to search for information is to use a search engine
Use search engines • What is a search engine? A program that allows you to search for keywords on web pages • Examples GOOGLE YAHOO MSN ASK
THERE ARE TWO MAIN WAYS OF SEARCHING THE INTERNET SEARCH BOX MENUS
USE A KEYWORD SEARCH Google is a keyword search engine. This means you just have to type in a key word, or words, into the search box.
Refine your search When you type in more key words. You get fewer results( a website or web page found by a search engine), but the relevance (important information closely related to the topic) of the websites you find increases.
find information using menus Website often use menus. a menu is a list of all the pages in a site. Sometimes a site will have submenus too-lists of lists
find words on a web page Choose Edit > Find (on this page ) to bring up the Find box. Then type the word you are looking for , and click Find Next