Search the Web

Anytime you search the web, you will notice how the search engines can bring up thousands of results. Here are some search engine tips to more quickly help you conduct your web search.

Yahoo Search Engine Tips

Web Search Criteria	Tip	Example
all of these words	Input "and" or the "+" between words	golf and california golf + california
at least one of these words	Input "or" between words	cats or kittens
this exact phrase	Add quotes around your phrase	"Mary had a little lamb"
certain words excluded	Put "-" in front of the excluded words	muppets -sesame -street

Advanced Yahoo Search

The Yahoo search engine includes an Advanced Search option where you fill in your preferences on a form. It includes all of the options you can use on their basic search as well as the following:

Updated	Only show search engine results updated within the last 3, 6 or 12 months.
File Format	Only list results in a specific file format. Choose from the drop down menu.
Site/Domain	Only show results with a specific domain suffix like .com or .org. For example, if you only wanted non-business sites by limiting to .org results you would mark off "Only .org domains." Or, you can limit results to a specific web site like microsoft.com
Adult Content	Remove most adult-oriented content from your search. Mark off "Filter out adult Web search results."
Country	Only search sites from a particular country. Select from the drop down menu.
Language	Restrict web searches to a specific language(s). Check off the ones that you prefer.
Number of Results	Limit the number of search engine results per page from 10 to 100 increments.