Effective Internet Search

Our book offers you a combination of information and strategies to solve your search problems and improve your search skills. We also provide you with a unique system to explore, study and experience a variety of search engine features. Specifically:

We teach you how to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your Internet searches by explaining:

Fundamental principles of how all search engines work.
How to select the most appropriate search engines to find what you are looking for.
The strengths and weaknesses of four popular search engines: AlltheWeb, AltaVista, Google, and MSN Search, plus more specialized ones like leading-edge meta search utility, Copernic.
General search engine features to help you find and display the most appropriate and relevant search results.
Specific search engine features to help you conduct more effective and complex searches.
Tips for handling a slew of typical search problem situations.
Unexpected, "quirky," and often undocumented situations you might encounter when using some search engines, and how to handle them.

We equip you with an easy-to-apply generic template of search engine features to:

Help you to develop Internet search skills in a more organized and systematic way by using the same pattern throughout for presenting book materials.
Make it easy for you to understand, remember, and quickly access specialized features of various search engines.
Provide you with a common pattern of search engine features applicable to any search engine.

We provide you with a unique "Features Control Center" to:

Permit comprehensive interlinking throughout the book.
Provide you with an invaluable electronic reference manual.
Allow you to experiment with the numerous search engine features explored in this book.

We furnish you with a free Search Tool Guide to:

Help you quickly, conveniently and accurately pinpoint the information you want and need.

To see our guide, go to ToolGuide.SearchHelpCenter.com.

We put top resources at your fingertips by quickly and easily linking you directly to the Internet to:

Complement book content with useful references, materials and tutorials from other experts.
Connect you with the most up-to-date information and latest developments in the fast-changing evolution of search engine technology.

We provide you with regular book updates to:

Keep you current with the latest developments in the rapidly evolving field of search engines.
Update materials and resources that quickly become obsolete.
Quickly link you to the latest book changes, conveniently summarized in a central location.

Note: The book in its printed format will also be completely up-to-date because the latest electronic file is supplied to fulfill each order or set of orders on a POD (print-on-demand) basis.