Things You'll Need:
- Quote marks in searches
- Specific queries
- Qualifiers
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Step 1
Suppose you want to find Christmas quotes about "money" for a speech at a retailer's conference. Go to your favorite search engine and type "Christmas money quotes" into the search box and hit the "Search" button. You'll see quickly that the first result is an exact match for that specific search phrase and has a long list of christmas quotes on the topic of money.
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Step 2
Suppose you want to find another quotation for a college paper on poverty and want to include a quote from a famous author or comedian. Go to a search engine and type "quotations on poverty" into the search box, being certain to include the quote marks, then hit the "Search" button. You'll notice that the first result returned is very specific answer to your needs. A long page of quotes on the issue of poverty.
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Step 3
Finally - suppose you want to find a quote on taxes by George Bush for a speech at a conservative political event. Go again to your favorite search engine, type "George Bush Tax Quote" and once again, a quote that perfectly answers your needs is first on the list. The more specific your search engine query, the better the search engines are able to return good results.
