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Search Engines & Directories

Become a search engine and directories expert and learn how to find stuff on the Web. Whether you're looking for a specific website, doing online research or interested in increasing the visibility of your website or blog, eHow's online experts are here to help. Learn how a vertical search engine can guide you to topic-specific information, or how popular search engines like Google, Yahoo and AOL and Ask.com work. eHow sheds light on search-related questions and shows you the most effective ways to find the information you're looking for.

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  • How to Delete All Websites on a Google Page

    Google is one of the most popular search engines on the Internet, allowing users the option to customize their search results. When searching for a certain phrase or keyword, if you have a Google...

  • How to Buy a Wooden Shed Online

    A shed serves as a convenient storage space for tools and home maintenance supplies. Having one in addition to a garage keeps things organized, with an efficient use of space. Not everyone has the...

  • How to Do Better Internet Searches

    The internet is very popular when it comes to searching for information. Now that they are more websites out there, you need to be specific in what you are searching for. So let’s get started,...

  • How to Find Your Article or Websites Google Page Rank

    Knowing what your article or website page rank is within the Google search engine results is a very important step in article marketing. Knowing where your article or website is ranked in the...

  • How to Conduct an internet search to do Research for a class project

    The internet provides a great deal of information especially if you have a project at school or at work. Here are some ideas to find the best resources from a internet search.

  • How to search Google caffeine

    Search Google Caffeine by using this step by step article. This guide will show you how to find right now Google Caffeine so you can try out and see the differences in Google's new search engine...

  • How to Exclude a Website From Your Web Search Results

    I know the following situation might be rare, but I could imagine it has happened to some of us in the past from time to time, that is, when you do a web search, using Google or Yahoo or whatever...

  • The Best Ways to Find a Person

    We all lose contact with acquaintances. With modern technologies, finding a person is as easy as the click of a button. The Internet offers people searches that most of the time require nothing...

  • How to Googlewhack

    Googlewhack refers to a successful result while Googlewhacking, and the name of the game in which a Googlewhack is sought. A Googlewhack is when two different, irrelevant words are searched...

  • How to Use Google Search

    The Google search engine is arguable the most comprehensive internet search engine available, which lends to it's popularity. Google search engine has quickly become the most-used search engine...

  • How to Search the Web More Efficiently

    Have you ever tried to find something on the Internet only to be bombarded with tons of information you couldn't use, or worse, forgot what you were searching for in the first place? Well, here...

  • How to use SEO Positioning

    Search Engine Optimization Positioning, or SEO Positioning, is extremely important when trying to make money online. Whether you are trying to get your eHow article high in search results, or...

  • How to Add URLs in a Search

    Search engines provide a massive amount of information when searching for specific words or phrases. It is not uncommon to have a search return millions of results. It's easy to feel overwhelmed...

  • How to Google advance Search

    Google’s advance search option gives users the ability to look for information in more detail than the general search query. Internet browsers can search for specific words and phrases, exclude...

  • How to use Googles Search Reduction

    For the most relevant Google search results, most of the time you will need to narrow your search by modifying your search query. Even though Google provides relevant results for most searches,...

  • How to Use Bing

    Tired of using Google for searching the internet? While there is no question Google is the premier search engine of our time, Microsoft has released a massive update to its Live Search,...

  • How to Get The Best Results When Using a Search Engine

    In this article the goal is to learn about ways to maximize your search engine experience with great tips and tricks that are out there. A lot of times we just type in what we are looking for and...

  • How to Get Great Search Results

    Have you ever noticed that some people find what they want instantly with a search engine like Google? Then there are other people who get hundreds of thousands of results from a search, none of...

  • How to Find Your Page On Google Fast

    With SEO and SEM being the ticket for many websites traffic, finding your page on Google is a frequent occurrence. This method will show you how to do it very quickly and directly on Google's...

  • How to Charlotte SEO

    SEO short for Search engine optimization, is the process of improving the amount of visitors or traffic coming from search engines. By optimizing the website and/or web pages the Search Engine...

  • How to Use a Search Engine

    The World Wide Web is a big place, filled with millions of websites on about as many topics. In order to find what you need, learning how to use a search engine is key. This tool will allow you to...

  • How to Use A Search Engine

    Using a search engine is how most of us find information on the Internet. So many of us use the Google search engine that it has become a popular phrase to say "Just Google it". There...

  • How Does Ask Jeeves Work?

    Although Ask Jeeves no longer exists (In 2006 the company phased Jeeves out of its website and changed the homepage to Ask.com) the technology behind Ask Jeeves was pioneering. Most search...

  • How to Use the ProQuest Magazine Database

    The Internet is a great resource if you're researching an essay or just doing some casual reading. But instead of searching through an avalanche of websites and wondering if the information you're...

  • How Does Yahoo! Web Search Work?

    Yahoo! Web Search is an open search platform that lets 3rd parties build and present search results by allowing the content to be integrated into applications.

  • How Does Google Make Money?

    On the surface, a search engine, no matter its popularity, doesn't seem like the most profitable of ventures. You type in your query, hit enter and then find your results without making any...

  • How to Choose Effective Keywords for Internet Research

    When doing research on the internet, choosing which keywords to search for isn't as simple as you may think. It is important to be specific in order to weed out unwanted results. However, being...

  • How to Find a Needle in a Haystack

    There are many how-to articles on finding things online. Most aren't specific enough to really narrow the results to something less than a needle in a haystack. For the general public, this may be...

  • How to Find Out If Someone Is Divorced

    When conducting a background search on a person, you may discover a need to find out if that person has been divorced. In the past, this type of check required a purchased computer software...

  • How to Use Google Scholar

    Google Scholar is a great tool for students and professionals who want to do research at home or who aren't able to get to a library. It allows you to search through theses, articles, books and...

  • How to compare keywords or things on the internet

    Whether you are comparing keywords for fun or for professional reasons you may find some of these steps and websites useful.

  • How to Find Articles on Psychology

    Psychology articles are used for many things. Whether it is for a personal interest, research, or school there are many reasons to read these articles. The easiest way to find articles about...

  • How to Use Google Advanced Searched

    Google Advanced Search is one of the best tools you can use to access information on the Internet. Google is one of the leading search engines available and is used by millions every day. A...

  • How to use Live Search

    Live Search is Microsoft’s newest free search engine. It was previously known as MSN Search and also Windows Live Search. Microsoft designed it to contend with both Yahoo! and Google, which...

  • How to Spy on Google

    When you spy on someone through the search engine Google, you're performing an action known as Google stalking. When you Google stalk a person, you can keep tabs on what they're up to without them...

  • How to Use Search Engines Correctly

    You probably have used Google and Yahoo hundreds of times to look up information on the internet. Usually you type in a few key words and hope what comes up in the search results is what you are...

  • How to Google Someone

    If you've ever wanted to find out more about your hot date, dig up some dirt on your unreasonable boss or have simply been bored at work, then Googling is for you. Most likely, at least one person...

  • How to Use a Vertical Search Engine as an Application

    The vertical search engine is seemingly the best thing going in the Internet search world. Knowing the ins and outs of vertical search engines can help you know exactly how to get the results you...

  • How to Change Your Ask.com Search Results Preferences

    To customize your experience, Ask.com allows you to change your search results preferences. Among other things, you can customize such things as your current location and whether you would want to...

  • How to Remove Information From Google Search Results

    Often a Google search yields far more results than you can possibly go through. While this abundance of information is not always bad, it can make it difficult to find the one little nugget of...

  • How to Use the Yahoo Search Engine

    Search engines have become the way most people find things on the Internet, but one must choose the search criteria carefully and with some thought. Search engine designers are working to improve...

  • How to Search With ChaCha.com

    ChaCha.com is a revolutionary new search engine that works differently than other search engines. They use the human brain as their main selling point by offering you handpicked results from their...

  • How to Use Quotes in a Google Search for Better Results

    When you need search results having the exact phrase that you enter in the Google search box, use the quotes operator. The quotes operator narrows down your search results to only those pages that...

  • How to Use the (-) Sign in Google for Best Results

    If you have a search keyword that is too broad, you can choose to focus only on the relevant meaning and exclude the rest using the - or minus sign operator. In other words, you can use the minus...

  • How to Find More Search Results by Doing a Synonym Search in Google

    When you are searching for a particular term on Google, don’t you wish that your search results would encompass related terms and synonyms of the word you're searching for? Google's "Advanced...

  • How to Find Pages in Google That do not Contain Certain Words

    Google’s "Advanced Features" gives you various options to obtain precise search results. One of them is to get search results that do not contain any of the keywords entered. Here is how to do it.

  • How to Open Google Search Results in a New Window

    For greater convenience in searching, Google lets you open search results in a new window. By default the results are displayed in the same window. Here’s how you can set preferences to open...

  • How to Set your Preference for Number of Search Results

    Generally, Google search displays 10 search results on a page to speed up the search. However, you can change this to 20, 30, 50 or 100 results per page. Here’s how.

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