by Effie Moore Salem

Created on: August 06, 2010

Online writers when seeking to make the most of writing for the web, cannot afford to leave knowledge about how to use the advanced means of searching for the factual information they need, blank. Tips on how to use these advanced ways and means toward more resourceful researching depends on the search engine being used. They all differ in their approach. Yet, sometimes precise knowledge on how to help in understanding the scope of the topic is needed.

NoodleTools is here to help.

They will help you decide and will wade through your confusion. They will help in getting the right topic for your article, will determine its scope, will show other articles with similar topics, and, in essence, will explain the whole procedure and the necessity of how to get the best results from your online efforts.

Where to find precise information on advanced searching?
For this guide, the experts at Berkeley University in California, will be followed. They have perfected a "five-step-search-strategy" on how to improve your searching techniques.

1. Begin with the topic. Understand its finer points and aim toward labeling it for its effectiveness. Phrases they use in explaining the process will help in writers' better understanding how to pinpoint their topic. (The topic for the web crawlers and not necessarily the topic for the final completion of the article since the potential readers and the learned robots are not exactly of one mind. Yet the topic will be extensively reviewed to get the best retrieval software topic.)

2. Know where to begin your search.  This means learn to distinguish between "search engines, subject directories, specialized databases, find an expert, or  luck." After that, in finer print, and when dealing with search engines, they suggest enclosing the word or phrases in quotation marks if the request is precise and if you are searching with Google.  It will save time for the bots. They will not have to think that one out for themselves.

When searching with the Yahoo search engine, for a more advanced search, use the boolean method. That is searching by eliminating what is not wanted. This is done by the addition of not, or, and, and maybe a few other boolean qualifiers. As an example while searching for shoes, you could say shoes and red, or shoes not sandals. Generally that is how boolean searching is done. It is an older method than that used by Google.

When using subject directories, at first try a broad term, and then narrow the field.

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