Currently, everyone seems
to be riding the crest of the ongoing World Cup wave _ people go
nuts about the compelling showdown and companies try to make money
using the football gala. Even virus writers attempt to exploit
citizens crazy about the sports event in Germany as new malicious
codes are springing up in order to foul avid football fans. AhnLab,
Koreas leading online security firm, yesterday said a new
e-mail attached virus has made its way to South Korea, posing as a
ticket seller. The new virus typically arrives in an e-mail with a
subject line including the word `tickets and a misleading
e-mail address such as ticket@fifa.de, AhnLab senior
researcher Kang Eun-sung said.
Answer: Having a hard time finding
something online? Does it seem like you type in your search term
but don't get anywhere near what you're looking for?
Well, here's a couple
tricks that seem (almost) universal between search
engines.
Let's say you're looking
for sports cars and all you're getting is information on baseball
and football (sports). What can you do? Try some of the
following:
1. Try:
sports +cars
Most search engines will
interpret this as meaning you only want results that have both the
word "sports" and "cars" in them. Some search engines let you us
the word "and" to do this as well (i.e. sports and
cars).
2. You can also try to
exclude terms. Let's say you still aren't getting what you want
with sports cars (you still keep getting baseball info). Try
something like:
sports +cars
-baseball
The "-" sign tells most
search engines to exclude results that have whatever word it is
that has the "-" in front of it. (Don't put a space between the -
and the word to be excluded though!)
3. If the above seems too
confusing, most search engines have an "advanced search" option
that gives you a web-style way to help you accomplish the same
thing. Instead of using "+ / -" they use drop down boxes and option
buttons. It is usually easier to search this way, although it's
probably faster to use steps 1 & 2.
4. The next thing you might
try is being more specific. Instead of just sports cars, maybe use
exotic sports cars. Try different combinations of search terms
until you get what you're after. (Careful with that word "exotic"
though!)
5. Also, you may want to
try using quotes. If you type in:
"sports cars"
You should only get results
that match that exact phrase in that exact order. Sometimes that
can narrow things down considerably.
6. If all else fails, try a
different search engine. We have a selection of what we feel are
the best search engines on our homepage:
http://www.worldstart.com
Of course the hands-down
favorite is Google
There are thousands of
search engines out there and not all of them support the tips I
have shown you today. If you're having trouble, look for a link for
search tips, search help, advanced search, or how to search. Most
search engines have lots of information on how to use them
successfully.
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