Just Google it.
These days “just Google it” has become a reflex response to someone asking for information about a topic.
But there are better ways than Google (which is tracking your activities, harvesting your personal information and selling it all for profit).
I recommend “just DuckDuckGo it” instead.
AND to get the absolute most out of your searches get in the habit of POWER-SEARCHING by using the following enhancements:
| NO GOOGLE | DO NOT Google it. Use an alternate search engine that actually respects your privacy online. I recommend DuckDuckGo. It also comes as a browser too. |
| ” “ | Use Quotes. Placing quotation symbols around the search term limits results to exactly what is inside the quotes. |
| – | Use Dashes. Place a hyphen (minus sign) before a word to exclude it from your search. |
| ~ | Use Tilde. Bet you didn’t even know that is what ~ is called. Place it before a word to include synonyms of that word in the search. |
| Site: | USE Site: Use after a word to limit search to a specific site. example radishes site:shojiwax.com |
| | | Use the vertical bar. Works the same as using the word OR. example shopping shoes | boots |
| .. | Use 2 period dots. Lets you search within a set timeframe example pirates 1800..2021 |
| Location: | Use Location: Limits search to a set location. example nursing Location: Australia |
| Filetype: | Use Filetype: Limits search to a particular filetype (pdf is the most useful). |
| Dump Google | There. I said it twice. |
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One response to “Searching the web? There is a better way.”
Although it’s easier to say “Google It”, “DuckDuckGo” it is preferable! Its scope seems adequate and those annoying ads don’t appear as they do when you use Google.
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