Search Engines are rubbish

[JonnyHungwell]

Gone are the days when you could search for something and find it. Now 90% of the results are price comparison sites, people trying to sell stuff, sites full of virus downloads and other assorted junk.

[steve56]

Googles ok i put Rayleigh Essex in last night read all about the town from Saxon period.

[Sam Slater]

You weren't looking to buy a bike were you, Steve? !wink!

[Guilbert]

No he was looking for a porn actress called Rayleigh Essex

[Guilbert]

For a laugh put in Google

french military victories

Then press the "Im feeling lucky" button

[Snow Patrol]

Same thing !
Put in 'Find Chuck Norris' and click 'I feel lucky'

[Guilbert]

Most of us us (me included) are quite lazy when it comes to searching in Google, we stick in a word or two and the just search.

But Google has LOADS of options for searching, many of which I dont even know.

But did you know you can ask Google NOT to include certain sites.

So if I search on say "Nikon" I get loads of sites, including price comparison sites.

But if I search on Nikon -comparison -price

It removes all the sites mentioning "comparison" and "price".

Not perfect, but gives you an idea what options you have with Google

Here are some search tips (just click on "Search tips" at the bottom of the Google page)

[Guilbert]

Just found another one

Put in Google backwards (elgoog) and press "Im Feeling Lucky"

[JonnyHungwell]

They're handy tips.

[andytaylor]

Remember that a Search Engine is merely a tool. You have to learn how to use it properly to get the best out of it.

You can also try this: http://www.startupbin.com/google-google/

Google minus Google - it removes all hits related to Google itself including YouTube and Blogger