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4-26-2007 7:43 AM
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This is part of a series of articles on search engines. There's some interesting new search engines listed also.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4816fcd7-d7ac-4b15-a315-72ef5bdc5262/75C0E7BD-FC3A-48E3-ADF4-642E64E6E9A6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pcworld.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html">Top Search Tricks</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html"><DIV class=""><DIV class="sizedArtImg"><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=130979&page=11&zoomIdx=1" target="_blank"><IMG border="0" alt="Click to view full-size image. " src="http://images.pcworld.com/reviews/graphics/130979-2506p098-1b.jpg" /></A></DIV></DIV><P></p> <P><STRONG><SPAN>1. Put quotation marks around your query:</SPAN></STRONG> For example, type <B><CODE>"air conditioning"</CODE></B> rather than <B><CODE>air conditioning</CODE></B>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html"><DIV class=""><DIV class="sizedArtImg"><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=130979&page=11&zoomIdx=3" target="_blank"><IMG border="0" alt="Click to view full-size image." src="http://images.pcworld.com/reviews/graphics/130979-2506p098-2b.jpg" /></A></DIV></DIV><P></p> <P><STRONG><SPAN>2. Use the minus (-) sign:</SPAN></STRONG> This tells the engine, "I don't want this word.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html"><DIV class=""><DIV class="sizedArtImg"><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=130979&page=11&zoomIdx=5" target="_blank"><IMG border="0" alt="Click to view full-size image." src="http://images.pcworld.com/reviews/graphics/130979-2506p098-3b.jpg" /></A></DIV></DIV><P></P><P><STRONG><SPAN>3. Get definitions:</SPAN></STRONG> Use the modifier 'define' as a handy way to make a search engine into a dictionary.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html"><DIV class=""><DIV class="sizedArtImg"><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=130979&page=11&zoomIdx=7" target="_blank"><IMG border="0" alt="Click to view full-size image." src="http://images.pcworld.com/reviews/graphics/130979-2506p098-4b.gif" /></A></DIV></DIV><P></P><P><STRONG><SPAN>4. Ask in plain English:</SPAN></STRONG> Today's search engines are constantly being fine-tuned to respond to real-world queries.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130979-page,11-c,searchengines/article.html"><DIV class=""><DIV class="sizedArtImg"><A href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=130979&page=11&zoomIdx=9" target="_blank"><IMG border="0" alt="Click to view full-size image." src="http://images.pcworld.com/reviews/graphics/130979-2506p098-5b.jpg" /></A></DIV></DIV><P></P><P><STRONG><SPAN>5. See quick weather previews:</SPAN></STRONG> If you're flying to, say, San Francisco, enter <B><CODE>San Francisco weather</CODE></B> in the search box for a fast forecast.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/75C0E7BD-FC3A-48E3-ADF4-642E64E6E9A6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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