How T o Use Search Engines

This Article is for the bigenners who dont know how to use a search engine.This article explains how to find what you are looking for online with the help of Search Engine web site such as Yahoo or Windows Live Search.

Introduction

If you don'tknow the exact address of a particular web site, or you have a topic in mind but don't know what web sites exist about that topic,then you need to use a Search Engine.

A Search Engine is like a catalogue of web sites where you can type some words and the Engine will search and then present you with a list of web sites relevant to your search.

Popular Search Engines

Thereare many different search engines available,among them popular are:

• Windows LiveSearch

• Lycos

• Yahoo

• Ask

• Google

• Altavista

• Hotbot

• Looksmart

Example Search

Now we will show you the example.

This example will show how to use Windows LiveSearch to search for the web site

homepage of popular online auction site eBay.

If you don’t know the exact address of the eBay site,this is where a search engine

comes in useful.Typein www.live.cominto your browser address bar to go to the

Windows Live Search web site.

Since you are looking for the eBay web site, type the word ebay into the search box.

You don’t need to type any capital letters when searching.

Press the Enter key on your keyboard and LiveSearch will look for web sites about

your subject,then present you with a lis tof the results.

At the top of the results you will some times see Sponsored Links. These are links

paid for by companies to ensure their web site is at the top when you search for

certain words.