Using search engines to find information about photography
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If you have been using the internet for some time then it might shock you to realize that in some parts of the world it is still new and the need for such guides is in high demand. I have taken the time to share with readers of this site this piece of write up to assist those people who are interested in photography and are new on the internet.
With the advent of the internet it is now easy to find any kind of information about photography instantly. Not so long ago we were forced to go through a pile of books at the library, reading the indexes in search of that specific topic.
Now you can do it in less than five minutes. You can simply enter a search query and just like that you have a huge categorized and highly relevant list to choose from about photography or specific details of the topic.
With so much information presented by search engines the speed and efficiency of using the web can deteriorate if you don’t know how to use it the right way.
Why not take a few minutes to read through these few points I present below to help you with you your search. My aim is not to flood you with too much information that you can’t use but I simply want to provide exactly what you need without wasting your time. To some this may be just a refresher “course” but I still do encourage you to read on.
These tips work well in Google and to some extent on Yahoo.com.
The most important technique when running a search is to use inverted commas “”. For instance to find a college course about photography, just type in “photography courses”, if it’s careers simply type “photography careers”. The retuned pages will be those that have the exact wording you entered in the search.
Another alternative is to use the “+” operator. That is, if you enter a term like “documentary about photography”+ “photography books” will result in pages that have those keywords appearing in the same page but not necessarily close to each other.
You can enter the word “site:” then follow with the domain name and lastly the keyword.Using this one will enable you to search through a site of your choice only.
Armed with this information there is no reason to spend hours searching for that information no matter how rare it is, could be you interest - photography or information you may need in the near future like how to do a reverse search on a cell phone number.
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