This Virtual Training Company tutorial is perfect for those who are new to search engines and the Internet, and those who get frustrated when searching and would like a better way to find exciting new information. Author Kathy Evans will help you become more efficient in your searches. She begins by introducing you to directories and search engines, helping you learn to develop a search strategy. She will familiarize you with AltaVista and Google and help you customize your browser.
Finding Information with a Directory
Finding Information with Yahoo & Looksmart
Finding Information with Search Engines (1)
Finding Information with Search Engines (2)
Finding Information with Search Engines (3)
Resources for the Invisible Web
Finding Information on Invisible Web
Finding an ATM Machine on the Invisible Web
Find a Flight to Paris on the Invisible Web
Introduction to Boolean Operators
Introduction to Grouping Operators
introduction to Phrase Operators
Combining Phrase and Proximity
Proximity Searches in AltaVista
Introduction to Advanced Web Searching
More on Advanced Searching Techniques
How Search Engines Rank Pages (1)
How Search Engines Rank Pages (2)
Using cached for Missing Pages
Resources for helping find missing pages
Using the Browsers built in Search
Introduction to a Key Sites Library
Organising and adding Key Sites
In-depth look at AltaVista's Tools
AltaVista's International Sites
Advanced Searching with Google
Web Resources for the Search Engines
Technical Resources for Search Engines
Using the Search Engine Resource Sites
Introduction to optimising your own site
Resources to help rank your site
Analysing your Keywords with Word Tracker
Using the Internet Keyword Finder
Using Bruce Clays Optimisation Tools
Keyword Prominence in your Page
How to use your Keywords in Tables
Keywords in the Alt and Link Text
Adding Keywords to your Title Tag
Adding your Keywords in the Text
Summary for Optimizing for Robots
Submitting to the Smaller Engines
Introduction to Submitting to Directories
Submitting to Dmoz (Open Directory)
Using the Top Dog Submission Tool
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