Do you find your Web searches frustrating and time consuming? If you're like most, you use the Web for research--whether for school or work or to find essential healthcare information. But with all the ads and questionable articles getting in the way, it can take days just to find one reliable source! That's where The About.com Guide to Online Research comes in.Let industry expert and the About.com Guide to Web Search, Wendy Boswell, lead you through essential tips and tricks to streamline your searches. With this authoritative guide you'll learn how to: - Choose the right search engine
- Google like a pro
- Evaluate sites for accuracy
- Dig deeper with the invisible Web
- Revolutionize searches using RSS
- Find relevant multimedia
From Boolean searches to mining the blogosphere, this guide is packed full of information for anyone who has ever sat staring at a search engine wondering where do I begin? With Wendy and About.com, you'll be clicking your way to information that is accurate, timely, and relevant in no time!Wendy Boswell, the About Guide to Web Search, specializes in Web search strategies, hacks, and tricks. She's coordinated a successful eBay business, overseen a nonprofit community Web site, did technical writing work for a CAD company, and wrote a beginners' guide to search engine optimization for Register.com. She is currently the weekend editor for LifeHacker.com and writes for b5 Media. She lives in Portland, OR.
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