Entrepreneurship

Find relevant information more quickly by using the following tips.

• Search using keywords not sentences or questions. 

Instead of Who are coca-cola's competitors? use coca-cola competitors

• Use the terms that you would to expect to find on the website.

Search for cleaning services instead of servants

• Brainstorm synonyms.

Try carbonated beverages or soft drink beverages

• Search phrases by using quotation marks " " . The words will be searched exactly how you entered them.

Searching with the terms American automobiles  will find websites that rank American cars based on popularity. To limit the results to reports on the auto industry in the United States use the more specific phrase "American automobile industry".

Choose websites that contain quality information. Go to Evaluating Websites for tips.

If you can't find the information you need try a different search engine. Here are three of the most popular:

The following tips are used with Google. Other search engines will have their own shortcuts. Check their help pages.

• Exclude a word: use the minus sign (hyphen). Example: your search for candy manufacturers is pulling up lists of chocolate makers.

Use candy manufacturers -chocolate

Search within a website. Enter site: followed by the website address. Don't put in any spaces. Example: your co-worker mentioned a guide on the Canada Business Network website called Writing Your Business Plan. 

Search: site: www.canadabusiness.ca "writing your business plan"