Solutions Eight Tips for Super Searching Plain old Web searching doesn’t do the trick anymore: It yields too much random data. Here’s how to get what you want when you want it—sometimes before you ask for it. By Bill Dyszel
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obody “surfs” the Web anymore. Some 80 percent of all online sessions begin with a search. Just look at Google: It makes over $1 billion every quarter on search ads. But plain old Web searching doesn’t do the trick anymore. Most Web searches turn up too much random data, or they don’t give you what you need when you need it.
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If you’re an efficient searcher, you know to hit the Web running. Here are tricks that will help you get what you want when you want it—sometimes before you ask for it. Go on the Alert Why search every day for news about the next release of your favorite game? Google Alerts can send you a daily, weekly, or up-tothe-minute e-mail that sums everything up.
