GOOGLE is an amazing search engine and should be the one you start with first. It is easy to use even if you only use the Basic Search.
	Basic Search To enter a query into Google, just type in a few descriptive words and hit the 'enter' key (or click on the Google Search button) for a list of relevant web pages. Google uses sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. For instance, when Google analyzes a page, it looks at what those pages linking to that page have to say about it. Google also assigns higher relevance to pages in which your query terms appear near each other. Back to Top Does capitalization matter? Google searches are not case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for "george washington", "George Washington", and "gEoRgE wAsHiNgToN" will all return the same results. Note however, that this NOT the case in a lot of search facilities. Most will return upper and lower case results when you type in the request in lower case. However if you type your request in Upper case or a mixture of Upper and lower case, they will return only perfect matches. Therefore, it is a good idea to always type your requests in all lower case. Automatic "and" Queries By default, Google only returns pages that include all of your search terms. There is no need to include "and" between terms. For example, to plan a vacation to Hawaii, simply type vacation hawaii To restrict a search further, just include more terms such as vacation hawaii maui. "OR" Searches Google supports the logical "OR" operator. To retrieve pages that include either word A or word B, use an uppercase OR between terms. For example, to search for a vacation in either London or Paris, just type vacation london OR paris Note that this time the "OR" should be in CAPITALS. Stop Words Google ignores common words and characters (known as stop words) as they tend to slow down searches without improving the quality of the results. Terms such as "where" and "how", as well as certain single digits and single letters, are not included in searches unless you indicate that they are essential. You can do this by using the "+" sign in front of the term. Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign, which can also be used in phrase searches. For example, to search for Star Wars, Episode I use: star wars episode +I Google's Home page The following link will take you to GOOGLE so you can try it out for yourself. Google Google Help For more help from GOOGLE's website click on the following link - Google Help Back to Top