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=Web Searching=

Web searching is now an essential skill for all forms of research, whether this be the research you do for your senior paper, the research you do as part of a college search, or the research you do to find the best price for a new pair of jeans. Google has become so dominant in the web search field that "web searching" and "googling" have become synonymous. The Google search page is, as of September 2011, the most visited page on the Web.

However, according to recent research, most people who use Google (including most college students) barely know the basics of how to use Google. For most people, "searching" simply means "typing a search into Google" and accepting the information that appears in the first few search results. The Web can give us amazing information--but using this enter-and-click search technique will rarely enable you to find the best stuff.

Google is a very powerful search engine, one that has, built in, a wide variety of tools that allow for far, far better searching. Furthermore, by using a few, simple, searching techniques, Google users can dramatically improve the results they get.

This wiki site is designed to help you uncover the power of Google searching and introduce you to some other, specialized search tools that you might want to consider, too.

Web searching is an essential, 21st century skill. It's time to learn how to search like a pro (rather than like a kindergardener!).