RE: Search Engine Seminar, Day 4: Search Query Strategies

Re: Google not returning results in the first page or so---One thing I enjoy 
using about Google is the narrowing allowed by its "search within results" 
feature. This is similar (at least in results) to the Lexis "Focus" feature, 
and also good for non-expert searchers.

Mary Rice
Charles County
Public Law Library
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La Plata, MD 20646
301-932-3322
FAX: 301-932-3324
E-mail: [email protected]





>From: "Tom Mighell" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: [NetLawyers] Search Engine Seminar, Day 4:  Search Query 
>Strategies
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:19:26 -0600
>
>I am going to kick off Day 4 tonight, because I will unfortunately be in
>(recently-scheduled) depositions for the next two days.
>
>It has been said that Google's uncanny accuracy with search results has 
>made
>us complacent.  We have grown comfortable with simply typing in a few 
>words,
>and having an exact match show up in the first two or three results.  But
>what if it's not in those first few links?  Or the first page -- or the
>first ten pages of results?  What then?
>
>It means we have to reevaluate our search strategy, and try a different 
>type
>of search.  It means we will have to develop a different type of query, one
>that is more than just a string of three or four words.  Where to start?
>
>I'd like to hear from our panel of experts on this issue -- what tips do
>each of you have on how we can formulate a search query that will return
>results that matter?  What factors do we have to consider?   How useful are
>the Advanced Search features of a search engine in formulating these
>queries?
>
>I look forward to your answers, and also to the questions of our "virtual
>attendees."
>
>Tom Mighell
>
>
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