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Choose your keywords
carefully. Your choice
determines the success of your
search.
URL means Uniform Resource
Locator. A URL is an address
for a resource or Web site on
the Internet.
Using a Search Engine
Most search en
g
ines ask for a ke
y
word. A
keyword
is a sin
g
le
word or simple phrase that describes
y
our topic.
• When enterin
g
ke
y
words,
y
ou can enter an entire sentence
to limit the search to a more specific topic. For example,
for information about searchin
g
the Internet, enter
searching the Internet
, instead of
Internet
.
• After
y
ou enter a ke
y
word search, the search en
g
ine
g
enerates a list of h
y
perlinks to all Web sites that contain
y
our ke
y
words. Click a link to
g
o to a specific Web site.
For practice, search for the Compaq Web site:
1. Connect to the Internet and open
y
our browser.
2. Enter the followin
g
URL into the Address box of
y
our
Web browser: www.altavista.com.
3. Enter Compaq in the box next to Find this.
4. Click Search. Your browser should displa
y
numerous links
to different Compaq Web sites.
To use a search en
g
ine, complete these steps:
1. Choose a ke
y
word that describes
y
our topic.
2. T
y
pe that ke
y
word into the search en
g
ine.
3. Click the
Go
button (or other button provided) to send
y
our request.
Once
y
ou have entered a ke
y
word, the search en
g
ine will:
• Review the descriptions of the Web sites in its records
• Create a list of the Web sites that contain
y
our ke
y
word
• Displa
y
the list on
y
our screen
The list the search en
g
ine returns to
y
ou includes a brief
description of each Web site as well as its URL.