1. it is accurate

2. it is up-to-date. It instantly update itself.

3. It has tabs ( NB discussion tabs and Revision history)

4. It is available in lots of languages (282)

5. It is easy to reference ( reference tab)

6. You can turn it into a book (function “ print a book”)

Most Popular:

Google  Baidu Bing Yahoo Ask

New to me:

DuckDuck go ( doesn’t track you, keepprivacy)

Dogpile ( uses Metadata from othersearch engines)

Instagrok ( very useful Interactive maps)

Quora ( like Ask but the answers are by people with credentials)

For Academic search:

Library Congress

Google scholar

Specialized:

Wayback machine ((Outdated data that have been deleted from the other S.E.)Tecnorati ( blog search, for

opinions)

Recipebridge ( for recipes)

Kellko ( for shopping)

Kayak and Skyscanner ( for travelling)

Zoopla ( for property)

Spokeo ( searching for people)

Shodan ( expose online devices)

To find out about all different search engines:

Wikipedia ( list of S.E.)

Search Engine land

1. Use tabs

2. Important words only

3. you can search for multiple words at once  ( ex Chocolate or Whitechocolate—multiple search)

4. gradually add search terms

5. try to use words that web site would use

6. don’t worry too much about spelling

7 use descriptive words as much as possibile

8. Use also Google advanced search