How proper online web research work performed

Web Research

I know that Google is the search tool of choice preferred by many people as their go-to guy when they want to know something or find a photo, content, valuable data . I ought to use a variety of search tools when I need to do an in-depth look for something.

So, anyway moving right along. I use when I want to look something up. Whether you want to buy a car, find a personal fitness trainer, comparison shop for the best price on an iPod or iPhone or television, buy or rent a book, this page offers the tools you need. I try to respond to user requests, so if anyone has found a nifty site that performs searches or is specific to a popular subject

There are over 86 billion web pages published, and most of those pages are not worth quoting. To successfully sift it all, I must use consistent and reliable filtering methods. I will need patience to see the full breadth of writing on any single topic. And I will need my critical thinking skills to disbelieve anything until it is intelligently validated.

Use Different Search Engines and Keywords

Now comes the primary legwork: using different search engines and using 3-5 keyword combinations. Patient and constant adjusting of my keywords are key here.

1.       Firstly, start with broad initial researching at: - Internet Public Library, Duck DuckGo,Clusty/Yippy, Wikipedia, and Mahalo. This will give me a broad sense of what categories and related topics are out there, and give me possible directions to aim my research.

2.      Secondly, narrow and deepen your Visible Web searching: - with Google and Ask.com.  Once I have experimented with combinations of 3 to 5 different keywords, these 3 search engines will deepen the results pools for my keywords.

3.      Thirdly, go beyond Google, for Invisible Web (Deep Web) searching :- Because Invisible Web pages are not spidered by Google, I'll need to be patient and use slower and more specific search engines like:

•  Scirus (for scientific searching)
• Internet Archive  (to backwards-search past current events)
• Advanced Clusty Searching  (meta searching specific parts of the Internet)
• Surfwax (much more knowledge-focused and much less commerce-driven than Google)

Researching Data

Filter and Validate the Content.

This is the slowest step of all: vetting and filtering which content is legitimate, and which is drivelous trash.  If I am doing hard research, this is also the most important step of all, because my resources MUST withstand close examination later.

Carefully consider the author/source, and the date of publication.

 Is the author an authority with professional credentials, or someone who is peddling their wares and trying to sell I a book? Is the page undated, or unusually old?  Does the page have its own domain name (e.g. honda.com, e.g. gov.co.uk), or is it some deep and obscure page buried at MySpace?

Be suspicious of personal web pages, and any commercial pages that have a shoddy, amateurish presentation. 

Spelling errors, grammar errors, poor formatting, cheesy advertising on the side, absurd fonts, too many blinking emoticons... these are all red flags that the author is not a serious resource, and does not care about the quality of their publishing.

Be suspicious of scientific or medical pages that display scientific or medical advertising. 

For example: if I am researching veterinarian advice, be wary if the veterinarian web page displays blatant advertising for dog medicine or pet food.  Advertising can possibly indicate a conflict of interest or hidden agenda behind the writer's content.

Be suspicious of any ranting, overstating, overly-positive, or overly-negative commentary. 

If the author insists on ranting and crying foul, or conversely seems to shower excessive praise, that could be a red flag that there is dishonesty and fraudulent motivations behind the writing.

Commercial consumer websites can be good resources, but be skeptical of every comment I read. 

Just because 7 people rave that Pet Food X is good for their dogs does not necessarily mean it is good for my dog. Similarly, if 5 people out of 600 complain about a particular vendor, that doesn't mean the vendor, is necessarily bad. Be patient, be skeptical, and be slow to form an opinion.

Use my intuition if something seems amiss with the web page. 

 Perhaps the author is just a little too positive, or seems a little too closed to other opinions.  Maybe the author uses profanity, name-calling, or insults to try to make his point.  The formatting of the page might seem childlike and haphazard.  Or I get the sense that the author is trying to sell I something.  If I get any subconscious sense that there is something not quite right about the web page, then trust your intuition.

Real Estate Link Exchange Directory
Free link exchange and link building service for real estate themed websites.Use Google 'link:' feature to see the 'backlinks' for a page. 

 This technique will list incoming hyperlinks from the major websites that recommend the web page of interest. These backlinks will give I an indicator how much respect the author has earned around the Internet.  Simply go to google and enter 'link:www.(the web page's address)' to see the backlinks listed.

Web World

Choose a Research-Friendly Web Browser

Researching is repetitive and slow.  I will want a tool that supports many open pages, and easily backtracks through previous pages.  A good research-friendly Web browser offers:

• Multiple tab pages open simultaneously.
• Bookmarks/favorites those are fast and easy to manage.
• Page history that is easy to recall.
• Loads pages quickly for your computer's memory size.