I use a simple approach to find most of the information available on a given subject. Over time, I have come up with a mental list of the most used keywords in pages that often have high quality information.
The keywords are:
By repeatedly combining the subject keyword with one of the keywords above, I maximize my chances of finding what I am looking for.
- primer
- overview
- basics
- introduction
- faq
- tutorial
- resources
- links
Example:
If you want to search for chess, you can
do the following searches:
I usually use the known search engines:
- chess primer
- chess overview
- chess basics
- chess introduction
- chess faq
- chess tutorial
- chess resources
- chess links
Altavista
Lycos
Excite
Webcrawler