Most Net search tools look through indexes of words automatically culled by a roving program from sites across the Internet. Ultimately, you'll pick a handful of sites by trial and error that turn up the kind of results you're looking for. Back to top 2. No two search engines work quite the same. While some search engines are case sensitive by default, others allow you to choose whether or not a search will be case sensitive.
Many engines ignore words of three or fewer letters.
And some search only indexes of keywords, while others search the complete text of pages. In short, before you go throwing words out into cyberspace, read the search engine instructions. Back to top 3. If you can answer yes to any of these three questions, you'll improve your search before you start. In addition, if you are using two or more words in your search, vary the order of the words.