In many cases, it depends on what you're doing there. In a study published in the April 3 issue of Science, the World Wide Web is estimated to contain more than 320 million pages of information. The Web continues to grow at a great rate, doubling in size every four months, according to some estimates. Add to that the fact that the Web lacks the bibliographic control standards we take for granted in the print world, with no way to identify, catalog or classify a document uniquely. In many cases, documents lack even the name of the author or date of publication.
Many sites are available that give valuable information about how to search the Web.
It is a whole workshop itself, put together by Ross Tyner at Okanaga University College. Regardless of the search tool being used, the development of an effective search strategy is essential if you hope to obtain satisfactory results. Formulate the research question and its scope 2. Identify the important concepts within the question 3. Identify search terms to describe those concepts 4.