Subscribe to our newsletter. This content created by Chris Sherman . Sometimes the best way to get what you want is to take advantage of those close to you. Some search engines offer suggestions for related searches that can dramatically improve your odds of finding what you seek. Related searches often provide just enough additional information for an engine to serve up dramatically better results.
Related searches are pre-built queries suggested by the search engine.
Studying the structure of related searches can teach you a lot about the best ways to use a particular engine. AltaVista AltaVista doesn't always offer related searches in results. When it does, links appear in a pale yellow box at the top of the result page. AltaVista offers up to eight related search links. Excite Excite is downright stingy with suggested related searches.