I decided to search for Houston Texans and about thier organazation. I used each of the four search strategies and had the results below. After I did the each search, I copied the URL from the search and made each search link to the results. The number I posted were the results at the time I did the search.
First Search - Simple Search
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=houston+texans&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=houston+texans&fp=775ba2ba7015c9c3
3,450,000 in 0.09 seconds
Second Search - Use Additional Keywords
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=houston+texans+national+football+&aq=f&aqi=&oq=houston+texans+national+football+&fp=775ba2ba7015c9c3
728,000 in 0.22 seconds
Third Search - Use Phrases
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=houston+texans+national+football+league+schedule&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=775ba2ba7015c9c3
4,370,000 in 0.21 seconds
Fourth Search - Boolean Operators
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=houston+texans+how+to+get+season+tickets&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=775ba2ba7015c9c3
1,140,000 in 0.23 seconds
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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Searches you did..
ReplyDelete1. houston texans
2. houston texans national football
3. houston texans national football league schedule
4. houston texans how to get season tickets
Try these... use the phrasal and boolean searches described in your 3rd and 4th searches.
1. houston texans
2. houston texans season tickets
3. "houston texans season tickets"
4. "houston texans season tickets" AND how to buy
When you try it again, post it as a new blog post - title it "Searching the Internet Effectively, Take Two"
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