Search Engine habits?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Kevin McLauchlan: <<Does anybody on the list ROUTINELY search with  
Google, Yahoo or any of the other major engines and then actually look  
past the second page of results?>>

Depends entirely on whether I find what I'm looking for (from a  
credible source) on the first page. I _frequently_ add a minus sign  
before a keyword found in useless hits on the first page to repeat the  
search with that keyword excluded (i.e., with more precision), which  
in my books counts for looking beyond the first page. I work as a  
substantive editor in the sciences, so I spend an enormous amount of  
time mining Google.

<<Does anybody on the list RARELY(*)-but-sometimes search with Google,  
Yahoo or any of the other major engines and then actually look past  
the second page of results?>>

Again, it depends entirely on the obscurity of the details I'm seeking  
and how skillful I've been at choosing search keywords. Some days, it  
takes several tries and a great many clicks on "next search results"  
before I find what I'm seeking.


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