5 Tips for better Web Research

Beverly McNally
2 min readDec 30, 2014

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Many people believe that web research does not require any special knowledge or technique. It is so simple, that anyone can do it. Well, it’s not as simple as it may seem. But there are some simple pointers, if you follow, will help you get more accurate and comprehensive information.

1. You must understand the scope of the data you need before you start your research work. This is to make sure that you only look for the information that is relative to your project. Or else, you may only weaken your report work and waste extra time. Worse, you may lead your readers to the wrong path of information.

2. Do not assume that just because a website is on top of the search engine, it carries the most appropriate data you require. The fact is that some web sites are able to obtain high ranking due to their content and search engine optimization. For this reason, do not stop your hunt regardless of how far you have gone. What is important is obtaining the only information that you require, and eliminating the irrelevant information

3. When performing a web research company, it is suggested that you use two or more search engines and different keywords as well. Okay, it is true that they show almost the same results. This is why you opt to use only one.

But what you should know is that they work using different algorithms. In fact, website ranking varies from one search engine to another. So believe it or not, some of them can uncover information that others do not have.

4. Should you need papers done by experts or works completed by scholars, search engines have the ability to direct you to these. What you need to do then is to locate the one that will fit your requirement.

5. If you want to begin your task by compiling first the web sites that you think can help you, you may then opt to create a new folder in your favorites. You may find it in the browser that you use. After this, you can get back to all of them and obtain only the data that you need.

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