These days, being able to find the exact information you need online is a valuable skill. However, sometimes a website\u2019s search capabilities aren\u2019t robust enough to be of much use. For this week\u2019s tip, we\u2019ll show you how to combine a website search feature with your browser\u2019s search tool so you can easily find exactly what you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n
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To begin, let\u2019s go over one of the most valuable tools for online searching, quotation marks. If you need to locate a specific phrase, then enter it into a search engine like Google Search and bookend the phrase with quotation marks. Google will then show you results meeting your criteria exactly, word for word, instead of giving you a bunch of random results pertaining to each individual word of the phrase (which would be the case if you didn\u2019t use quotation marks).<\/p>\n
While using a major search engine like Google Search to find what you\u2019re looking for is one thing, using the search feature of an individual website is completely another. For example, not every website allows you to use quotation marks to narrow down a search within its pages.<\/p>\n
If you run into this problem, try instead using the website\u2019s search feature to look for one of the two keywords, like \u201cemail,\u201d and then use your browser\u2019s search function to search for a second keyword, \u201chosting.\u201d<\/p>\n
To access your browser\u2019s search function, simply select Ctrl+F<\/strong>. A drop down menu will then appear where you can enter the second word you’re looking for. Next, hit Enter<\/strong> and the browser will automatically highlight every instance of the second word you\u2019re looking for that\u2019s located on the open webpage.<\/p>\n When these two searches combine, you\u2019ll essentially be able to weed through all the irrelevant search results provided by the website and use your browser to find exactly what it is you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n Another Way to Search<\/strong>: One way that you can skip having to use a website\u2019s search tool altogether (and keep in mind that not every website offers a search tool) is to search the content of an individual website using Google Search.<\/p>\n To do this, type into the Google Search form \u201csite<\/strong>:\u201d followed by the website URL, minus the \u201chttp:\/\/\u201d and the \u201cwww.\u201d Following this entry, add what it is you\u2019re searching for. So the form should read something like this:<\/p>\n site:website.com email hosting<\/p>\n Add Quotation Marks<\/strong>: To help narrow down your search even further, Google allows you to search individual websites this way and use quotation marks so you can find an exact phrase. For example, site:website.com \u201cemail hosting\u201d<\/strong> will provide much more specific results than site:website.com email hosting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ultimately, utilizing Google this way may be more effective than combining the website search and your browser search as previously suggested. Although, you\u2019ll still want to keep this double search tip in mind for when you do use a website\u2019s search tool and find that it\u2019s not working for you. Also, keep in mind that not every website makes its content available to Google Search; using a website\u2019s search tool for a site like this will yield results that Google won\u2019t.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve found this tip helpful, let us know in the comments and check back with COMPANYNAME\u2019s blog every week for more great tips!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These days, being able to find the exact information you need online is a valuable skill. However, sometimes a website\u2019s search capabilities aren\u2019t robust enough to be of much use. For this week\u2019s tip, we\u2019ll show you how to combine a website search feature with your browser\u2019s search tool so you can easily find exactly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[113,114,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.datcomllc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}