On searching the Web

Searching the Web - Help

Pandia Search Central, your online guide to searching the Web, has its own search facilities.

Use the pull down menu to select search directory, index or engine. Enter your search query in the text field and click on "Search!" Just enter two or three words if you are unfamiliar with the search syntax rules of the various search services.

If you are searching the Web for an exact phrase -- like "European Union" -- enclose the words with double quotation marks.

If you want to make sure a certain word is present on the pages found by the search engine, put a plus-sign in front of the word, like this: +lion. There should be no space between the + and the word.

If you want to exclude pages that has a certain word, put a minus-sign in front of the word, like this: -elephant. This will work in most search engines.

Go to the short and easy Goalgetter search tutorial if you want to learn more about searching the Web.

The Pandia Plus Internet Directory - Categories

Arts & Entertainment
Business
Computers & Internet
Games
Health
Home & Family
News
Recreation & Travel
Reference
Regional
Science & Technology
Shopping
Society & Culture
Sports
World

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Pull down menu options - Pandia

Pandia Web Search is the Pandian flavor of the Google search engine. We have, however, adjusted the search algorithm somewhat, giving a boost to sites related to the topic of searching, search engines and search engine marketing.

Pandia Metasearch lets you search the Web using several search engines in one go. This can be very useful, as the search engine databases overlap to a far smaller degree than most believe. See our Metasearch help page for more information.

The Pandia Plus Internet Directory is powered by the Open Directory Project, and edited by experts and enthusiasts from all over the world. Use this when searching the web for general information on a topic of interest. Go to Pandia Plus Help for information on more advanced search queries.

Select Pandia News when searching the web for news articles. The search engine fetches headlines from a large number of online news sources.

Select Pandia Radio Search when searching the web for online radio stations. Go to our guide to Web radio to learn about the software you need to listen to radio broadcasts on your computer.

Beyond Pandia

The pull down menu also gives direct access to "non-pandian" search tools.

Yahoo! is the mother of all search directories and the world's most popular search portal. Their search engine is partly based on the technology underpinning the old AltaVista and AlltheWeb search engines.

Google is probably the best search engine in the world. It is sorting results according to link popularity and more. Read the Google help file to learn how to search the Web using Google.

MSN is Microsoft's response to Google's rise as an Internet giant. It was built from scratch by the MSN engineers and researchers and gives decent search results.

Ask.com, previously known as Ask Jeeves, is the smallest of the big four search engines. It is definitely worth a try though!

Select "Dictionary" to check the spelling or meaning of an English word.

Select Answers.com to search through their huge database of answers to various questions taken from a large number of sources. They call it a encyclodictionalmanacapedia.

Select Wikipedia to search the very popular online encyclopedia. The content of Wikipedia is free, written collaboratively by people from all around the world. This website is a wiki, which means that anyone with access to an Internet-connected computer can edit, correct, or improve information throughout the encyclopedia.

Blog search lets you search one of the leading blog search engines.

Select "books", "music" or "videos" to search the inventory of the world famous Amazon.com online store. The results will be presented by the Pandia Bookstore. Go to Amazon search help for more information.

In the same way, select "books", "music" or "videos Europe" to search for books, CDs and videos/DVDs from the British branch of Amazon: Amazon.co.uk

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