How can I get better, more closely matched or clearer search results from Google?
When you perform a search the more specific you can be the better. If you were to look up the word “computer” you would get 10′a of millions of results and who knows whether any of them would be what you are looking for. If you narrowed the search even a little say to the phrase “laptop computer” you will likely reduce the total results down to about 10% of the word computer alone. Still this is millions of results and again may not have any thing you are looking for. Are you looking for “laptop computer repair” or “laptop computer parts” or “laptop computer sales” or something else entirely? Let’s say you want to buy a new laptop. Which would you prefer, the best price or a local company you can go to for questions service and upgrades? Each of those have appeal to different people but each is a different search. The more specific search phrase “lowest price laptop computer” or “cheap laptop computer” will not only yield a much more specific set of results and probably less then 1% of million we were looking at before. However this would be a much different result from a search for “laptop computer sales portland oregon”. This search will probably be the least number of results because of it’s very specific nature and if local is what you are looking for you will be set. On the other hand if you want to lowest price anywhere it may not be locally. Either way as you can see the more specific you can be the less results you will have and the more to what you are looking for they will be. I would suggest starting with as many search crteria as you can and eliminate words till you get the result you are looking for.
By the way webmasters the works in reverse too. The more you know your audience the better the result. See webmasters know your audience for more detail.
