A search engine is often a starting point for researching information, catapulting us into cyberspace, offering hundreds, thousands, if not millions of results based on our search criteria; but did you know that searching for "1968 corvette" is not the same as searching for 1968 corvette? (note the first example uses quotes around both words).
I searched for 1968 corvette at MSN and With the absence of quotes, MSN runs a query and returns web pages with the word 1968 and corvette throughout the page.
This may not always produce the most desirable results.
For example, it may return a page that references the year 1968 in one paragraph and three paragraphs later references the word corvette.
Additionally, this web page might not have any relevance to a corvette car.
On the contrary, by searching for "1968 corvette", (with quotes) MSN treats your search literally and looks for pages where only "1968" and "corvette" are next to each other.
By using quotes, you can refine your search results and save time weeding through unrelated pages!This "quote tip" will work with all search engines, not just MSN!So with this example in MSN the first web site listed was 1968-corvette.
com and upon clicking on the link and reading through the pages I was able to determine that this was what I was looking for.
I hope this tip comes in handy for you whether you are researching your next vacation, home, automobile, or simply doing a little research and development.
Please let me know if you have any questions! I appreciate your feedback to date!