Searching anything is easier than ever. Now you can search for anything with the help of many search engines such as Google, Bing, or others. And almost all the browsers come with different search engines. No matter you are using Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer, you can search for anything online if you know how to search a webpage, word, website, or others.
However, for a newbie, finding the right webpage, specific word, or a particular site is not an easy task. Even some people who are using these search engines for a long time might find it difficult sometimes. For them, I am writing this article. So, without wasting any time, let’s get into the main part.
How to Search a Webpage?
What is the search engine, and how it works?
In short, a web search engine is a tool that helps the users to find specific information on the World Wide Web. Do you know what is Web? Well, Web, also known as the World Wide Web, is an information system consisting of the documents, pages, and other web resources that can be accessed by the web browser. A lot of people think that the internet and the web are the same. But the truth is that the web is a part of the internet.
Some common examples of search engines are Google, Bing, Yahoo, MSN search, and others. The search engine has software that that travel along the web, follow link to link, and find out the best result for you. Some people called the search engine web search. Many people do not know what is web search? But both are the same.
But the question is, how does it work and how it finds the relevant result? Actually, different search engines use different mathematical formulas or algorithms to give you the result. These formulas take the key elements from a web page, including the content and keyword density, page title, and come up with the best result.
Since different search engines use different algorithms, you might not get the same result from all the search engines. That is the reason why does Google looks different. And not all the search results will be best for you. But you will surely get relevant results most of the time.
Searching on an Open Page/Specific page
Now you know what search engine is and how it works. Now you need to know how to search a webpage or keyword or a topic. Now I will talk about how to search a website for a word using Google. I mean how to search for a keyword on a webpage.
Many times, we need to search for a specific word on Google. In that case, checking every word is really tough. And if the content is long enough, then it will be impossible for everyone to find a specific word. That is why you need to know how to search for a keyword on a webpage.
In that case, you have to follow only three simple steps. At first, you need to visit the page where you want to search for a specific word. If you do not know how to search a website or page, then keep reading the article until the end. So, first, visit the website using Google such as http://www.proalphatech.com/
Then, you need to press cntrl+F. And if you are a Mac user, then you need to press cmnd+F. That means press control key on the windows and command key on Mac and hold it. Then press the F key from your keyboard. You can also find the option from the menu bar of your browser as well. And if you are a mobile user, you can find the bar from the menu option of your browser.
A box will come up on the right side of your desktop. You can now type the word you want to search and find. All the words will be marked and highlighted. Now simply, you can find the word you are looking for.
Searching a Site with Google
As I told you, if you do not know how to search within a website on Google, I mean how to search a webpage or site with Google, then I will help you know it. Now I will talk about searching a site with Google. Sometimes, we need to find specific information on a site but do not know where to find it.
For example, you might have seen a nice recipe on a specific website, and you are sure that you have seen a recipe on that particular website but do not know exactly what you have seen. In that situation, you need to follow this trick. A lot of marketers also need this when doing market research or competitor research as well.
And the best part is searching a site with Google is a lot easier. You need to visit the website of Google. So, go to google.com. If you are a chrome browser user, then you will have a Google search page opened when you start the browser.
Then type site: the website name. That means you need to write “site”, and then you need to write a colon sign, and then you have to write that full website name — for example, site: http://www.proalphatech.com/. When you search like this, you will have all the pages of that particular website. Now you might not get the result you are looking for since many websites have many pages.
In that case, you can add the topic name or the title name after the site name. That means if you are looking for an article on that website, then the search will be like site: www.internationalnews.com Donald Trump. When you are adding site: web address, you limit Google to searching across that particular website only. N this way, you can simply find the website and all the info you are looking for.
Searching a specific topic on Google
You have known how to search a webpage and how to search a word on a particular page. But sometimes, we need a website content search that means we search to find the relevant topic we are looking for. As I said earlier, you won’t find the best and most relevant results all the time.
Sometimes, you will see a lot of results, but not all are good. Even you will sometimes see that some results do not have the information you are looking for. So, you need to know how to search a specific topic along with how to search a webpage.
The first and easy way to search for a specific topic on Google is to use a quote. Just go to Google.com and use the quote to search for a specific topic. For example, if you are looking for a result about the best laptop under $500, then you need to type “best laptop under $500”. Google will show you the result of pages that contains this term.
And if you want to find the pages that have this phrase in the title, then you need to search differently. In that case, you need to use allintitle. So, visit Google.com and type allintitle: the topic. For example, allintitle: best laptop under $500. Google will show you the result of pages that have this title.
Conclusion
Search engines are awesome to find out the information we are looking for. It makes searching easier than ever. But finding the right page or topic or word is not that easy, at least not everyone knows about it. That is why I have tried to show you how to search a webpage, how to search a topic, and how to search a specific word. Now you know all of these. That means you are ahead of a lot of people in the world in terms of searching on Google. So, use these tricks and find the word, topic, and the site you are looking for.
