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Google Search Tips & Tricks: Choose Keywords

Searching skills is one of the empowering tools for you to locate, identify, refine, and retrieve bunch of information on the Internet. This guide helps you to look up some of the useful tips and tricks when you typing keywords in Google Search Bar.

Choose a Better Keywords

Keywords in General

  • Use 2 to 4 words to form a phrase for searching
  • Use descriptive words, no jargon or slang

Common mistakes in selection of search terms:

  • Use single word only
  • Use broader terms, and not focus on what you are searching
  • Use specialized terms, commonly used in a subject field only
  • Use unpopular terms

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