I use Google dozens of times every single day, and not just at work; sometimes, though, finding the relevant bit buried in an article or web page can slow down your quest for the information you crave.
Safari and Firefox both include a Find function that’s invoked by pressing Command-F. After landing on a page Google found for you, press Command-F and again type the most important word from your Google search. The web browser will immediately scroll to the word you searched for, making skimming through irrelevant text a thing of the past.
You can press Command-G to find the next instance of your search word on that web page, and if you get overzealous using this “find again” keyboard shortcut, you can press Shift-Command-G to go to the previous instance.
I have to dig deep to remember the time when I went to the local library to sift through a card catalog in search of a pile of books that might contain the information I needed. While I can’t remember the first thing I searched for on the internet, I do remember that my first web search happened after a morning hockey practice in my middle school advisor’s office sometime around 1996 or 1997. While I can picture the wallpaper in the room, I can’t remember which search engine I used.
What was the first thing you searched for? I’d love to publish a few of your experiences in a future Tech Tails!
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