How to be a safe and smart searcher

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How to be a safe and smart searcher

software for sorting and blocking unwanted online content

several

to narrow

to mis-type

keyword

a filter

a search engine

unreliable

to make more limited

not to be trusted or believed

inverted commas

a word that is important for or 'key' to the topic you are researching

to make a mistake when writing something on a keyboard

a computer program that is used to look for information on the internet

punctuation marks that look like this: ""

more than two or three but not many

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You should only use one keyword in a single search.

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2. false

Inverted commas are useful to find something you’ve already seen.

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2. false

Words like ‘an’ are unhelpful in a search.

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2. false

If your keyword could refer to a lot of different things, you can't avoid getting a long list of results.

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2. false

Small spelling mistakes aren’t important.

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2. false

Filter software is especially important for image searches.

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2. false

Some search engines give different results to different people.

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2. false

Some websites contain false information.

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2. false

DO

don't

use inverted commas in a search

use words like 'a' or 'the' in a search

always use a single keyword

believe all the information you see on the internet

use a minus symbol to avoid unwanted references

use a filter for a picture search

always use the same search engine

check the spelling of every word