Internet Research with Google Advanced Search

Single word search

Enter greenhouse in the Find results with all of the words box, then click on the Google Search button.

The first 10 results (Web pages) will be presented (although in this image the page has been truncated). At the top of the list the number of separate Web pages retrieved is displayed (in this case over 1 million!). Search terms are highlighted (in bold text):

Fortunately, Google lists the results so that those that are likely to contain quality, information on the search topic appear at the top of the list. Each retrieved page is ranked, relative to the others in the result, according to the number of links other sites have made to it. On the basis that the more other Web authors link to a particular site, the higher its perceived quality (in terms of design and content), this ranking is a useful indicator of relative site quality.

But remember..the ranking of results is only a guide - you still need to scroll through and evaluate the top ranked results for relevance and quality.

Note, also, that quality sites will tend to link to other potentially relevant sites of a similar standard, so a small number of the top ranking sites can potentially lead to a much larger pool of useful information.