How to do research on the internet

What do my results mean?

Once you have done a search in a search engine, you will retrieve a list of web pages.

the most relevant pages should appear at the top of the list
there is often some information to help you decide which pages to look at in detail
you can always refine your search to reduce the amount of material you retrieve

Each webpage you find will display the following information:

1. Australian Commonwealth Games Association		Title of the page
... ABOUT US Go to this section for information on the Australian Commonwealth Games Association, its main functions and structure. ...		Description of the page, taken from within the page itself
URL:www.commonwealthgames.org.au/		Address of the page
8k - 6 Nov 2004 - Cached - Similar pages]		Date the page was last changed (so you can see how up to date it is) and some other details

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