answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The best criteria for searching on Wikipedia would be to have exact names of the person, place, or thing that you're searching for. If you're too vague, you may not get the results desired.

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What search criteria should be used on Wikipedia for best results?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the criteria for a good research problem?

For a good search one should keep questions short and search only using important keywords. This will ensure the pages that are most likely to be of assistance are at the top of your search results.


Why would they call Marco Island-Murder Island-per wikipedia-you should delete that Wiki?

I just searched Wikipedia for both Marco Island - and Murder Island. The Marco Island makes no reference to Murder Island and the search on Murder Island returned no results !


Why should every image have alt tag?

So that search engines can find and label the images correctly in search results.


How do you use Google song search?

Type up any song in the search engine of Google song search and the results should pop up.


Why does the internet web search result listings not display the latest date of each website address updates or original post date?

(Peep this)Because The Internet is not the smartest thing in the universe can hold so muchinformation. Does not hold all the information that there is to know or learn.-----------------------A search engines' job is to find content on the Internet matching the search term entered into the search frame on the search engine. Ideally, the search results should be the best matches for the keyword, (search term) used by the user, based solely on an algorithm used by that search engine to provide the best results for that search term. While fresh content is considered by most search engines, they do not use last update, or date written as a search criteria.


Why should you use Google advanced search?

If you know what you want from Google search but have failed finding desirable results, then you can find it by using the advanced search option of Google.


What are organic search results and inorganic search results?

Almost 90% of internet users who seek information, products, and services use search engines to find out what they want. They will be seeing two types of listings in that results page which they should browse through. The left side web page list is the natural results showed by the search engines according to their search algorithm. This natural search results are called organic search results. The listing on the right side is paid results sponsored by the advertisers which are always relevant to the search query. This paid listing is called as inorganic search results. Though it is paid results and there is lots of competition in this space, but only a few professionals who are qualified can reduce the advertising cost and bring best results to the advertisers. Maverick Mav is a firm who has Google Certified Advertising professionals for this marketing service. Learn more at http://www.maverickmav.com.au/services-PPC.htm


If you use some of the advanced search options of a search engine will the results you get be fewer and more focused?

This is the way search engines are supposed to work, but it doesn't always work this way. Usually to get better results you should use as specific keywords and phrases as possible. You can also use quotations ("") and asterisk (*) to get better results.


Can you search for a virus?

Yes, if you are able to find the name of the virus, then searching for more information about it should be as simple as getting to Wikipedia.


Does Dylan Efron have pictures on Google?

It is very likely that he does. If you type "Dylan Efron pictures" into the Google search bar and they should appear in the search results.


Who founded e-book Kindle Fire?

IDK how should I know but you could go to wikipedia a d search kindle fire and search for it.


What are some good hotels in Ocean City, Maryland.?

www.hotelscombined.com you can choose your own dates and criteria. The great thing about this site is it combines most of the other hotel finder sites and lets you decide your own criteria on the left hand side of the bar on the search results page. They also tend to have a lot of reviews for most of the hotels so you should be able to find the right hotel for you and/or your family or friends.