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helpguide for searchers
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guide for .network users
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page in series / navigation buttons: previous page in series next page in series
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Scroll the page or select a help topic from the drop-down menu:

Resources are scatted throughout three websites. The Network is designed you can easily choose to search inside them or query the Web. Use the left-pointing navigation button above to move back through a series of pages about searching for contacts and locations as well as resources offered in support of a mission. The Network is for searching No matter how you do that, you are supported by a search promise.
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navigation bar extensionaccess Site Location Assistance.comFMH = Find Me Here  websiteEDN = Economic Development Network websitedetails: personal search assistance available

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about search tools
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What is a search tool? CLICK HERE for a definition.

CLICK HERE for working examples of search tools in a three page series. Each page is in a different website of The Network. One example is the Google/.network search engine ready for querying inside each of the three websites or the Web itself ... your choice.

A second example in the series is the original search tool introduced with The Network in 1997. It remains useful for searching for titles and names ... words that begin with capital letters. There is a guide for using the second example in this help file (page down) or you will see it ready to use on the Find Me Here.com page of the looped series as you enter.

See, select and use tools listed on page 4 of the introduction to The Network.

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searching the Web:
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dotUse advanced search techniques ( examples of tools ready for advanced searches)
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dotSetting keyword combinations inside quotation marks is an advanced search technique.
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dotSave time—be efficient (use a page-search tool after selecting from search results)
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dotThe Google/.network search engine queries the Web as well as .network websites
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dotThe .network search promise covers your use of any search engine.
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dotThe Network offers suggestions of keyword combinations to use when searching
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dotThe .network library search section lists the following as well as additional resources:
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University of California Beckley / Library (Internet search tutorial)
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University at Albany / Library (http://www.internettutorials.net)
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OWL at Perdue University / Searching the World Wide Web
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The Spiders Apprentice / A Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines
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Imaginary Landscape.com / The Help Web
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about Tim Berners-Lee at the W3C website / about the World Wide Web Consortium

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searching a single webpage:

The typical scenario would be to place a keyword combination in a search field in order to produces the search results you want. The best search engines show you a bit of the information found with an indication of just where your keywords or phrase fits in and they may also show you URL address strings (example) ...
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What is a page search tool?

... an application that performs the specific function of searching text contained in a file actively displayed on your computer screen. You probably have one available on your browser's tool bar. Also, it is not unusual to find pages published on the Web these day that have search capability build in. Search the Web you want more information by copying and pasting the following italicized text line: definition of "page search tool" (CLICK HERE for a search engine).

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view webpage source code:

The most common computer language used to write instructions for publishing a webpage is known as hypertext (see the definition of HTML in the online glossary published for Tim Berners-Lee's Weaving the Web). There are other scripted languages—to define scripted in this regard is to point out that a sequence of instructions (script) has to be in place in order for graphics and text to be displayed in a browser as intended. This means, for example, that what you are now viewing has a script that contains its source code.

To view a webpage source code, one typically has use a tool that will display it as a text file. Go to the menu bar and select Source under View if, for example, you are using Internet Explorer. The following links are provided in order to help you learn more.

To view the HTML source code for a Web page using Internet Explorer 3.x and later, click Source on the View menu. To view the HTML source code for a Web page using Internet Explorer 2.x, right-click the Web page, and then click View Source.

Many Web pages use frames to display several Web pages on the same screen. To view the HTML source code for a Web page that contains frames, right- click the Web page in a frame, and then click View Source.

Search engine results are reported on a SERP (Search Engine Results Page). Among search engines on the list suggested above is the one Google allows The Network to make available at its websites. See the Google/.network Search Engine Results Page Guide.

Also, see an example of search results by using the original .network search tool—to access the search tool in this help file, CLICK HERE. We (who we are) suggest that you copy and paste the following italicized phrase in its search field: definition of search field

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search results:

... defined in the Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary.

Access the list of search engines suggested by .network users to obtain your own example of search results. Pick a search engine and query the Web for a keyword combination such as "definition of search results" enterprise and economic development—keep the quotation marks intact as you copy and paste the italicized text to the search field.

Search engine results are reported on a SERP (Search Engine Results Page). Among search engines on the list suggested above is the one Google allows The Network to make available at its websites. See the Google/.network Search Engine Results Page Guide.

Also, see an example of search results by using the original .network search tool—to access the search tool in this help file, CLICK HERE. We (who we are) suggest that you copy and paste the following italicized phrase in its search field: definition of search field

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searching The Network :
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dotspacerGoogle/.network search engine
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dotspacersearching inside Site Location Assistance.com
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dotspacersearching inside Find Me Here.com
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dotspacersearching inside Economic Development.net
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dotspacersearching the Global Registry of Contacts
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The following links go to pages in a series that introduce The Network :

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dotspacersearch for a resource for enterprise development, site selection, economic development
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dotspacersearch for locations for site selection and seeking economic development
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dotspacersearch for a resource or service provider listed in the Global Registry of Contacts
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dotspacersearch assistance
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dotspacersearch help (You are currently using Search Help. Link is to the top of this page.)
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dotspacerdirectory of pages in the .network introductory series

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pages in series:

The buttons shown are useful for navigating back and forth through pages in a series. The examples here are not linked; however, you will see those that are at the top of .network pages. The button on the left is typically linked to take you to the previous page, the one on the right to the next. Sometimes the buttons are linked to take you to the beginning of a page. Sometimes links are arranged so that pages in series are looped—example.
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page-in-series button / not linked here spacer page-in-series button / not linked here

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drop-down menu / pull-down menu—a working example:

about radio buttons and check boxes—how to use them:
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dotspacerWhat is a radio button?—example: [ .network glossary definition ]
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dotspacerWhat is check box?—example:

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.network navigation:

... means moving along with a sense of where you are and where you are headed.

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dotspacerWhat is advanced search?—answer (Page up to the topic: Searching the Web)
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dotspacerWhat is a search box?—answer (Answers.com definition)
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dotspacerWhat is a search field?—answer (Answers.com definition)
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dotspacerWhat is a search results button?—answer / example
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dotspacerWhat is a search results help button?—answer / example
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dotspacerWhat are Google/.network search engine, search results?—guide / explanations
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dotspacerWhat is a search button?—answer (use a button to search the Web for a location)
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[back button] [forward button]:
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Back and forward buttons are displayed as graphics on the toolbars of most browsers. Information is stored as users work with their browsers so that the buttons can be selected at anytime to move back or forward through accessed files. In other words, a browser bookmarks work in progress while the buttons, as part of a program that logically lays out files in the background, are there to be used to recall pages visited. Wikipedia's discussion of Internet Bookmarks adds to this definition of browser back/forward buttons.

Graphics provided as as navigation aids for webpages published in a series are not the same as the back/forward buttons on your browser. Page up to information about their use in The Network. Also, back/forward button graphics used with .network pages in series are defined in the glossary, Appendix H. For an example of .network pages in series, CLICK HERE.
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TechWeb Solutions:

... its owner, Bobby Glover, organized the technical side of The Network in 1996 and was its original webmaster. He designed and published the first .network webpages. He built its computers and, as a member of the headquarters relocation team for Economic Development Services, was the architect of its intranet and Web connections. Later he formed TechWeb Solutions but keeps his ties to The Network as its technical advisor.

CONTACT Bobby Glover by accepting and using his GetReal Media business card

Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization at the TechWeb Solutions website

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key word searches:

Keyword is defined in the Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary.
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search phrase:

... a keyword combination typed or copied and pasted into a search field, instructing the query program to keep the text intact as if set inside quotation marks. In fact, many search engines will recognize text placement in their search boxes set within quotation marks as phrases and, thus, function in an advanced search mode (see searching the Web). In addition to its Google search engine adapted for querying its websites as well as the Web, recognizing quotation marks as setting off phrases, The Network has its internal search tool which uses pull-down menus to set search parameters. The left-hand pull-down on the search tool as shown below gives you the choices of searching (1) as a phrase, (2) all terms or (3) any terms. Don't use quotation marks to test the as-a-phrase setting.
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definition of search phrase / definition of keyword combination phrase
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browser use:

A typical browser has a search box for entering a URL address string. The most popular browsers store address strings of Web locations accessed during work sessions so that users can later return to them. Copy and paste the italicized keywords, firefox guide using browser, in the search engine below and Google for information about the Firefox browser.

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text size:

Your browser most likely provides a means for changing text size. This may be useful for finding a comfortable setting for viewing what you see on your computer screen but often text size is controlled from a webpage. If that's the case and some text is controlled and some not, a page may lose the integrity of its original layout. It may look strange; nevertheless, if the intent is to gather information from text and, say enlarging it for comfortable viewing achieves that end, so be it. For your information, loose text on .network pages was originally laid out to be viewed with an IE browser setting of medium.

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Three hubs (websites) combine to make up The Network, each represented by a unique file-folder-button as shown below with the initials: SLA / FMH / EDN

Select a file folder to enter a .network hub.

link: http://www.sitelocationassistance.comlink: http://www.sitelocationassistance.comlink: http://www.findmehere.comlink: http://www.economicdevelopment.netspacer

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search: identity of a location
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The Network defines a location specifically to serve its mission. A location may be a county, a region (see city region), province, state, territory, or the like. It may be the smallest municipality within a country but it must be a place that can be found on a map.
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CLICK HERE for page 6, Search for a Location, of the introduction to The Network.

CLICK HERE for a guide to searching Area Development in Economic Development.net

CLICK HERE to arrange for a free listing of a location of interest to you in The Network.

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A search term is either the keyword or keyword combination that you put in a search field as a pattern match expression, for example a text string.

Here are suggestions for text string search terms to use with the tool below to query the Enterprise and Economic Development Glossary : As you can see pull-down menus are set for as a phrase and case sensitive. Change the latter to insensitive. To search for glossary terms begin your text string with the word define or the combination ... definition of (example: definition of location)

Also, using the Google/.network search engine, you can also choose to search the Web or the three websites of The Network for definitions related to enterprise and economic development, including site selection as well as commercial and industrial real estate,. In that case, the suggestion is to begin your search term with the word define or the combination of definition set inside quotation marks ("definition of") or, better yet, put the entire text string in quotes, for example, "definition of economic development"—why not go ahead and try a search of the Web using this example. Simply copy and past the text string in italics, keeping the quotation marks intact. To Google the Web for definitions of some of the other words and expressions used in this paragraph copy and paste the following:

define "enterprise and economic development"

"definition of" commercial and industrial real estate

"definition of site selection"

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original .network search tool
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Example: Searches inside Find Me Here.com. This example is set to look for words that begin with capital letters, making it most useful for searching the Global Registry of Contacts. Use pull-downs to change settings. CLICK HERE for additional comments.

CLICK HERE to access this same search tool for Site Location Assistance.com.


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A guide for using the original .network search tool (example above)

dotspacerChange pull-downs to adjust for the type of search you want to conduct.
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dotspacerMaintain case-sensitive pull-down to search for words that begin with capital letters
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dotspacerMaintain as-a-phrase pull-down to search for what you would normally put in quotes
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dotspacerDon't put parentheses or quotes in the search boxsee tips for searching the Web
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dotspacerDon't put symbols, such as &, in the search box
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dotspacerUse a page search tool once you select for search results.
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dotspacerSearch for exactly the same thing on a page that you put in the search box
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dotspacerUse the prefix word define or phrase definition of when searching the glossary
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The original search tool was published along with the websites of The Network in early 1997. It continues to be offered, especially for searching case-sensitive in two websites for mission contacts and places of interest to .network users. In 2006 the Google/.network search engine was added so that you and the other users could have a full range of choices.

For more information about searching see pages 4 through 9 of The Network introduction.

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three bullets:

... in typography the bullet is a dot as a symbol used to introduce listed items. There is also the ellipsis which may be referred to as bullets. Ellipses are used to indicate that something is missing. Two or three interpuncts that appear an an ellipsis may also be seen as bullets. Take a look at one of the alpha-pages of the .network glossary to see that between the boldface item listed for definition and explanation of its meaning the ellipsis is used. It generally indicates that the repeat of the item listing is left out. When a quote is an item listed in a paragraph, for example of a definition, three bullets should appear for missing words.

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Google/.network Search Engine:

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http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/google.htm Web
dot SEARCH .network Site Location Assistance website [SLA]
dot SEARCH .network Find Me Here website [FMH]
dot SEARCH .network Economic Development Network website [EDN]
dotspacerspacerspacer SEARCH ... page 4 of the introduction to The Network
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Introduction to The Network

page 1 Who we are
page 2 3 websites
page 3 mission
page 4 search
page 5 search for a resource
page 6 search for a location
page 7 search for a contact
page 8 search promise
page 9 helpguide for searchers [page up]
page 10 library
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about: .network users
about: .network user contacts
  .network glossary

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spacerenter Site Location Assistance.comenter Find Me Here.comenter Economic Development.netthe .network search promise
FAQ: What do initials overlaying file-folder-buttons stand for? answer

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Contact as the word is used throughout The Network means a resource supplier or service provider in position to assist business decision makers, entrepreneurs, leaders of fast-growing companies, site selectors, small business owners, and others who have plans or projects for the kind of enterprise development that leads to economic development around the world. Like those already mentioned, contacts are members of the .network target audience.
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Using the search tool we provide, if you query the Global Registry of Contacts as someone seeking information related to our mission, but are not satisfied with your search results, we stand ready to be of assistance. We refer to this commitment of readiness as a promise.

CLICK HERE for access to the search tool for the GRC online.
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Specifically, if you find a resource supplier or service provider listing from the GRC in any .network website, but without enough information or a link to move you on to make contact, send us an email to explain. Our response will be to publish updated contact data and possibly other information from the appropriate GRC record without obligation or cost to you. After that we will get back to you and explain what we've done. In the event that you search, but do not find the contact you want listed in the GRC, we offer to investigate to see what we can come up with; i.e., we will do our best to help you avoid a dead end search experience. We emphasize that delivery on our unique search promise is a free service.

CLICK HERE for answers to questions often asked about the Global Registry of Contacts
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