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search help
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our commitment while on the mission
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scroll down the page or select a topic:
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Click your mouse on the down-arrow to select a search help topic:
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about search tools
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What is a search tool? The answer is in the .network glossary, Appendix I, which has definitions of various search related terms. Appendix L has definitions of terms related to being online. Pull down and select a tool for searching the Web or .network websites:

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searching the Web:
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dotThe Network offers numerous copy and paste key word combinations (example)
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dotUse advanced search techniques ( examples of tools ready for advanced searches)
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dotSave timedashbe 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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dotRemember that the .network search promise covers your use of any search engine.
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dotThe following resources links are provided to help you learn more about searching:

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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Weaving the Web / (a .network resource file)
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Internet Marketing and Search Engine Optimization ... / TechWeb Solutions
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Google Help Central

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searching a page:

Try using a page-search tool when you don't readily see what you want on a webpage. For example, say you use the Google/.network search engine to search the Web for the definition of economic development (CLICK HERE if you really want to do this). What you see next is a page that displays search results based on your input to the search box. You select an item from the search results but what you see is a page of information that you have to scroll down to read line by line in order to you continue the hunt for what you want. It goes without saying anything more that using a search application saves time and effort.
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definition of page-search tool:

... an application that performs the specific function of searching text contained in a file actively displayed on a computer screen.
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definition of search results:

... a displayed list of items found through a search effort.
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Search Results as reported by the Google/.network search engine
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Search Results Button

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searching The Network:
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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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You will find suggestions throughout The Network for keywords to use to improve your search effectiveness. Copy and paste a suggestions in the search box of any search engine. The search promise of The Network will continue to available should you need assistance. To see an example of a suggested keyword combination, CLICK HERE.
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pages in series: back one page in a series (not a link here)forward one page in a series (not a link here)

When you see the red buttons with arrows pointing left and right it means pages-in-series. Select the one pointing left to go back a page. Select the one pointing right to go forward a page. Usually on the first page in a series the left pointing button works the same as your browser's back arrow. Sometimes buttons are linked to loop a series of pages (example). The examples of the pages-in-series buttons shown above are not linked.

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pull-down menudasha working 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 a search results button?dashCLICK HERE to see one in action.
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dotspacerWhat is the Google/.network search engine, search engine results page?
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... a graphic element incorporated into a search program. You select the button on your computer screen by pointing and clicking your mouse which activates a search query based on the text that you either typed or copied and pasted into the adjacent search box. To see and use these two elements of a search program in action, CLICK HERE. The example you access has instructions for copying and pasting into the search field.

a box that you click on to select a particular option
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[back button] [forward button]:
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CLICK HERE for a definition of browser back and forward buttons. Text items are linked to demonstrate. Also, there is mention of page-back/page-forward graphics used to help you move through pages-in-series; however, you can CLICK HERE for explanation.
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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 Glover formed TechWeb Solutions but keeps his ties to The Network as its technical advisor.

CLICK HERE for Bobby Glover's business card.

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key word searches:

Suggestions are made throughout The Network for using keywords in searching. The Google/.network search engine is usually provided as shown below. It's ready for searching the Web in order to demonstrate how well certain key word combinations work. For example, cut and paste the words definition of browser in the search box.

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browser use:

Your browser should show a search box and button. You can use it to learn more about browsers; however, to save you time we've provided a search engine here ready to query the Web. We suggest a key word search for the name of your browser. Say for example you use the Firefox browser. Cut and paste the following in the search box in the search engine below. Select search. The search engine will provide you with a page of results for you to choose from. Search the Web for ... Firefox guide using browser. More about browser use.


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Most browsers provide a text-size-control that allow users to scale to a size that is most comfortable for their eyesight and screen. The Network uses the latest version of Microsoft Corporation's Windows Internet Explorer, which out of the box, so to speak, came with page text-size set to medium. When .network pages are designed and published they are checked online using IE with the default medium setting. We highly recommenced that you set your IE browser to medium or to the equivalent if you use something different.

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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.

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... for using its originally installed search tool:
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What you see was made available in 1997 when The Network first began serving members of its user group. The tool (below) continues to be useful for searching the Global Registry of Contacts. We now keep it handy to help you search for words that begin with capital letters inside two .network websites. Eight tips for using the search engine are listed below.


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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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dotspacersearch for exactly the same thing on a page that you put in the search box
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dotspacertype the words definition of before anything else when searching the glossary

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link: introduction to .network websites
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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 used in punctuation, which we refer to as three bullets. Ellipses are used to indicate that something is missing. You will see three bullets used in The Network with suggestions of key word combinations (example) which make up a list or a phrase. As a phrase we either set them apart inside parentheses or suggest that a pull-down menu be used to set a search for the words in exact order. We use the bullets as ellipses when extracting a quote from source, especially a partial quote. Ellipses, bulletsdashthey both look the same on a webpage as three dots or, perhaps, three interpuncts.

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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]
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The following pages introduce The Network and provide information of interest. Page-back/page-forward buttons are available for moving through the pages-in-series once you select from the list. Select item #4 for more information about moving through these and other .network pages. CONTACT US if you have questions or comments.
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page 1 about Economic Development Services Inc
page 2 about The Network
page 3 about navigating
page 4 about the mission
page 5 about business networking
page 6 about searching / search tools
page 7 about searching / search help
page 8 about searching / search promise
page 9 dictionary and learning tool for those who want to participate in the mission
page 10 library
page 11 resources
page 12 the Global Registry of Contacts
page 13 participating in The Network as a contact
page 14 searching for a location (the site selection process)
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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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