Site Specific Searching

Get efficient with your search: Conduct a Site Specific Search!  Here's How:

1. Get different views on the same subject by searching various domains.  Why bother?  Because you can find out what governments, non-profit organisations, corporations, and educational institutions are saying about the same subject.  Here's a review of domains you may want to search:

         .org - anyone can get a .org domain, but it is still true that many non-profits often end in .org

         .gc.ca - want to find out what the canadian government is saying on a topic?  .gc.ca stands for government of canada. Canada

         .gov - the US government has this one sewed up

         .edu - generally, you will be finding information from universitites in the U.S.

         .ubc.ca - Canadian university sites usually use their short from =.ca

Enter your search term in the Google Search Box.  Then filter your results by indicating which domain you want to search.  Here's what your search string would look like for a search on salmon farmingof domains ending in .org:

                      "salmon farming" site:.org

2.  Search a specific site to get specific information.  Websites often have inadequate search tools.  Use Google's bots to find the information you need.  Here's how:

  Let's say you want to know what sports fisherman think about salmon farming.  You are going to need the URL of a sports fishing organisation.   Here are the steps.

Google sports fishing in BC . You will find the URL for Sports Fishing BC is sportfishingbc.com.

Create a search string for "salmon farming" that is focused on the sports fishing site:

                     "salmon farming" site:.sportfishing.com

The Google bots will search the Sport Fishing BC site to find any information they have on the topic of salmon farming.