Searching is an essential skill. Yet for something we do every day we spend little time learning how to do it effectively. It's funny how search engines are improving faster than we become better at searching.

Links

• ​Power searching by Google - skip the videos and head straight for the "Text Version".

• Practice searching: A Google a Day.

• ​Internet search tips by Gwern.

• ​The Tiny, Essential Google Tricks for Way Better Search Results.

• Use the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine to find unavailable pages; also an addon like View Page Archive & Cache.

• Learn about DuckDuckGo bangs and features.