# Search

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](http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/) by Google - skip the videos and head straight for the "Text Version".
* Practice searching: [A Google a Day](http://www.agoogleaday.com/).
* [Internet search tips](https://www.gwern.net/Search) by Gwern.
* [The Tiny, Essential Google Tricks for Way Better Search Results](https://lifehacker.com/the-tiny-essential-google-tricks-for-way-better-search-1826791031).
* Use the [Internet Archive: Wayback Machine](https://archive.org/web/web.php) to find unavailable pages; also an addon like [View Page Archive & Cache](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/view-page-archive/).
* Learn about DuckDuckGo [bangs](https://duckduckgo.com/bang) and [features](https://duck.co/help/features).