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Why do need to enter keywords in my search?

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Keywords allow you to get more specific results. If you simply typed in your question, you might get some results that are completely unrelated to what you are looking for.

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What is an e-mail, and how do I use it?

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An email is an address where you can receive mail to electronically instead of getting letters the old-fashioned way through the post office. Simply find an email provider you like (Google is a popular one), sign up, create an email you like, and then you can send emails to others and receive them yourself.

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What are the search engines I can use on the internet?

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Google.com and Bing.com are two of the most popular search engines. If you want others, do a search for other search engines.

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What if I enter a specific item to search and I get unrelated items?

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Sometimes this will happen and you have to scroll through some unrelated responses to find what you're looking for. Try to include as many details as possible. For example, if you're looking for a book title, instead of searching "Herman Melville book," searching "Herman Melville book about a whale" will get you a more precise response.

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When I enter my wife's name in a search engine, why do certain men show up in the results?

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As much as you may be concerned, maybe it shows who's she's friends with on Facebook, etc., or maybe it's a different person with your wife's name.

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How can I search for someone on the internet?

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Enter the person's name in quotes ("Joe Smith") in a search engine to better limit results to that specific person rather than those with either that first or last name in their names, and add in the person's location. You can also do a search on social media platforms in a similar fashion.

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How can I avoid unrelated items in my search results? Do I need to use certain keywords?

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Most of the time you will get unrelated items in your results, you just have to sort through them. Just try to be as specific as possible about what you're looking for when you do your search.

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Is Brave a reliable web browser?

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It is a reliable web browser and one of the safest browsers on the market today. It blocks privacy-invasive ads and trackers. It blocks third-party data storage. It also protects from browser fingerprinting.

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How do you share searched information?

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Click Share next to or below a search result. In the message field a link to the page will appear.

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