In addition to the search engine tips I posted about yesterday, here are some browser specific tips for speeding up your searches on an individual page:
Finding Words on a Page
Suppose I want to find out if Jabian is in the S&P 100. I navigate to Wikipedia & look up the S&P 100 list of companies. Instead of scanning through the entire list (and possibly missing an entry) I can use the built in search (find) function in my browser. In Firefox & Internet Explorer, press the “Ctrl” button in conjunction with the “F” Button (Ctrl+F).
This will bring up a search box in the browser where you can search (see area highlighted in pink in the picture above). As you can see, Jabian is not (yet) in the S&P 100.
Searching from the Address Bar
Did you know that instead of navigating to Google (or Bing, or whatever your favorite search engine is) – you can type your search criteria directly into the address bar of your browser? Firefox & Chrome default to Google while Internet Explorer defaults to Bing. You can usually change the default search engine in your browser’s options menu.
Type your query into the address bar & hit enter to load.
Your results will be automatically sent & loaded in your default search engine.