Internet Searching - More Words = Fewer Hits (Easier to Find)
The more search terms you include, the narrower the search becomes. Fewer pages contain ALL the words in the search box as you add more and more search terms (words) to the seach box. Here are two words giving about 296,000,000 hits.
Below is the result of using three words: class size effects. This results in 65,000,000 hits. Still a lot of web pages! But better than almost 300,000,000!
Below are four search words: class size effects elementary. This search results in 14,100,000 hits. The more search terms we enter the more focused our search becomes and the fewer pages we have to look through to find what we want.
To summarize:
| # Words | Hits |
2 |
296,000,000 |
3 |
65,000,000 |
4 |
14,100,000 |
Can you think of any other words to add to this search? How many does it take before you find no pages?