Just posting a few tips for those who don't have this knowledge already, when trying to find out info on an unknown SP ad.
I like to use Googles' advanced search page, especially the "exact phrase box", along with "all these words" box. It has lots of other options, like searching within a specific site, etc.
Sometimes I like to use more than one variable of something, which can produce different results.
Some SP's will display their phone number in an informal format, (example)1-2-3 4-5-6 7-8-9-0 but in google I will put it in proper format 123-456-7890
When I get a generate a list of results from hitting the search, I look for obvious ones, with web addresses of common sites, etc., but I also leave that page full of results
alone and open each result in a seperate window. Thats my preference, for quick access back to it. Also on the results listing sometimes at the end of the web address
line, you will see "cached". Google puts a lot of effort into keeping old pages in a stored cache and they are kept there, so if one exists, you will find it by clicking on that "cached".
Sometimes when you click on the regular result address, you may find the link is dead, no longer exists. That is where the "cached" comes in handy.
https://www.google.ca/advanced_search
There is also Google Image Search. You see an pic you are skeptical about, first right click on it and hit "save as", and pic a place (and name) on your hard drive.
Then go to Google Image Search https://images.google.ca/
Click on the little camera and you will get an option to upload an image. (there is always the option to simply copy the link from the page where pic is, but this is my preference)
When you click on "upload image", you can choose "browse" and then pic the image you saved to your hard drive.
This will search the internet for that pic, sometimes you get lucky, other times, it only finds similar images.
Hopefully this will help some people in their "happy hunting", hahaha
I like to use Googles' advanced search page, especially the "exact phrase box", along with "all these words" box. It has lots of other options, like searching within a specific site, etc.
Sometimes I like to use more than one variable of something, which can produce different results.
Some SP's will display their phone number in an informal format, (example)1-2-3 4-5-6 7-8-9-0 but in google I will put it in proper format 123-456-7890
When I get a generate a list of results from hitting the search, I look for obvious ones, with web addresses of common sites, etc., but I also leave that page full of results
alone and open each result in a seperate window. Thats my preference, for quick access back to it. Also on the results listing sometimes at the end of the web address
line, you will see "cached". Google puts a lot of effort into keeping old pages in a stored cache and they are kept there, so if one exists, you will find it by clicking on that "cached".
Sometimes when you click on the regular result address, you may find the link is dead, no longer exists. That is where the "cached" comes in handy.
https://www.google.ca/advanced_search
There is also Google Image Search. You see an pic you are skeptical about, first right click on it and hit "save as", and pic a place (and name) on your hard drive.
Then go to Google Image Search https://images.google.ca/
Click on the little camera and you will get an option to upload an image. (there is always the option to simply copy the link from the page where pic is, but this is my preference)
When you click on "upload image", you can choose "browse" and then pic the image you saved to your hard drive.
This will search the internet for that pic, sometimes you get lucky, other times, it only finds similar images.
Hopefully this will help some people in their "happy hunting", hahaha
