Searching the Internet Effectively

I decided to search for information on how to search the internet effectively.  I used each of the four search strategies and had the results below.  After I did the each search, I copied the URL from the search and made each search link to the results.  The number I posted were the results at the time I did the search.

First Search - Simple Search
search internet
300,000,000 results in .25 seconds

Second Search - Use Additional Keywords
search internet effectively
13,100,000 results in .19 seconds. 


Third Search - Use Phrases
"searching the internet effectively"
17,100 results in .27 seconds

Fourth Search - Boolean Operators
"searching the internet effectively" AND Boolean
9,740 results in .34 seconds