After you load up your search engine you are ready to search, so type in what you arte trying to search for, for example: Tips & Tricks. So you have what you want to search for, now with this you are going to be coming up with results that are nothing to do with what you want.

The answer is to be more specific about what you want to search for, Google Advanced Search is designed to help you on this, you can do similar as this on any other search engines by adding key words into what you want to search, so our previous example making it more specific could become: Tips & Tricks About Computers. This narrows down your results and you will be able to find what you are looking for more easily.

Google Advanced Search

The Google Advanced Search makes the whole thing easier. All you have to do is fill in the form that it comes up with, so here is my guide to it:

All These Words: type in words which are crucial to what you are trying to find out.

This Exact Wording or Phrase: put what you are exactly searching for if you are wanting to.

One or more of these words: the definite key words you put here as these will be the basis of the search.

Any of these unwanted words: if you have previously searched and there are words which continuously come up which you don't want to come up then put them here and they wont come up.

Results per page: this doesn't really matter unless you have a slow computer, slow computer = put up enough results so then not masses come out at once and not small enough results that you spend ages loading up searches.

Language: any language unless you think that the top matching search will be in a different language.

File Type: This could be a written document or a picture or an adobe, which one do you want to be going on.

Search within a site or domain: this is only for if you want to search one particular site and not have a wide range of results.

Another trick is to put Google and many other search engines is to make sure that at the top of the page the phrase of pages from UK is clicked if you want to have only searches from the UK.

More Tips

Using "" in the search engine makes it search for exactly that phrase, so instead of having the search of: Tips & Tricks, you make it into "Tips & Tricks". In most search engines writing in capitals AND in the between key words will make the search engine search for sites which include both the words and make the results a smaller number while typing in OR in between your keywords will make the search engine search for sites which have either of those words meaning more results.

Reliability, Accuracy and Bias

When searching on the internet you have always got to be careful about the sites you get information from. You can be sure that official websites will be bias to the thing that the site is about, reliability must be thought about, and can you trust the site? You could check by seeing if they have listed the sources of where they have got their information from, then you could use those places instead, the sites which are unbiased will be trying to give you a balanced opinion to leave you room to make your own judgement.. Accuracy, now that is difficult unless you have a sure fact about one thing and if the site says something different then you need to check through that site. Be careful about the site of Wikipedia as anyone on this site can change the text to make it not accurate and reliable. This is true for nearly the whole web.

On some search engines the first result is not the best site to go on, it is simple for a website owner to get to the top of the searches by paying the search engine, so the only top results are the ones that have paid the most money, but that doesn't mean that they are any good. If you want data then you want up to date data, so to get to know whether the searched site is up to date there will always be a date of when it was published, so have a look at the date and see if it is up to date enough.

You can not escape Amazon, it is everywhere and if you are looking for just about any Item from Books, Clothe, TV's to Video and Make-up you have a 90% chance Amazon.com has it in stock. Even hard to find Items can be found on this amazing Website, with its own core stores and thousands of Affiliated Sellers.

All that should not be a surprise to you, after all Amazon.com has been around since 1996 and their reputation has grown ever since then.

Amazon.com has now added a new feature in there mission to make their Online Stores bigger and better.

Introducing: Amazon Unbox. No, this is not a spelling mistake, it is called Amazon Unbox and is the Source for an online Video Rental in a downloadable Version from a Trusted Company. You can rent some of today's hottest Video Titles. New Releases are available to you at the touch of a finger on your keyboard.

You can Purchase the Videos straight out via Download from them or Rent them. It is like a downloadable version of Blockbusters. Currently they claim over 2.500 Titles available as Rentals and over 4,300 for Purchase Options and the number is growing daily.

So who do I get started? First you really should take a look at all the available titles. Rentals start as low as 99 cents and up. For a full list of the current Rentals or Purchase Options you can visit Unbox. Once you are convinced that they have the full line of Videos you are looking for go on and install the Unbox Video Player required to play the movies.

If you are not sure of what Video's you would like to watch they even offer you a Preview Video Player on top of the Unbox Pages.

How Do I Install The Unbox Video Player?

This is a PC Bases system and you will need to have Windows XP installed on your computer.

Here are the System Requirements as listed on their Website: Microsoft Windows XP or Vista (32-bit versions) , Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher, 1.5 GHz processor & 512 MB RAM, Broadband connection.

The Download Page has full download instructions posted; they are extremely easy to follow and are clearly marked in their step by step way.

Their Player allows you to download and watch their DVD Quality movies, re-download your previously purchased movies from them and even transfer the movie to portable devices. What more could you ask for.

Great, what next? Sign up for an account if you don't already have one by now. Their rentals work on a 1-click system which means you pick the movie you want to rent, click on rental and you are ready to download. It is that simple. So make sure you have the popcorn, pop and comfy chair ready. Once you press play you have 24hrs before the movie expires and you can store it unplayed for up to 30days on your PC.

Another Great Feature!

You can even use Remote Load to send your video to any of your registered PCs. Once you are signed-in with your Amazon.com account and as long as you have already installed the Unbox video player, you will be able to select a Remote Load PC right below the "Buy It Now..." box. It doesn't get anymore convenient then that.

Wait there is more! I always wanted to do that. All joking aside, if you can connect your TV to your PC Tower you can even watch the Movies on your TV. If you are a TiVO Subscriber and own a compatible DVR you are ready to go. If you take a look at their help section it explains it even further.

Movie Recommendation:

Family Movies:

A Night at the Museum : If you want a good laugh with much imagination that is safe for all ages you have to take a look at this Movie. It is one of the best Family Movies released this Year in my Opinion. You can rent it at Amazon Unbox for $3.99

Horror “Classic” Haunted Houses:

People under the Stairs: This movie has been around for a little while now, but is well worth seeing. You can rent it at Amazon Unbox for $2.99

A 99 Cent Rental Example:

Dreamgirls: Featuring female Talents Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Hudson. Director: Bill Condon.

After I found ChaCha , the first site that paid me to do what I was doing all the time anyway (searching the internet), I began a quest to find every site I could that was for real, was proven to actually pay, and was worth my time to use it. Below is a list of sites that are working for me, categorized between those that require little to no skills and those that require at least some basic grammar and writing skills.

Get Paid to Read, Click, and Fill Out Forms

Cash Crate

There are a ton of sites that pay you to complete free offers online, but from my experience nothing beats Cash Crate. I made almost thirty dollars the first night I tried it and got a check in the mail the following month. It's possible to make a lot more than that if you're very comfortable giving out your personal information. I recommend getting a separate email address for these offers, since the junk mail they accumulate is overwhelming. Also, although there are a lot of free offer sites and many of them are good, I haven't personally found much point in fully participating in more than one. They all have the same offers, and I'd rather get one big check than several small ones. If you're still interested in trying several, two of the better ones are Treasure Trooper and Swat Cash.

Zotspot

If you're like most of us, you search the Internet daily, usually several times a day. Of the sites that pay you to use their search engine, Zotspot is the most straightforward and has the most potential for earnings. You won't amass a fortune doing this, but you won't lose much time to it either. This site, like many of the “get paid to” sites, also has a referral program where you can exponentially increase your earnings by inviting others to join, which makes the pennies add up more quickly. One important note: Don't be concerned when your account shows 0 for a long period of time. There is a delay of about two months between when you do the searches and when your account is credited, just like a pay lag. But once you get that first credit, you can cash out monthly for as long as you continue searching. For those of you who want to try some of the other legitimate paid search engines, check out Slash My Search and Agloco

Clix Sense

Clix Sense is just one of several sites that will pay you to look at ads. On Clix Sense, you get a penny or two per ad, which you need to leave open in your browser window for at least thirty seconds. I've found Clix Sense to be rather painless, since I can do it while I'm online doing other things, but this is not a big money earner for me. I'd say I'm making about ten cents a day. By using several of these sites and taking advantage of the referral programs, it's possible to make more. If you want to check out some other reputable sites, try Adbux and WordLinx. There is also Myster-e-mail for those who'd like to get paid to read email, and Cash Fiesta for those who want to get paid to surf.

Get Paid to Write and Help Others

Daytipper

Daytipper is a site that pays $3.00 each for brief descriptions of useful tips. If you know a way to get wine out of carpet or to sleep when you've got insomnia, write up a blurb on it and send it in. The site accepts and publishes about 1/3 of its submissions, so you'll want to take the time to write well and clearly. Still, even with care to grammar, structure, and spelling, it doesn't take long to write a tip. The downside of this site is that it can take months to get the payment from them, but the upside is that they do actually send it.

Review Stream

Review Stream pays as much as $1.50 each for reviews of just about anything. Review books, movies, medicines, your favorite restaurant, the mp3 player you got for Christmas, whatever you like. These reviews need not be long; they just need to include your personal opinion of the item in a way that is useful to others. It's fun and easy and they come through with the payments. Review Stream requires full rights to your reviews, meaning you can never publish or post them elsewhere.

Epinions

Epinions is another site that pays writers for reviews. However, instead of a single upfront payment, Epinions pays you a penny or two each time someone reads your review page. Like Helium, Epinions has a system in place to ensure that the best reviews are more likely to be read, so it's essential in making money on this site to write clear, useful reviews. It's also to your benefit to review items that people search on frequently.

Review Party

Review Party is one more site where users can make money for writing reviews. In this case, your payments come solely through advertising on your page, which you take some responsibility for procuring by signing up for Google Adsense and the Amazon Associate program. The key to this site is to write reviews that will generate enough readers that some of them will click on your ads. Review Party does not require exclusive rights to your reviews, so it might be worthwhile to publish them here as well as elsewhere and see if they generate any income.

Associated Content

If you're looking to make some extra cash writing articles for web pages, there are several sites that will pay for your efforts. The best of these is Associated Content. Unlike many "get paid to write" sites, they frequently pay a lump sum upon publishing the article, as well as a bonus for the number of page views the article generates. Also, unlike many other sites, it is your choice whether or not to give them exclusive rights to your work. You may choose to accept a smaller initial payment in order to keep the option of publishing the article again in the future. Payment for articles is generally under $20.00, but if you can quickly write clear, engaging articles, you can make some decent income here.

Helium

On Helium it pays to be a good writer who can create informative or entertaining articles on popular topics. This is a site that pays you based solely on clicks to your articles, so if you're not drawing readers, you're not getting paid. There is a voting system in place to further assure that the best articles get the most attention, a useful feature that helps keep poorly written articles from annoying readers. This is necessary because any article written on an existing Helium topic is immediately published to the site. If you're a serious writer, money can be made on Helium, but it may take a considerable amount of work and tweaking to find what will bring in the money. If you like to write and you like the challenge of improving your writing to meet the demands of readers, this site is worth a try.

Triond

Triond is quite similar to Helium, in that you are paid for visitors to your article pages rather than given an upfront payment. There is voting at this site, but it is not as central to readership as it is at Helium. Triond appears to weed out poorly written articles by declining to put them on their websites in the first place. Another major difference between the two is that, unlike Helium, Triond requires that all articles submitted to them be previously unpublished, either in print or on the web. You are free thereafter to republish your work as often as you like.

Looking For Clues

This site is similar to Associated Content. It pays upfront for well-written articles on a variety of subjects that are then available on the site and accessible from search engines. The major difference is that Looking For Clues is specifically seeking articles that are more insightful or entertaining than the usual fare. It's harder to get published on Looking For Clues, but when your articles are accepted, you are paid a higher rate for them, usually between $10 and $30. Looking For Clues requires the full rights to your articles, but the higher payment makes this worthwhile for many writers.

My Lot

I mention this briefly only for people who sincerely enjoy posting in forums and would spend their time doing it anyway. My Lot will pay you a penny or two for each post, which means that if you post fifty to a hundred times, you can make a dollar. They have a referral program that gives you a percentage of your friends' posts as well, but even then it's not really possible to make a significant amount of money on this site without spending all your waking hours at your keyboard.

ChaCha

The ChaCha search engine pays guides to assist users in finding information on the Internet. ChaCha is a real work at home opportunity that can bring in a significant amount of money depending on the time and work a person is willing to dedicate to it. ChaCha pays guides $5.00 an hour, but this amount is often less for new guides who rarely get a steady stream of searches.

Another limitation is that searches are only paid for the first six minutes, so those that run over cut into the hourly rate. There is a significant amount of unpaid training involved to get to the higher levels where more and better searches come in, and because ChaCha guides are rated by users, it's necessary to deliver consistently excellent customer service to maintain those levels. ChaCha guides are independent contractors, meaning they have to pay self-employment tax (in addition to regular income tax) on their earnings, another factor that lowers the $5.00 hourly rate. There are also a number of rules and regulations ChaCha guides are expected to follow that can sometimes feel restrictive.

Despite all this, ChaCha has something going for it that makes it a serious contender as an at-home income generator: it's addictive. Guiding searches is challenging, fun, and although sometimes infuriating, it is never boring. ChaCha is not currently taking on new guides as of June 2007, but it's certain they will do so again in the future. You can become a guide by finding another guide to invite you or by applying through the “become a guide” link at the bottom of the ChaCha home page.

WAHM

For those of you looking for more serious work at home opportunities, something more like a real job, the WAHM (Work At Home Moms) forums are the best place to start. They list legitimate companies that hire telecommuters and at- home workers with a variety of different skills. I got my first at-home transcriptionist job through WAHM, for which I will always enthusiastically recommend their site.

To conclude, by making use of a multitude of these sites, it's possible to bring in a significant amount of money each month. Since many of them also have paid referral programs, you can increase your income by inviting other users to join. As with most pursuits, you'll get out of these sites what you put into them. A little extra work in the beginning can pay off handsomely in the end. Have fun trying them out!