You don’t look to look all over the earth to find information. You don’t need to scour the internet to find information. You don’t need to search through one million Google results to find information.
You need to learn where to look for information. Here’s how to be smart about finding information online:
- If I want to learn how to do something on my computer, I go to YouTube and find a tutorial.
- If I want a good teacher web site, I go to Delicious. Odds are, someone already found a great website and bookmarked it for me to easily find.
- If I want a great photo, I go to Flickr and legally use one.
- If I want general knowledge on a topic, I go to Wikipedia, where thousands of people have already edited a thorough summary.
- If I want a review of a product, I go to Amazon and see what other people have said on the product page.
Before you do a Google search, think about what you want your results to look like. Googling “imovie how to slow motion” gives you 85,000 results. Searching for that on YouTube gives you 32 results, and you get to watch somebody show you how it’s done.
