Using Quotes in your searches
Probably the single most important technique you can use when searching is to use quotes in your search terms.
Quotes tells the search engine to search for the exact set of words in the exact order and spelling you have presesnted.
In contrast, not using quotes tells the search engine to find matches of any and all words you have typed. Basically, you get many more hits than you usually want.
Example:
You want to find a dog sitting service bear disneyland.
dog service - would find any site with the word, dog, or service or dog and service (even if they were sentences apart)
"dog sitting service" disneyland - is much better
If you start using quotes, you will immediately notice an improvement in your search results.