The Internet today is the most extensive information repository in the world. It has everything: any information about people, companies, events, technologies. Information is a valuable commodity that is always in demand. But not everyone knows how to find this value, although in the world wide web any information is literally at their fingertips.
Necessary
- - computer with free internet access
- - perseverance
- - analytical skills
Instructions
Step 1
Gathering information on the Internet is not difficult; any interested person can cope with this task. It is only important to know what, where and how to look. And you should always start with the correct formulation of the problem. In other words, from the question: "What exactly am I looking for." After all, the ancient philosophers noticed that a correctly formulated question already contains at least half of the answer.
Step 2
Depending on what kind of information you are interested in, the entire search strategy will be built. When it comes to a company or organization, the focus should be on official websites, news feeds and electronic media. If you are interested in a certain person or group of persons, social networks, personal blogs and forums will be considered as data sources.
Step 3
But regardless of the object of interest, the collection of information always starts with the search engines. Today, there are a number of large search portals on the Internet that index sites and provide relevant information for relevant queries. The most significant and reliable among them are Google, Yandex, Yahoo, Rambler, Aport, Mail.ru in the Russian-speaking sector of the Internet.
Step 4
For a more complete research, you should always work with several search engines at the same time. This requirement is explained by the fact that search engines use different ranking algorithms in their activities and the results of their issuance can vary significantly. For example, in Runet (the Russian-speaking sector of the Internet), Yandex is more accurate and adequate, while Google has a wider search coverage on the world wide web in general. Therefore, working with several search engines will allow you to cover a wider range of data.
Step 5
Social media and blogs are a great source of information about people's privacy. Names, photos, dates of birth, training and work in various positions - all this can be found in personal profiles of services such as VKontakte, Twitter, FaceBook, MySpace. Information about personal preferences, inclinations, hobbies and even about the events of everyday life can be gleaned from personal diaries (blogs).
Step 6
Abstract, academic information that is often required in preparing students and schoolchildren can be found in numerous online libraries and educational sites. Moreover, they contain both purely scientific material and methodological, allowing you to correctly build the training system itself or help in the preparation of independent work.
