Yesterday I posted about who Apollo Robbins was. How did I get the info? By doing a very simple, basic investigation at my computer. It is how I start just about any research I do on the computer. I Google the name/subject and proceed from there.
In this case the #1 result was Mr. Robbins website, #2 was his Wikipedia entry. Wikipedia is usually my second place to look for information. I like Google because I can narrow my search to the web, images, videos, news, etc. With Google I can also search time frames such as past month or past year. I like Wikipedia because I can at least get the very basic information and then I like to scroll to the bottom for external links, references and sources. I also like that Wikipedia links to articles related within the article you are reading. Finally, I mostly use Firefox for my browser because I think it makes searching easier with a task bar that allows you to pick different search engines.
So, that is how this blogger for Supersonic Safety Research starts their search. How do you start your searches?
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