Troubleshooting

Ideally, in a perfect world, you will run into absolutely no issues while searching the web and your results will always be favorable, but yeah, that's not going to happen. There will be times when even if you word your searches as meticulously as you possibly can, you will encounter an issue here and there. But don't worry! That is perfectly normal. You are not doing anything wrong. It could be that you still need a little bit more practice so just be patient and you will conquer. The following are a few of the issues that you may come across. 

TOO MANY: If your search gives you a ridiculous amount of results and it is practically impossible to look through them all! Well then you probably used a single term that is too common so to fix this you need to incorporate synonyms to get better luck.  

TOO FEW: You're on the wrong site or your search is too narrow. To fix this, try to omit some search terms. Try your search on another engine: metasearcher, directory, people search, or specialty resource. Ask for help.

"404 -- FILE NOT FOUND" MESSAGE: This message tells you that the file you has been moved, removed, or renamed. To fix this, you must go back to the search engine and do a phrase search or a field search on the title. Try shortening the URL to see if the file might still be on the same server.

SERVER DOES NOT HAVE A DNS ENTRY" MESSAGE: This means that your browser can't locate the server (i.e. the computer that hosts the Web page). It could mean that the network is busy or that the server has been removed or taken down for maintenance. For better results, check your spelling and try again later. Be Patient!

"SERVER ERROR" OR "SERVER IS BUSY" MESSAGE: Be patient! The server you are attempting to contact may be offline, may have crashed, or may be very busy. Try again later. Again, be patient!

HOME PAGE is NOWHERE TO BE FOUND: Change it up! Try to guess, experiment with different top-level domain names by using the name, brief name, or the acronym.