Net 3: Trim Back the URL
The next net is not Google-specific, though you'll find yourself
using it often once you get better at Googling.
Often you'll find a terrific page nestled deep down inside a folder inside a folder inside a folder. You suspect that there are other pages you'd find interesting nearby. How to you find them? Trim the URL step by step.
Sometimes you'll get a notice saying FORBIDDEN! Sometimes you'll get a list of files and directories. Sometimes you'll get an web page with more links. Each step back tells you more about where the page came from.
This is also a good strategy to try when a page goes missing (that is, you get a 404 message). Perhaps someone at the site moved the page into a new folder or renamed a folder. Trace your way back to the top and drill down again to see if you can find it.
You found this Romeo
& Juliet WebQuest that you really like. Are there more like that
where this one came from? Start here: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/shakespeare/ Now
trim away the last part: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/education/projects/ What do you see? Trim it again, Sam: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/education/projects/
webquests/
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/education/
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/a&s/
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/