MSN Explorer: Search the Internet

At the top of the dashboard, in the Bing search box, type a search term. To help make your search more effective:

• Make sure that you spell your search words correctly. Remember to leave a space between each word in your query.
  
  
• Use search words that are likely to appear in the websites that contain the information that you want. The more specific your search words are, the more specific your results will be.
  
  
• Common words such as a, and, and the are ignored unless they're surrounded by quotation marks. Use the OR and NOT keywords to combine or exclude words.
  
  For example, car OR truck or tree NOT evergreen.
  
  
• If the first page or two of results don't provide you with what you want, or if you don't get any results at all, try changing your search terms. Try fewer descriptive words, or try words that have a different but similar meaning. A different word or phrase provides different search results.
  
  For example, try alloy instead of metal or steel.
  
  
• To search for an exact phrase, place the phrase within quotation marks.
  
  For example, "short evergreen tree".
  
  
• If your search includes a date, try typing the name of the month instead of the calendar number.
  
  

To search the Internet, click the search button , or press ENTER.

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If you're looking for a specific type of result, such as images, maps, news, or videos, after you type your search term, click the arrow next to the search button , and then click one of the search vertical buttons. When you click a search vertical button, it remains selected by default until you select another.