Don’t get me wrong, I love ‘The Simpsons’.

I’ve been responsible for a few ‘Homer-isms’ in my time, especially after I’ve had a few Duff Beers!

But nothing to extent I have seen online (and off) over years….. and I’ve seen a lot believe me.

Only today, I was with some friends and conversation moved to ‘making money’ (as it does!). One of them announced that he had just invested in a fantastic scheme on internet, which said he would make over $50,000 in next to no time, with a simple investment of just $250 – and he had absolutely nothing to do.

Some of you will be thinking, “Yeah, that’s sounds similar to one I am with”…. Others will be thinking “IDIOT! Not possible”

For those who think it’s a good deal - you are HOMER SIMPSON.

For those who think it sounds like something you’re in – HOMER!!

For those who think he’s an idiot for getting involved – you’re Lisa Simpson.

The truth is, internet holds no ‘magic bullets’. No secret ways of making a fortune, without doing anything or paying a dime.

If you think you CAN make a fortune, by doing nothing and spending nothing, then you really are Homer Simpson…... D’oh!

MTYH – “anyone can make a fortune online”

FACT – most people trying to make money, don’t. They get sucked in to silly schemes just like one above, and get nowhere.

MYTH – “there are 500 Million people looking to buy online”

FACT – there are probably half a billion people with internet access, but they all don’t use it, they all certainly don’t want to buy things.

MYTH – “you don’t need to spend a dime to make money”

FACT – yes you do. Not necessarily tens of thousands of dollars, but to be successful, you do need to spend even just a little.

MYTH – “once I’m in, I don’t do any work to make a fortune”

FACT – I can tell you for sure, that some of biggest names around still spend upwards of 14 hours a day working to be successful online.

The Internet is a wonderful place full of resources that can be really helpful for us.

The best way for finding information is through a virtual search engine. A search engine explores resources on Internet and gives results relating to your queries. Search engines allow keyword searches and use crawlers to locate sites or pages that match requests.

However, finding information that is relevant for you is a challenge. Everyday more sites come into existence. A simple query like "web hosting" on Google returns 15,100,000 results. Now how does user know which site is useful for them, thus creating an "Information Overload" of sorts. How is user assured of quality of information?

The thing about search engines is that they generally display all web pages that contain any or both of words contained in search query.

So comes question: how do we find information we are looking for?

There are various techniques that you can use to make your search query better which will then help to achieve more relevant results.

For instance if you use "+" operator and restructure your query to "web hosting" + Windows it will show only those sites that offer Windows hosting. You can also use "AND" Boolean operator, depending on what you are comfortable with.