When I was still writing for Suite101, I published an article there on how to find writers markets online. I don’t believe I’d mentioned it here before, so I thought I’d throw it out there as some tips on using search engines to find writers markets online. Here are some of the basics:

1. Don’t only search for general phrases such as “writers markets” or “writers guidelines.” Instead, combine them with something more specific (such as a niche).

2. Try searching for particular rates, or even rate types (like “per word,” “per feature,” etc.). When you do this, combine it with one of those more general terms I mentioned (like “writers guidelines”), because otherwise you’ll get a lot of classified ad rates when searching “per word,” “per line,” etc.

Those are the two most basic techniques I look to pull the best results possible of our search engines when looking for writers markets. What strategies do you use?