# Research the web with Mida

> Ask Mida to search the web and bring what it finds onto your board, with links to its sources.

Source: https://mockflow.com/docs/research-the-web-with-mida

Good plans start with what others have already learned. Ask Mida to research a topic on the web and it brings the findings onto your board: competitor tactics as a new branch on a mind map, market facts in a table, or best practices as a checklist. Mida lists the sources it used, so you can check them.

![Choosing Search The Web from the + menu, asking Mida to research what helped project management apps succeed on Product Hunt, Mida searching the web and adding a Product Hunt tactics branch to the launch ideas mind map](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/cc6acc5d682340a9a8bd65b33f6f7122.webp)

## Ask Mida to search the web

![The options menu with Search The Web marked](https://assets.mockflow.com/docs/media/e42832ef722c4469a904975ed27b7c07.webp)

1. Open Mida and click **+** below the prompt field.
2. Choose **Search The Web** (1). Mida adds _(search the web)_ to your message.
3. Say what to research and what to do with it, for example _Research what helped project management apps succeed on Product Hunt and add the top tactics as a new branch on the launch ideas mind map_, and press Enter.

Mida searches, reads what it finds and then works on the board. In the example above, it found the launch ideas mind map and added a Product Hunt tactics branch with four tactics, such as a teaser waitlist and replying to every comment.

Mida can also decide to search the web on its own when a question needs current information.

## Ways to use web research

- **Add to what you have:** _Add the top competitors to the market map_, _Add current best practices to the onboarding checklist_
- **Build something new:** _Compare the pricing of the top five project management tools in a table_
- **Check facts:** _What are the current app store guidelines for login with Google?_

When Mida answers in the chat, it links its sources. Check important facts, such as prices and dates, with the source before you rely on them.

## What is not available on the Basic plan

Web search in Mida is not available on the Basic plan. Web research, turning documents and images into boards, and many other features, such as creating your own Concept Builders, are part of Plus and Max. See [MockFlow pricing](https://mockflow.com/pricing/) for details.

## Next steps

- [Change selected items with Mida](/docs/change-selected-items-with-mida)
- [Ask Mida about your board](/docs/ask-mida-about-your-board)
- [Generate a board from a prompt](/docs/generate-a-board-from-a-prompt)