[General] I've searched the internet for more information.

[beachboy]

1 - I've searched the internet for more information.
2 - I've searched for more information on the internet.

Are both sentences right, (equally) commonly used in everyday English, and do they have the same meaning?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Yes, they're both natural and mean the same thing.

Editors sometimes suggest that the last word of a sentence is often what you're emphasizing. So if you're discussing getting information, the first might be a little better, but if you're discussing uses of the internet, the second might be a little better.

But for most purposes, it doesn't matter which way you say it.

 

[beachboy]

Yes, they're both natural and mean the same thing.

Editors sometimes suggest that the last word of a sentence is often what you're emphasizing. So if you're discussing getting information, the first might be a little better, but if you're discussing uses of the internet, the second might be a little better.

But for most purposes, it doesn't matter which way you say it.

Is there a reason for not using the preposition "on" in the first sentence?

 

[jutfrank]

Is there a reason for not using the preposition "on" in the first sentence?

It's not necessary.

Think that search is a transitive verb with the internet as its object.

 

[beachboy]

Ah, OK. So it's possible too...

 

[Tdol]

Search the internet sounds like more detailed research than on the internet to me.