Remember to use `:help /` rather than google and stackexchange.

```plaintext
/<pattern>   -- search forwards
?<pattern>   -- search backwards

/<pat>/3     -- search forwards for <pat> then 3 lines further

/<cr>        -- search again for last used pattern
//4          -- last used pattern, then 4 lines

4n           -- repeat last search 4 times

4*           -- search for 4th occurrence of word under cursor
4#           -- like 4* but backwards

gd           -- (for C code -- go to local declaration)

gD           -- go to global declaration (C)

/<pat>/;/<pat2> -- find <pat>, then find <pat2>
```
I define
```vim
nnoremap <A-n> 1n   " to quickly skip through searches
```
note that `<S-n>` already searches backwards,
but `n` is a prefix of `nnoremap` for example,
so can't automatically skip forwards.