Blowing the dust out?

A couple times a year I would blow the dust out of my pc to help keep it running cool. With the imac sitting on the desktop there's probably less dust now than when the cpu was sitting on the floor but it seems inevitable that someday I'll have to blow the dust out. I'm wondering if there's a best way of doing this? Bottom up? Top down? Does it matter?
Thanks for any advice.

The air intakes are along the bottom and there is one circular vent right above the power cord. Some people find that using a vacuum hose works. Then blowing compressed air into the vents is the best we can do without taking it apart.
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wow u really like doing colors.
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I just use a regular air can
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