Which is better to use spotlight or finder

I have been a Mac user for six years. Still, I am unsure how to find things most easily on my computer. I was searching for a folder I knew I had, using its exact name in Finder, and I could not locate it. I used it in Spotlight and found it right away. I've not used Spotlight too much, but should I use that instead of Finder?

No rule on which is better to use, I suppose it is matter of preferences.
You can certainly expand or restrict what Spotlight searches (indexes) for you via Spotlight's preferences.
Here is a good free app that IMHO does a good job, EasyFind, at finding contents along with file names quite well.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/easyfind/id411673888
from this group
http://www.devontechnologies.com/download/products.html

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