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Google 101: Stop Searching and Start Finding
Omnilore Computer ClassMarion Smith
October 24, 2013
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Top Search Terms in 2012 on Yahoo*
1. Elections2. iPhone3. Kim Kardashian4. Kate Upton5. Kate Middleton6. Whitney Houston7. Olympics8. Political polls9. Lindsay Lohan10. Jennifer Lopez
* http://yearinreview.yahoo.com
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Top Search Terms in Google *
• October 8, 2013: 1. Kris Jenner2. MLB3. Janet Yellen4. Beyond Two Souls5. New 100 Dollar Bill6. Tom Hanks7. Christy Nicole Deweese8. Supernatural9. Tony Gonzalez10. Ink Master
* http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
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Yahoo v. Googleor Directory v. Search Engine
• Directory – e.g., Yahoo– A Web directory or link directory is a directory on
the World Wide Web. It specializes in linking to other websites and categorizing them.
– Directories are great for “telephone book” searches (e.g., to find the address of the Regal Theater)
– Directories are not good for “encyclopedia” or “dictionary” searches.
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Yahoo v. Googleor Directory v. Search Engine
• Three elements of a Web search engine – e.g., Google1. A spider (also called a “crawler” or “bot”) that goes to
every page or representative pages on every website that wants to be searchable and reads it using hypertext links on each page to discover and read a site’s other pages.
2. Another program, called an indexer, that reads these documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document.
3. A program that receives your search request, compares it to the entries in the index, and returns results to you.
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Rule 1
Be specific…because if you aren’t specific, you end up with a
useless list of links.
marion smith(about 33,600,000 results)
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Rule 2
Use quotation marks to search for phrases
“Marion Smith”(about 351,000 results)
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Rule 3
Use the – sign to exclude a word
“Marion Smith” –scrapbook(about 320,000 results)
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Rule 4
Use the + sign to require a word
“Marion Smith” +”Dominguez Hills”
(about 648 results)
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Rule 5
Combine symbols as often as possible (see rule #1)
“Marion Smith” –scrapbook +”Dominguez Hills”(about 617 results)
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Summary: Five Search Engine Rules
1. Be specific.2. Use quotation marks to search for phrases, e.g.,
“Marion Smith” (about 351,000 results)3. Use the – sign to exclude a word: e.g., “Marion
Smith” -scrapbook (about 320,000 results) 4. Use the + sign to require a word, e.g., “Marion
Smith” +”Dominguez Hills” (about 648 results)5. Combine symbols as often as possible (see rule
#1): e.g., “Marion Smith” +”Dominguez Hills” -scrapbook (about 617 results)
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Summary: One more rule
Use the simplest form of the word you’re looking for. •Searching for “scrapbook” yields sites including “scrapbooks” and “scrapbooker”.•Searching for “scrapbooks” would miss a link to “scrapbook”.
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Title searches at Google• Lets you search for pages that have a
particular word or phrase in their titles.• Format – intitle:terms
intitle:”moon landing”
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Site Searches at Google• Lets you limit your search to only pages within
a specific site or domain, or to exclude pages from a specific site or domain.
• Format - site:domainname
apollo site:nasa.gov
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URL searches at Google• Let’s you search for pages that have a
particular word or phrase in their URLs.• Format – inurl:url
inurl:apollo
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A sample Google search
+inurl:apollo +moon –”john young” +site:nasa.gov
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My favorite Google terms: spell
spell:wierd
Google says:Showing results for spell:weird
Search instead for spell:wierd
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My favorite Google terms: define
define:demagogue
Looks like I spelled it right, since Google didn’t suggest another
spelling. Yay
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Need to translate something?
Visit http://translate.google.com/
Type “Como esta usted”
As of October 8, 71 languages are supported by Google Translate.
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Need to find a graphic?
Visit http://www.google.com/imghp
Upload the graphic you’re trying to find, and Google Images will list
websites showing the image.
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With gratitude to…
Patrick Crispen for presenting Google 101 to me in 2003 (see NetSquirrel.com – Random stuff
from Patrick Crispen)
My son Dr. Barry Smith for always offering excellent presentation tips to me