POWER SEARCHING WITH GOOGLE

Top Ten Search Tips

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“How Search Works” #1

GENERAL SMART QUERIES

In Google searches: Capitalization does not matter Punctuation does not matter – Google queries

will ignore most special characters Every word in your query makes a difference The order of words in your query makes a

difference

OPERATORS An operator is something extra added to your

search query to filter (limit, reduce, focus, etc.) results.

There are many different kinds of operators that can be used in combination with one other.

Two of my favorite operators: (site:) – use to narrow search results to a single

(ex. Abraham Lincoln site:archives.gov) (site:) – use to narrow search results to websites

within a specific top-level domain (.gov, .edu, .com) (ex. socratic seminar site:.edu)

(filetype:) – use to narrow search results to files and documents of a specific extension only (xls, ppt, doc) (ex. Socratic seminar filetype:pdf)

FINDING TEXT ON A WEB PAGE(CONTROL – F)

Use Control – F to find a word or text on a page

Using Control – F speeds up search Using Control – F puts you in the Top 10% How to use it:

Windows computers: press the Ctrl and F keys at the same time

Apple computers: press the command and F keys at the same time

IMAGES

Search Google Images and filter results by Color Visually similar results

Search By Image Drag and drop and image from the web or your

computer into the search box

THE DEFINE FUNCTION Use “define” to:

identify the meaning of a word hear how a word is pronounced

Some words may not be in traditional dictionaries but are in common use throughout the world. Example: define pwned

Click the “More info” link for additional information about the word including: Web definitions: the word “in context” as it

appears around the web (being extracted live from multiple web pages)

Translate to: the word the different languages

DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONTENT

Maps Streetview Traffic My maps 3D

Google Scholar Search scholarly papers!

Books Full text Magazines/newspapers

Tips & Tricks http://www.google.com/insidesearch/tipstrick

s/all.html

SEARCH FEATURESSHORTCUTS

Calculator Shortcuts:

Weather, Time Define Sunrise/sunset Inside Search-all tips

Translate Time/Date Range – many uses

Search News Videos Books blogs Images Interview

COMBINING METHODS Combine operators for stronger searches Example – Tab can (searching image, color and date)

MORE RESOURCES

Inside Search http://www.google.com/insidesearch/ Certification Process – Power Searching Class Advanced Search Certification Official Google Blog http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/beco

me-google-power-searcher.html A Google a Day game

http://agoogleaday.com/#game=started