google advanced search
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Workshop on using Google's Advanced Search features to improve results. Works best when done as a workshop in a computer lab. Delivered several times to college faculty and staff with great results.TRANSCRIPT
Google Advanced Search
Getting the
Results You Want
Search Skills are Powerful
Find friends & stalk enemies
Be the life of the party
Be the envy of the office
Find great fashion tips
Learn the TRUTH about
UFOs
1. Open WWW.Google.COM
2. Open Word to save
searches
3. Think of projects &
interests
john deere 1020 with loader $7500..$10000 715
john deere 1020 with loader $7500..$10000 715
wind turbine technician dacum filetype:pdf
sphynx cats for sale 54701
PAGERANK = VALUE
IF A is “IMPORTANT” votes for B raise B’s importance
Google analyzes the page that casts the vote
page A LINKS to page B MEANS A VOTES FOR B
Democratic ranking using link structure
PAGERANK + text matching = search ORDER
We all know basically how to use Google. But how many set up Preferences?
Now let’s look at the Advanced Search page.
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Let’s refine the search for PowerPoint presentations in the Education domain.
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Note the query syntax that results.
Once you learn this syntax the previous page is not needed.
Let’s limit the results to more recent in the US.
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Now, let’s explore the other Search View Options.
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Dynamically switch to other products
Search ModifiersCommon Operators
Use punctuation instead of words
DO not require a colon
<term1> AND
<term2>
<term1> OR
<term2>
An
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Qu
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Op
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Finds Exact Phrase
Min
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Op
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tor -<term>
Ignores search word
Plu
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Includes search word
Syn
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op
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tor ~<term>
Finds related words
Wild
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<term1> *<term2>
Fill in the Blank word
ExamplesExamples Finds Pages Containing
Sailboat green bay The words sailboat and Green Bay
Sailboat OR motorboat Either the work sailboat or motorboat
“to each his own” The exact phrase to each his own
Paris –hilton The word paris but NOT the word hilton
Star Wars Episode +III The movie title including the roman numeral III
~boat loan Loan info for the word boat and synonyms: canoe, yacht, etc
Top * songs The words top and songs separated by exactly one word
use punctuation instead of
words, BUT DO require a
colon
Search ModifiersAdvanced Operators
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rsInfo:<website> information Google has about page
Cache:<website> version Google has in its cache
Linked:<website> Pages that have links to the site
SITE:<website> pages from the specified site
Similar:<website> pages that are related to a page
Site: restricts results to specific website or those websites in the given domain.
Filetype: searches for files with a specific file extension
Numrange or [#]..[#]: searches within a range of numbers
Stocks:
Phonebook:
Map:
Author: searches groups for posting by submitterAd
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MANY More……
SearchRestrictors Advanced Operators
Safesearch: sex education restrictor that restricts search results to child safe pages but allows educational content
SET in SEARCH SETTINGS aka Preferences
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rsInurl: or Allinurl:
The terms must appear in the URL of the page
Intitle: or Allintitle:
The terms must appear in the title of the page
Intext: or Allintext:
The terms must appear in the text of the page
Inanchor:
Must be in anchor text of links to the page.
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