google cleaning up your searches how insensitive! google is not case sensitive. so, the following...
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GOOGLECLEANING UP YOUR SEARCHES
HOW INSENSITIVE!
Google is not case sensitive. So, the following searches all yield exactly the same
results:
disney fantasyland piratesDisney Fantasyland PiratesDISNEY FANTASYLAND PIRATESDiSnEy FaNtAsYlAnD pIrAtEs
GOOGLE HELPSEvery word matters – change the wording aroundKeep it simple
Computers are not HUMAN ~ it is a program that matches the words you give it to pages on the web.
BEGINNINGAsk yourself, “What am I searching for?”
Brainstorming words that help focus your search.
List words are associated with your topic(like beads on a necklace)
Change a question to keywordsWho is the tallest man on earth?
Change to:tallest man earthman tallest earth
(Try different order of the words)
Use 10 or fewer words
GOOGLE HELPS #1• Be specific ... because if you aren’t specific,
you’ll end up with a bunch of garbage!
GOOGLE HELP #2
OR is always in all caps and goes between keywords. This is a very broad search.
• Oranges OR apples• Cats OR dogs• Men OR boys• Asia OR Europe
GOOGLE HELPS #3
Use quotes “ “ to search for phrases, names, anything you want together.
“Billy the Kid”“Miami Dolphins”“George Washington”“to be or not to be”
GOOGLE HELPS #4
Use the + sign to require the word on the web page
Like addition
No space between the + and the search term
“billy the kid” +gunfighters “world war II” +weapons
SEARCH ENGINE HELPS #5Use the - sign to exclude the subject, words
Like subtraction – removes pages containing that search term
No space between the –and the search term
“billy the kid” -gunfightersaturn -car -automobilevirus -computervirus -disease
GOOGLE HELPS #6
Combine Symbols ( “ “ + - )Yellow fever Colonial America epidemic
Add quotation marks“yellow fever’’ “Colonial America” epidemic
Not to be included; use the -“yellow fever’’ “Colonial America“ –South America epidemic
GOOGLE HELP #7For example, if you search Google for it’s a * world,
Google shows you all of the pages in its database that contain the phrase. This is called a WILDCARD.
• “it’s a small world”• “it’s a nano world”• “it’s a Linux world”• “it’s a wonderful world
ADVANCED SEARCH TERM
Use this term
site:
SITE SEARCHES• Using site: websites only in that domain
.gov
.edu
.org
• There can be no space between site: and the domain. site:domainname
“small pox” site:eduIraq site:gov
SITE
site:domain
pirates site:compirates site:disney.compirates site:edupirates site:gov
REMEMBER
• Be specific – use important keywords• Use quotes “ “ to search for phrases• Use the + sign to require, include• Use the - sign to exclude (subtract)• Use OR for a very broad search• Use the * when you can’t remember the exact
phrase• Use site: to select the domainThe above symbols may be combined
Summary• Capitalization does not matter.
• Google has a hard limit of 32 keywords but don’t use that many!
• Add, subtract, or substitute words.
• Try different order of the words. Different combinations bring up different results.
• Few results past the first 10 are worthwhile. Refine your search by using the symbols
• Ask for help!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Most of this presentation was created by Patrick Crispen. Google 101: Stop Searching and Start FINDING
Kathy Minson in Jordan School District created a powerpoint that was used.
• . Schneider, Fritz. How to Do Everything with
Google. New York: McGraw, c2004.