Adapted from a Presentation by:

Tasha Bergson-Michelson

Kathy Glass

GOOGLE SEARCHING: LESSON 1

Adapted from a Presentation by:

Tasha Bergson-Michelson

Kathy Glass

What food does Tyson like best?

Let’s imagine that I’m a

big fan of the Percy

Jackson series. I

particularly like

TYSON, and I want to

know…

So I head straight to

Or…how NOT to

waste time Googling

when you could be:

• sleeping

• playing

• eating

• reading

How Can ISEARCH SMARTER?

1. KEEP IT SIMPLE: What food does Tyson like best?

Which words are most important?

So, now we are searching with

What does ?

Let’s see what we come up with:

What does ?

Let’sSEARCH SMARTER!

2. USE SYNONYMSWhat food does Tyson like best?

What could we use instead of

“like best”?

So, now we are searching with

Let’sSEARCH SMARTER!

3. BE SPECIFIC

food Tyson favorite?

What can we add to

to give Google MORE specific

information?

So, now we are searching with

Let’sSEARCH SMARTER!

3. PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

How can we make…

…a complete thought?

So, now we are searching with