![Some Hints
• Start simple
• Ignore spelling
• Use web friendly words - instead of saying my head hurts, say
headache
• Less is more - Simple, one or two word search terms will usually give
you the broadest results. Start with short search terms, then refine
your results by adding more words.
• Use descriptive words
• Add words found on resulting pages
• Don't worry about cases - Search isn't case sensitive
• Don't worry about punctuation Search ignores punctuation such as
@ # % ^ * ( ) = [ ] and other special characters.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/nwfacug-google-search-final-170126232541/85/Northwest-Florida-Association-of-Computer-User-Groups-TECH-17-Better-Search-Results-with-Google-15-320.jpg)
![Find related pages - try using related:[insert
URL] to locate similar websites](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/nwfacug-google-search-final-170126232541/85/Northwest-Florida-Association-of-Computer-User-Groups-TECH-17-Better-Search-Results-with-Google-25-320.jpg)
![Current Exchange Rates by searching
[currency 1] in [currency 2]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/nwfacug-google-search-final-170126232541/85/Northwest-Florida-Association-of-Computer-User-Groups-TECH-17-Better-Search-Results-with-Google-29-320.jpg)
Northwest Florida Association of Computer User Groups TECH 17 Better Search Results with Google
- 1. Search With Better Results by Hewie Poplock info@hewie.net http://hewie.net Saturday, January 28, 2017
- 2. The Google Search Page
- 3. What is a Search Engine? A search engine is a web site connected to a database that catalogs other Web sites. It will search the actual text of other web sites. A computer search program, or spider, follows links on web pages to regularly and automatically rebuild this database.
- 4. Top Search Engines in the US Rank Site Visitors/Month Notes 1 Google 1.6B 72+ % of world searches 2 Bing 400M Microsoft 3 Yahoo 300M Verizon 4 Ask 245M Good for specific question related searches 5 AOL Search 125 M Verizon 6 WOW 100M More like a news site 7 WebCrawler 65M Ads more defined 8 MyWebSearch 60M Spyware - Do Not Use 9 Infospace 24M White label 10 info.com 13.5M Aggregates - Structured topics 11 DuckDuckGo 13M Does not store Personal Info https://searchenginewatch.com/2016/08/08/what-are-the-top-10-most-popular-search-engines/
- 5. Google processes • 40,000 search queries every second • More than 3.5 billion searches per day • More than 1.2 trillion searches a year globally Google has permeated our digitally-reliant lives to such an extent, that the very word ‘Google’ has become a verb.
- 6. Once you enter a letter All – Videos – Images – News – Maps - More
- 9. Search for News – Maps - More
- 10. Settings
- 12. Time Range
- 13. Results
- 15. Some Hints • Start simple • Ignore spelling • Use web friendly words - instead of saying my head hurts, say headache • Less is more - Simple, one or two word search terms will usually give you the broadest results. Start with short search terms, then refine your results by adding more words. • Use descriptive words • Add words found on resulting pages • Don't worry about cases - Search isn't case sensitive • Don't worry about punctuation Search ignores punctuation such as @ # % ^ * ( ) = [ ] and other special characters.
- 16. Start Simple
- 17. If you don't want a term or phrase, use the "-" symbol.
- 18. Add words
- 19. Use Quotes for exact phrase
- 20. Use phrase
- 21. Click to see
- 22. Solving problems
- 23. The top site is not allways the best or even safe
- 24. File types - use the "filetype:" operator
- 25. Find related pages - try using related:[insert URL] to locate similar websites
- 26. Track your packages: Track your UPS, FedEx, DHL, or USPS packages
- 27. Tracking
- 28. Get the time - Search time and the city or country
- 29. Current Exchange Rates by searching [currency 1] in [currency 2]
- 30. Check the weather with U.S. zip code or the name of any city in the world
- 31. Get realtime stock quotes
- 32. Either/or - use the OR operator -- or use the "|" symbol (pipe symbol)
- 34. Error Message
- 35. Type in entire error message
- 36. Use quotes to search for an exact phrase
- 37. Add the word “solution” to eliminate those with a question and no answer
- 38. Refine more by choosing “Tools” and a time period
- 39. Use the asterisk * as a wildcard
- 40. Use “DEFINE:” to learn the meaning of words—slang included
- 41. Calculator - type in a quick calculation in the search box and get an answer. Use the +, -, *, / symbols and parentheses to do a simple equation.
- 42. Numrange - Search for a range of numbers (note the two periods between the two numbers)
- 43. Site-specific - Use the "site:" operator to search only within a certain website
- 44. Site-specific - Use the "site:" operator to search only within a certain website
- 45. Have a UPC code?
- 46. Search with possible word
- 47. Similar terms - Use the "~" symbol to return similar terms.
- 48. Using Reverse Image Search – You want to identify an image
- 50. You can Drag, Upload, or link to a picture
- 51. Google tries to guess
- 52. Good Find – Pendelfin Figurine
- 53. We found the set
- 54. Your Search Time should be more Productive NOW !!