Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques
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The document discusses advanced search techniques for Google, including Boolean operators like AND, OR, and NOT; phrase searching with quotation marks; excluding terms with a minus sign; linking terms with an underscore; and searching specific sites, domains, or file types. It provides examples of how to use these techniques and limitations to keep in mind. The document also notes that Google's advanced search operators occasionally change and two that were recently removed.
![Google Search
over 2 million results
Google helps searchers out by
placing more relevant sites at the top
[like .gov and .edu sites]
Google searches by keywords
in the entire website text](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-4-320.jpg)
![Some Important Basic Search Tips for Google
Add relevant words if your search doesn’t bring up
results you want:
First try: [ puppy ]
More precise: [ puppy training ]
Even more precise: [ dalmatian puppy training class ]
Use only the important words rather than a full
sentence or question:
Not ideal: [ country where bats are an omen of good luck ]
Better: [ bats good luck ]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-6-320.jpg)
![Basics of Searching Google
Stop Words: Common words like "the," "a," and
"for," are usually ignored
However, they might not be if they're integral to your search
phrase.
For example, the word "the" differentiates a search for
[ the who ] (likely referring to the band)
and [ WHO ] (likely referring to the World Health Organization).](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-7-320.jpg)
![Google - Other Advanced Search Techniques
Google features several other search limiters, some
of which are similar to databases [like ProQuest or
Ebsco] and some of which are not](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-14-320.jpg)
![Google – Some Common Search Limiters
Phrase Searching “ “
Exclude a term -
Link two terms _ [underscore]
Site, domain and related search :
Fill in the Blank Query *
Search for non-HTML files filetype:
See Google Operators for example searches
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-15-320.jpg)
![Google Operators Change Every so Often
As an aside, advanced operators change periodically
with Google. Two that recently were ‘deprecated’
[discontinued] are + [required term in search] and
tilde~ [found related words in a search.
According to Google:
The + was discontinued in 2011 [possibly due to
Google+ and confusion with new newwork]
http://webscripts.softpedia.com/blog/Google-Search-Drops-the-Operator-May-Be-
Linked-to-Google-229458.shtml
The tilde was discontinued due to decreasing use:
http://searchengineland.com/google-drops-another-search-operator-tilde-for-
synonyms-164403](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-19-320.jpg)
!["fill in the blank" query * query
Use * to replace
words in a query [*
replaces word
‘penny’ in search]
This is a useful search not
well-known to beginning users
– good for finding facts and
historical dates, names etc.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-23-320.jpg)
![Google - Advanced Search Techniques
Links for Search Techniques [refer to the below for
the following slides]:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en&ref_to
pic=3081620 [Google support for search techniques]
http://www.internetseer.com/services/article.xtp?id=8472
[another page for Google Search Techniques]
http://www.amplify-interactive.com/blog/search-engines/advanced-
google-search-tips/ [good summary of search techniques]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-170422185916/85/Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques-25-320.jpg)
Week12keyconceptsgooglesearchtechniques
- 1. A D V A N C E D S E A R C H T E C H N I Q U E S F O R G O O G L E Week 12
- 2. Google Advanced Search Review Chap 3; in particular p. 46-50 in the textbook. See link for advanced search operators we will cover below: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/246 6433?hl=en&ref_topic=3081620
- 3. Differences in Web Searching Versus Database Searching Web Searches Can draw up many more records than a database search Are mainly keyword searches: A search for drug abuse will search entire web sites and pages for the term:
- 4. Google Search over 2 million results Google helps searchers out by placing more relevant sites at the top [like .gov and .edu sites] Google searches by keywords in the entire website text
- 5. Compare to Database Search ProQuest keyword search – here we searched all fields Keywords from citations/abstracts [NOT full text of article Other ways to narrow a search
- 6. Some Important Basic Search Tips for Google Add relevant words if your search doesn’t bring up results you want: First try: [ puppy ] More precise: [ puppy training ] Even more precise: [ dalmatian puppy training class ] Use only the important words rather than a full sentence or question: Not ideal: [ country where bats are an omen of good luck ] Better: [ bats good luck ]
- 7. Basics of Searching Google Stop Words: Common words like "the," "a," and "for," are usually ignored However, they might not be if they're integral to your search phrase. For example, the word "the" differentiates a search for [ the who ] (likely referring to the band) and [ WHO ] (likely referring to the World Health Organization).
- 8. Boolean Operators in Google AND is implied Drug AND abuse
- 9. AND searching in Google AND is implied between words in Google This means you do not have to add the operator
- 10. OR OR must be added Drug OR abuse
- 11. OR searching in Google OR is not added automatically It’s greatly expanded our search and probably added unrelated or too broad sites
- 12. Using OR with synonyms Sites with both terms Synonym searching is a powerful way to draw up similar terms in a search AND between terms by default Add OR to link synonyms
- 13. NOT NOT is not often used in Google searches (other search limiters work better in Google, as we will see later) Drug NOT abuse
- 14. Google - Other Advanced Search Techniques Google features several other search limiters, some of which are similar to databases [like ProQuest or Ebsco] and some of which are not
- 15. Google – Some Common Search Limiters Phrase Searching “ “ Exclude a term - Link two terms _ [underscore] Site, domain and related search : Fill in the Blank Query * Search for non-HTML files filetype: See Google Operators for example searches https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/136861
- 16. Phrase Searching This allows searches for specific phrases within websites and pages Phrase Searching is a useful technique to search the texts of entire websites for a phrase.
- 17. Exclude a Term Use of – require exclusion of term NO space between symbol and word
- 18. Link two terms underscore Use of _ links two terms. This finds quicksort or terms linked by underscore This finds quicksort or terms linked by underscore This is a new Google operator, and really seems to replicate searching by Boolean operator AND! We will see how long this one sticks around.
- 19. Google Operators Change Every so Often As an aside, advanced operators change periodically with Google. Two that recently were ‘deprecated’ [discontinued] are + [required term in search] and tilde~ [found related words in a search. According to Google: The + was discontinued in 2011 [possibly due to Google+ and confusion with new newwork] http://webscripts.softpedia.com/blog/Google-Search-Drops-the-Operator-May-Be- Linked-to-Google-229458.shtml The tilde was discontinued due to decreasing use: http://searchengineland.com/google-drops-another-search-operator-tilde-for- synonyms-164403
- 20. Site Search Site search: Olympic site:.gov Use : for site search NO space between : and .gov
- 21. Domain Search Domain search: Olympics: nytimes.com Use : for domain search
- 22. Related search Related search: related:newsweek.com Use : for related search
- 23. "fill in the blank" query * query Use * to replace words in a query [* replaces word ‘penny’ in search] This is a useful search not well-known to beginning users – good for finding facts and historical dates, names etc.
- 24. Search for filetype: Example search: global warming filetype:pdf Non-HTML file types: http://www.google.com/supp ort/webmasters/bin/answer.p y?hl=en&answer=35287 Some examples of documents to search on Google are .pdf, PowerPoint, video, Microsoft Office files, Flash .swf files
- 25. Google - Advanced Search Techniques Links for Search Techniques [refer to the below for the following slides]: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?hl=en&ref_to pic=3081620 [Google support for search techniques] http://www.internetseer.com/services/article.xtp?id=8472 [another page for Google Search Techniques] http://www.amplify-interactive.com/blog/search-engines/advanced- google-search-tips/ [good summary of search techniques]