Presentation at Computers in Libraries 2010

1. Google Gambol by Greg R. Notess, greg@notess.com Montana State University

2. Overview Quick Pace Gambol (73 stops) Search Secrets Databases Recent Experiments Google Services Threats ©2010 Greg Notess 2

3. Vanishing home page ©2010 Greg Notess 3

4. Search secrets ©2010 Greg Notess 4

5. 2. Personalize, Customize Customized: Whether Logged In or Not Previous Searches GeoLocation Can Turn Off Maybe? ©2010 Greg Notess

7. Log out before searching

8. Click Web History / Disable

9. Opinions differ on impact©2010 Greg Notess 6

10. 4. Stars Replace SearchWiki ©2010 Greg Notess 7

11. 5. Google Can’t Count ©2010 Greg Notess 8

12. Search Suggest Changes More Prominent Numbers Gone Navigational Suggestions, Images, Answers Suggestions from Search History Ads On Image, Video, Shopping ©2010 Greg Notess 9

13. 7. Search Punctuation: + “ ” Reduce fuzzy processing Exact +word or “even a phrase” Turn off most automatic Stemming (grammatical variants) Synonymization ©2010 Greg Notess 10

14. Search Punctuation: ~ Force synonym searching Broader than default Compare these two searches arts education ~arts education ©2010 Greg Notess 11

15. Search Punctuation: | Use instead of OR apr|april|avril = apr OR april OR avril ©2010 Greg Notess 12

16. 10. Search Punctuation: * Doesn’t work as truncation ©2010 Greg Notess 13

17. Wild Card Word in Phrase Use for the unknown word in a phrase "searching for a more * noise" Can use several asterisks "searching for * * * noise" Varies in processing ©2010 Greg Notess 14

18. Prefix: site: Domains, TLDs Can be Top Level Domain Or Full Domain workshops site:sla.org “library workshops” site:au ©2010 Greg Notess 15

19. Prefix: inurl: Longer URL Segments Use inurl: to Identify Site Sections inurl:talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/ "full ride“ versus site:talk.collegeconfidential.cominurl:financial-aid-scholarships "full ride" ©2010 Greg Notess 16

20. Prefix: filetype: Any extension Compare filetype:doc to filetype:docx Also, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, pdf, pl, etc. ©2010 Greg Notess 17

21. Prefix: link: Pages which link to specified URL Not complete ©2010 Greg Notess 18

22. Prefix: cache: Copy of Indexed Version HTML Images, CSS, JavaScript NOT Cached Use for Older Copies When Site is Down Also Use to Find Indexing Date and Variants What Search Terms are on Page ©2010 Greg Notess 19

23. 17. Country Limit (Adv. Search) ©2010 Greg Notess 20

24. 18. Show Option: Date ©2010 Greg Notess 21

25. 19. Show Option: Discussions ©2010 Greg Notess 22

26. 20. Show Option: Timeline ©2010 Greg Notess 23

27. 21. Show Option: Wonderwheel ©2010 Greg Notess 24

28. 22. “Real Time” Scrolling ©2010 Greg Notess 25

29. 23. “Real Time” Top Links ©2010 Greg Notess 26

30. 24. Display: Longer Snippets ©2010 Greg Notess 27

31. Display: URLs For some results With long URLs Displays Hierarchy Instead of URL ©2010 Greg Notess 28

32. Display: Added Info Additional Info for Some Results Date, Forum Numbers, Scholar Cites ©2010 Greg Notess 29

33. 27. Display: Inline Site Clustering ©2010 Greg Notess 30

34. Display: Site Clustering Inline Expansion Gives a Few More But Not All ©2010 Greg Notess 31

35. Display: 100s of Factors Not just PageRank Frequent Changes ©2010 Greg Notess 32

36. 30. Display: Site Speed is One ©2010 Greg Notess 33

37. URL Option: &pws=0 Add to end of a Google results URL Supposed to disable personalization ©2010 Greg Notess 34

39. 33. Translate Search ©2010 Greg Notess 36

40. 34. Show Option: Databases ©2010 Greg Notess 37

41. Forgotten databases (Or at least less used) ©2010 Greg Notess 38

42. 35. Universal: “Selected” Only ©2010 Greg Notess 39

43. 36. Groups Hidden ©2010 Greg Notess 40

44. 37. News: author: ©2010 Greg Notess 41

45. 38. News: Search Suggestions ©2010 Greg Notess 42

46. 39. News: Ads Added ©2010 Greg Notess 43

47. 40. News Archive: Expanded, Hard to Find ©2010 Greg Notess 44

48. 41. News: Hosted European Agencies ©2010 Greg Notess 45

49. 42. News: Article Timeline Display ©2010 Greg Notess 46

50. 43. News: Blogs Identified (blog) ©2010 Greg Notess 47

51. 44. Blog: Results RSS Feed ©2010 Greg Notess 48

52. 45. Blog: Hot Queries & Latest Posts ©2010 Greg Notess 49

53. 46. Blog: Indexing Post not Feed ©2010 Greg Notess 50

54. 47. Blog: Sometimes Gets Surrounding Text ©2010 Greg Notess 51

55. 48. Blog: Citation Searching (References Link) ©2010 Greg Notess 52

56. 49. Scholar: Green Triangle to Column ©2010 Greg Notess 53

57. 50. Scholar: Patents w/ Articles ©2010 Greg Notess 54

58. 51. Scholar: Law Cases ©2010 Greg Notess 55

59. 52. Scholar: Can’t Search Both ©2010 Greg Notess 56

60. 53. Scholar: Exclude Citation Only ©2010 Greg Notess 57

61. 54. Scholar: 3-4 Employees ©2010 Greg Notess 58

62. 55. Books: Suit Remains ©2010 Greg Notess 59

63. 56. Books: Link to Page ©2010 Greg Notess 60

64. 57. Books = Periodicals, Too ©2010 Greg Notess 61

65. Recent Experiments ©2010 Greg Notess 62

66. Labs: Relaunched Categorized: Android Apps Communication Maps Search ©2010 Greg Notess 63

67. 59. Labs: Squared ©2010 Greg Notess 64

68. 60. Labs: Public Data Explorer ©2010 Greg Notess 65

69. 61. Labs: FastFlip ©2010 Greg Notess 66

70. Labs: Transliteration ©2010 Greg Notess 67

71. 63. Labs: Browser Size ©2010 Greg Notess 68

72. Google Services ©2010 Greg Notess 69

73. 64. Reader: Search It ©2010 Greg Notess 70

74. 65. Docs: Surveys ©2010 Greg Notess 71

75. 66. Docs: New Draw Together ©2010 Greg Notess 72

76. 67. Docs: New Spreadsheet ©2010 Greg Notess 73

77. Voice Phone Number Integration One Phone Number to Rule Them All (Have an Invite?) (Email msubzreflibrarian@gmail.com) ©2010 Greg Notess 74

78. Translation Enter URL of Page Enter text Embed translate widget on yours Translated Search ©2010 Greg Notess 75

79. Google Recent Travails ©2010 Greg Notess 76

80. 70. Hot Topics: 90% Bad Links ©2010 Greg Notess 77

81. 71. Buzz and Privacy ©2010 Greg Notess 78

82. 72. Photographers Sue:Books ©2010 Greg Notess 79

83. Search Share Down 4th Straight Month HitwiseData ©2010 Greg Notess 80

84. Questions? “Search well, be wise” -Aeschylus