This document provides an outline for a class on power searching with Google. The 6-part class will cover how Google works to index web pages, interpreting search results, advanced search techniques like using operators and filters, finding facts faster, and checking facts. It provides examples of how to use operators like +, -, @, $, and .. to refine searches as well as tips for using search filters, image search, maps, and books to verify information. It cautions that custom search engines and site tools do not imply endorsement and stresses evaluating source credibility.

1. Power Searching with
Google

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Class
Outline
• Class 1
• How Google works
• Class 6
• Putting it all together
• Class 2
• Interpreting results
• Class 3
• Advanced techniques
• Class 4
• Finding facts faster
• Class 5
• Checking your facts
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3. How search works.
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• what happen when you do a web search
• How spider works.
• How they collect information.
• How they pull it all together

4. The art of key word choices
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•How to choose the right words that go into your query?
• Imagining words that will
appear on the page
• Using only the most important
words
• Selecting the right synonym

5. factors that have an effect on search queries.
• Every word matters
• words order can
make a difference
• Capitalization does
not matter
• .
• A few characters do
make a difference
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6. World Health Org.

7. A movie

8. A musical band

9. Order can make a difference

10. Capitalization does not
matter

11. But there are a few exceptions

12. Exceptions

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Symbols and How to use them.
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• +
• Search for Google+ pages or
blood types
Examples: +Chrome or AB+
• @
• Find social tags
Example: @agoogler
• $
• Find prices
Example: nikon $400
• ..
• Separate numbers by two
periods without spaces to see
results that contain numbers
in a range.
Example: camera $50..$100
• OR
• Use OR to include more than
one way of Expressing one
Idea and add more result to
your search
• Ex : tesla coil OR Jacobs
ladder
• -
• it excludes sites with that info
from your results.
• Examples: jaguar speed -
car or pandas -

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Spelling
matters, but
you have help

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Autocomplete
When you start a search on Google, you can find
information faster by looking at search predictions.
Search predictions are possible search terms you
can use that are related to the terms you’re typing
and what other people are searching for.

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Related
searches
At the bottom or first of the page

17. Operators
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It's Extra thing we can add to our query to filtering the data and focus in,on Exactly the kind of result
you want.
Site:
File type:
Get results from certain sites or domains.
.edu -- educational institutions, but only in the US.
.in (India), .br (Brazil), .ed (Spain), or even .aq (Antartica).
way of limiting your results to files and documents of a
particular kind.

18. Query order The filetype: portion of the query can
come either before or after the other
search terms
File type :
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Do not use a period Effective: [filetype:swf]
Ineffective: [filetype:.swf]
Spacing Filetype: operators do not work if there
is a space after the colon.

19. Time EX: Time in Sydney
Search Features
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Weather EX: Weather in Sydney
Ex: Weather “your postal code”
Flight information Ex: dubai airlines

20. Airlines

21. Weather

22. Weather in …

23. Time in…

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Dictionary.
Put define in front of any word to see its definition.

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Calculations.
Enter a math equation, or solve complex graphing
equations.

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Graphing.
Enter a math equation, or solve complex graphing
equations.

27. Unit conversions
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X in Y
Dollar in egp
Cm in inches

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Sports:.
Search for the name of your team to see a
schedule, game scores and more.

29. Find text in web page
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Ctrl f
Box appears in the top right
The words are highlighted

30. Filter by color
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From Search tools

31. Filter by color
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From Search tools

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Image search
for tesla

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Image search
for tesla with the
color Purple
filter

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Image search
for tesla with the
color Red filter

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Image search
for tesla with
Black and white
filter

36. Photo From unknown source

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Drag the photo
into google
image.

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39. Unknown tool
Take a picture of the item, clear the
background.
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Drag and drop.

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Google Goggles

42. Street view.
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Click on the yellow guy.
Drag and drop.

43. Street view with 360 images

44. Who is

45. Using Books to verify a Fact.
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Search for the book
Find in the book

46. Search by Date range limiting
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From Search tools
Custom range

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Using Date to
verify data.

48. Occasional misconceptions
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Custom search engine or join tools on a site do NOT imply Google vetting or
endorsement.

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The Power of PowerPoint | thepopp.com 49
Do one more search.
Ranking—it’s not
the same as
credibility.
Check the URL to
see inside the
storyhttp://www.historywe
bsite.com/comunism/
52egyptianrev.html
Don’t bake your
answer into your
query
Identify source
Blogger: “63% of all kids look at
pictures of funny cats each day”

50. Thank You for Watching!
Any Questions?