2. Standards
Search Smart! Tips for Smart Searching
Useful Sites &
Extensions
Various Search engines Google Products
Search
Customization
Conclusion

3. Tips for Smart Searching
• Don’t use common word & punctuation
Example: Birds & The Birds
• Customize your search (Go to Slide *)
• CAPITALIZATION do not distinguish
• Drop the suffix
• Use Google history
• Use unique, specific words:

4. Standards
Search Smart! Tips for Smart Searching
Useful Sites &
Extensions
Various Search engines Google Products
Search
Customization
Conclusion

5. Search Customization
Some ways to Limit the number of
results:
• Numeric Range:
STB $70 .. $200
• Definition of a Word
• (+) Operator
• (-) Operator
• (|) Operator
• (*) operator
• (_) operator
• (@) Operator
Advanced Searching:
• Language
• Region
• Last Update
• Terms Appearing
• File Type
• Site Search
• Related Sites
• Linked Sites

6. Standards
Search Smart! Tips for Smart Searching
Useful Sites &
Extensions
Various Search engines Google Products
Search
Customization
Conclusion

7. Various Search Engines
General
Google
Source Code Price
Bing
DuckDuckGo
Blekko
Yahoo
Google Code
Koders
Krugle
Google Shopping
Bing Shopping
PriceRunner
PriceGrabber
Kelkoo

8. Standards
Search Smart! Tips for Smart Searching
Useful Sites &
Extensions
Various Search engines Google Products
Search
Customization
Conclusion

9. Google Products
Search Billions of web
pages
Web Search Image Search
Search for image on
the web
Get amazing offers at
the best places to eat,
shop and play
Offers Shopping
Search for stuff to buy

10. Google Products
Search scholarly
papers
Scholar
Explore past and
present search trends
Search the full test of
US Patents
Patent Search Custom Search
Create a customized search experience
for your community
Trends

11. Google Products
Organize your
schedule and share
events with friends
Calendar
Save what’s on your
mind
Conversations that
come to life, any time,
anywhere, for free
Hangouts Code
Developer tools, APIs and recources
Keep

12. Standards
Search Smart! Tips for Smart Searching
Useful Sites &
Extensions
Various Search engines Google Products
Search
Customization
Conclusion

13. Standards

14. Standards
Search Smart! Tips for Smart Searching
Useful Sites &
Extensions
Various Search engines Google Products
Search
Customization
Conclusion

15. Useful Sites & Extensions
Useful Sites
• En.bookfi.org
• Stackoverflow.com
• Paperdl.com
• Lynda.com
• Ocw.mit.edu
• Wetransfer.com

16. Useful Sites & Extensions
Useful Extensions
• AdBlock
• Webpage Screenshot
• To-Do-List
• Panic Button
Useful Extensions
• Marker.to
• Xmarks Bookmarks Sync
• Google Similar Webpages
• Last Pass
• Web Developer
• Too Many Tabs / Session Manager
• Google Dictionary

17. Standards
Search Smart! Tips for Smart Searching
Useful Sites &
Extensions
Various Search engines Google Products
Search
Customization
Conclusion

18. Conclusion
Your search is sometimes simple and fast ...
... and sometimes it’s a long piece of
detective work.
We’ve given you a set of tools—now START
USING THEM!