James GubbinsDistrict Technology CoordinatorMaine Township High School District 207

Email: JGubbins@maine207.orgTwitter & Facebook: JMGubbinsBlog: Zenodotus.net Everywhere Else: JGubbins207

Presentation Review

http://tinyurl.com/SOSGoogle

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/134479

Power of Search

“To Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”The Internet provides the information Google makes it accessible

“To Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”

“The Internet provides the information Google makes it accessible”

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHR6IQJGZs

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“” Using quotes will insure the exact word or phrase is included in the results

- The minus sign will only show results that do not include the specified word

OR Google will display results that include either word specified.

.. Google will display results with a specific range

* Google will provide results that fill in the blank

AROUND(x) Google results include when keywords are within x words of each other. Must capitalize

in Google will convert one unit of measurement to another

daterange:startdate-enddate

Will search a specified date range. Requires Julian Time Conversion using a tool like http://www.onlineconversion.com/julian_date.htm - while this still works it’s better to use the “Date Range” under search tools

&tbs=qdr: When added to a search URL - will provide result from within within hours (h6), minutes(n6) or seconds(s6)

&LR=LANG_X When added to a search URL will show results in the language specified - See this table for abbreviations to replace X

site: Google will search only the site you specify

cache: Google will open a cached version of the site which can be viewed even if the site is offline

filetype: Google will only search for that specific filetype (pdf, jpg, gif, etc)

link: Google will display pages that link to the page specified.

related: Google will display sites similar to the address specified.

define: Google will define the word specified

weather: Google will display the weather for the location specified

allintext: Google will only return results which contain all the query terms you specify in the text of the page.

allintitle: Google will only return results which contain all the query terms you specify in the title.

allinurl: Google will only return results which contain all the query terms you specify in the URL

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Google Caches or stores copies of websites when they are indexed and these are what is actually used when a search is conducted. If you don’t locate the information you wanted on the page from the original search result try the Cached copy instead!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32054117@N02/8241689816/

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There’s an invisible shift in how information is flowing online wherein query results are being tailored by algorithmic gatekeepers for you!

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● Sign Off Before Searching

● Turn Off Personalization

● Frequently Clear History (in browser

and through Google) and Cookies

● Turn off search history

personalization

● Use Incognito Windows

● Intentionally visit links that oppose

the viewpoint of your research

● Avoid clicking on Advertising

● Use extensions like AdBlock Pro

and Ghostery

● Use Other Google Search Engines

like Google.ca, Google.gr, Google.ie,

etc...

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mostafa_abdelsamie/7042649163/sizes/l/

http://www.google.com/advanced_book_search

http://www.google.com/advanced_book_search

Blog Search indexes blogs by their site feeds, which will be checked frequently for new content.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23094783@N03/5079163335/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/changsterdam/5561362518/sizes/l/

Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.~James Dyson