1. Effective Google Searches Natalie J. Muthersbaugh Instructional Technology Specialist SCCPSS

2. Facts about Google The name Google is a play on the word googol. (1 googol = 1.0 × 10100) Google's use of the term reflects their mission to organize the world's immense amount of information and make it universally accessible and useful. From time to time Google logo is modified for a special occasion. These special logos are called doodles. Google is a search engine, not a directory.

3. Search Engine vs Directory Directories are human-compiled and have a small number of pages in their databases (usually in the low millions) Examples: MSN, Yahoo Search engines are machine-compiled and have a HUGE number of pages in their databases (usually in the hundreds of millions or even the billions) Ex: Google, Yahoo Search

4. How To Effectively Use a Search Engine Be Specific Use “quotations” to search for phrases –“Little Red Ridding Hood” Use the + sign to require –technology + blogging Use the – sign to exclude –Technology -.com Use or –Hawaii or Malibu

5. Combine as many symbols as possible. –“George Washington” – Martha + presidency Search for filetype: –technology filetype:ppt The order of words matters. Capitalization usually does not. If you search for more than one keyword at a time, Google will automatically search for pages that contain ALL of your keywords. Google will accept up to 32 keywords.

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8. Let’s Try It! Search for –Little Red Ridding Hood –“Little Red Ridding Hood” –George Washington –“George Washington” + biography –“George Washington” - american revolutionary war –“George Washington” – Martha + presidency Try searching these using Google, Yahoo, Dogpile, etc.