Google and Beyond

Tommy KaasKaas & Mulvad

• Remember: No search engine is perfect • Know the possibilities – and the limits• Know the tools in the search engine and how to

combine them

• Google is a full text search engine!• So: If Google knows the page, it will know all

the text on the page• Use that!

Search smart - save time

Search smart - save time

Search smart - save time

Operators

• Phrase: ”John Smith”• Combine: OR | • (smith OR smit OR smythe OR smiht)

• 640 candidates and 9 right wing sites:www.dendanskeforening.dk www.danskfront.dk www.danskkultur.dk www.patriot.dk www.dnsb.info www.faelleslisten.dk www.fritdanmark.dk www.nnsu.dk www.lilliput-information.com

• "Henrik Soloy" site:dendanskeforening.dk OR site:danskfront.dk OR site:danskkultur.dk OR site:patriot.dk OR site:dnsb.info OR site:faelleslisten.dk OR site:fritdanmark.dk OR site:nnsu.dk OR site:lilliput-information.com

• To exclude: - • To find synonyms: ~ (~climate)

Combine operators

• No proximity operator: NEAR•

• No proximity operator: NEAR• ”Greenpeace * whales” OR ”Greenpeace * *

whales” OR ”Greenpeace * * * whales”

• Site:• Inurl:• Intitle:• Filetype:

Inurl:

Combine operators

http://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search?hl=en

• Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) • Adobe PostScript (ps) • Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku) • Lotus WordPro (lwp) • MacWrite (mw) • Microsoft Excel (xls) • Google Earth KML (kml)• Google Earth KMZ (kmz)• Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) • Microsoft Word (doc) • Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb) • Microsoft Write (wri) • Rich Text Format (rtf) • Shockwave Flash (swf) • Text (ans, txt)

• And more…

• Is it possible to find confidential info?• Is it possible to find CPR Numbers?

(Danish social security numbers)

"cpr *-*" "curriculum vitae”

www.google.com/cse/

• http://www.google.com/support/

• http://tinyurl.com/2x6xsm