And BeyondHow to Find What You’re Looking for
on the Internet
?Google doesn’t understand “natural language”
Where and how you search can be as important as what you search for
What are you really looking for?
Words that will definitely be on a website with the answer to your question
Words that might be there (or will narrow your result)
If at first you don’t succeed. . . search, search again!
Google is the new spell check
Limit to government sites—add site:gov to your search
Limit to edu sites—add site:edu to your search
A word on domain types
Restricted domains• .edu
– Limited to post-secondary accredited educational institutions
• .gov– Limited to U.S. government
agencies
• .mil– Limited to use by the U.S.
military
Unrestricted domains• .com• .org• .info• .net
– Anyone can register a site with one of these domains
www.google.com
Domain
There are MANY other domains, including country-specific domains (ex. .au, .ca)
Search within a particular site
Limit results by eliminating keywords
Picture Perfect
Image: 'Across the Chinese Countryside' http://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/1341027869
The power of the sidebar
Use related search terms to see what keywords other searchers used for the same topic
Image: 'The droids we're googling for' http://www.flickr.com/photos/49462908@N00/3951143570
Find the time
Do the math
Conversions
Game in progress
Local results
Business type + zip code
Wikipedia 101
From Popes to pop culture
Comparing two revisions
Over 400 edits in one day
Handling vandalism
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