Transcript Google Search Tips

Google Search Tips:
Lesser Used Features
By Robin Hartman, Associate Librarian
Darling Library – Hope International University
Adapted from “A Google Gambol” (Internet Librarian 2003)
Greg Notess, Creator, Search Engine Showdown & Reference
Librarian, Montana State University
Updated by Bethany Ahlberg 7/30/07
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Lesser Used Features of Google
Preferences
Cache
Calculator
Conversions
More results
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Movie
Numrange
Similar Pages
Synonyms
Basic Restoration Movement Search
To change your search
options from the
default, go to the
Preferences page.
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Preferences let you:
Limit results
to a certain
language
Increase the
number of
hits per page
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Change the
language
interface
Change
filtering
options
Open search
results in a
new window
Save preferences and then…
Restoration Movement Search with
Preference Changes
Language
interface set
to Spanish
Hits per page
changed to 50
Strict filtering
turned on
Results limited
to Korean
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Find the Cache (Pronounced “kash”)
Brings up the web page as it was at the time
when Google indexed it.
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Calculator
Then click on the
link…
…to get pages that
have “9*5” in the
text.
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First enter 9*5…
…to get the answer 45.
Conversions
Use for converting
measurements or currency.
Simply enter the terms of
the conversion and click
“Search”.
Google calculates the
conversion…
…and lets you search for
the phrase you entered.
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More Results
Google doesn’t supply all of the relevant web pages for a search.
It truncates results when numerous pages match from one site.
Click on “More results from” to get those that are initially hidden
from the results list.
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To search for more results
from a particular website,
you can also type site:URL
and keywords as shown.
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Movie
Search for the
details you
remember.
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Can’t remember specifics of a
movie?
Google might read your mind!
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Numrange
Add two numbers separated by two
periods, with no spaces, into the search
box along with your search terms
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Google searches for
results containing the
given number range.
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Find the Similar Pages
Compares domains & delivers a short list of
similar types of pages.
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To search for results similar to a
particular website, you can also
type related:URL as shown.
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Synonyms
Use a tilde (~) to search for
terms synonymous with your
term
~restoration will also bring
up “preservation”
Use either ~restoration ~movement or ~“restoration
movement” to search using synonyms of both words.
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All of these tips and more can be
found on the About Google –
Search page.
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http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html
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Search Engine Showdown
For in depth information on how Google
and other web search engines work, go to
Greg Notess’ Search Engine Showdown:
The User’s Guide to Web Searching at
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
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See More Google
This is one of three presentations on
Google Search Tips. Others include:
Lesser Used Features
Lesser Used Databases
Advanced Functions
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