Google offers hundreds of incredible search tools! Explore
this document to learn the very basics of Google. Here are some
examples of what you are about to read: Search for images, books,
music, movies, file types, trends, word groups, translation,
3d objects in GoogleWarehouse, internet website search, catilog
and catilog item searches, notebooks, academic papers, word sets,
rss feeds, news and alerts, maps, driving directions, points
of interest, finances, stocks, shopping prices, internet directory,
music trends, internet trends, personal search trends, personal
website traffic trends, public transit planning, google checkout,
groups, language translation, calendar, document/spreadsheet
to replace microsoft word, Etc!
The rest of this page contains
working-examples of uses for the Google Search Box. Print out
this list and pin it near your PC screen. Each line is it's own
search example. Have fun!
Math Examples. Remember,
each line is it's own example to type into the search box:
1+1
5+2*2
2^20
sqrt(-4)
160 pounds * 4000 feet in Calories
Cooking Conversion:
half a cup in teaspoons
Currency Money Conversion:
3.5 USD in GBP
currency of Brazil in Malaysian money
5 British pounds in South Korean money
2.2 USD per gallon in INR per litre
Discover who links to any
website!
link:www.google.com
Refine your search results, such as medical conditions or when
your back hurts. When your search results come up, you see a
"Refine results for back pain" at the top, this helps
you to decide what to search for next:
back pain
Negative Terms. To search
for Chairs, but not Red Chairs, type this:
chairs -red
Weather:
weather palo alto, ca
Airplane delays and weather
conditions at any airport,
type the airport's three letter airport name followed by the
word "airport". Such as this:
sfo airport
Check the status of a U.S.
flight, type the airline
followed by the flight number:
united 134
Stock and mutual fund quotes, just enter the symbol into the search
box:
csco
Search within a website!
Type this into the google search box:
admission site:www.stanford.edu
Movie showtimes in your area.
Type the movie name, then in the first result type your zip code:
Casino Royale
Driving Directions, Maps,
and Phone Numbers. Simply
type the address. Then when resuts show, click the large bold
address and it will bring up a full screen map with tabs under
the search bos saying "search the map", "find
businesses", and "get directions".
165 University Ave Palo Alto CA
Music Albums. Simply type in the name of the Artist,
and the first results will tell you about that artist and have
a PHOTO of an album you can click:
Pixies
Statistics/Fact based questions: Population, Currency of a specific
country, birthplace of an actor, etc. Fact based questions can
be typed as such and show at the top of your results page:
Population of Japan
GoogleNews search. Otherwise, to Search for a popular
news topic, type it in and near the top of the page there will
be items marked NEWS RESULTS:
election
Tracking Numbers. Services such as UPS, FedEx, USPS,
Vehicle ID (VIN), UPC, Telephone area codes, Patent numbers as
"patent 5123123", FAA airplane(typically printed on
its tail, FCC equipment IDs. Here is an example of an area code
search:
509
To search for File "Extension"
Types:
form 1040 filetype:pdf
britney spears filetype:mp3
britney spears filetype:jpg
britney spears filetype:bmp
Google is a Dictionary:
define car
Search not only for your
search term but also for its synonyms. Im not sure how this differs from Google's usual
ability to use synonyms in normal searches:
~food ~facts
US Residence Phone Book. To use this feature you may type in
the following format, using your own information, to find a person
or business!
first name (or first initial), last name, city (state is optional)
first name (or first initial), last name, state
first name (or first initial), last name, area code
first name (or first initial), last name, zip code
phone number, including area code
last name, city, state
last name, zip code
Tips about Google and Searching:
* Google is not case sensitive unless using a complex formula.
* Use perfect placement of symbols and spaces. Google is a machine
and doesnt get what you mean, unless youre specific.
* Create your own google start page at http://www.google.com/ig
* Google corrects some of your spelling mistakes on simple searches.
* There is an Advanced Search area: http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
* Google only returns pages that include all of your search terms.
There is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep
in mind that the order in which the terms are typed will affect
the search results. To restrict a search further, just include
more terms. For example, to plan a vacation to Hawaii, simply
type vacation hawaii.
* Google ignores common words and characters such as "where"
and "how", as well as certain single digits and single
letters. So Starwars I, would only be searched as starwars. If
a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you
can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it.
Starwars +I. Make sure to use a space before the plus sign. Alternativly,
using "quotation marks" will search exactly what you
type, leaving nothing out. "starwars i" with quotes,
will not leave out the I.
* Use google toolbar to block dangerious popups. Also use Internet
Explorer 7 or the latest Firefox to maximise your internet productivity.
* Google Desktop (search your
computer lightning fast)
* Google Earth (3d earth with loads of info!)
* Google Gmail Notifier (alerts you about emails)
* Picasa (for photo organizing)
* SketchUp 3D (make easy 3d objects)
* For CellPhones: SMS Chat, Maps, Search, SMS Google Search
* Google searches for variations of your search terms. It calls
this Stemming. Example, Lizard Dietary would also search for
Lizard Diet.
For even more info on all the things Google can do for you,
check out Google's own documents! You will want to read and re-read
everything, if you plan to be efficient at researching and searching.