google apps overview: part 2
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Overview of Google Apps including Google Maps, Google Docs, Google Reader and Google AnalyticsTRANSCRIPT
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Google II
More Information, Faster and Better
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Google Search
http://www.google.com
TMI…
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Search Basics
• Keep it simple. A search engine is not a human being; think how the words are likely to appear on the page.
• More keywords will help narrow results• Search is generally case insensitive• Limit your search by date range, language,
document type.• Use Google as a calculator, to find weather
forecast, time zone information, conversions, and dictionary.
• More: Advanced Search Tips
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Search With More Keywords
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Advanced Search
• Phrase search: Use “” to search for exact words in an exact order (example: “geek girl camp”)
• Use “” to search for a single word with no synonyms• Exclude words using –• Include multiple words in any order using +• Search within a website by using site:www.domain.com
(example: 2012 conference site:geekgirlcamp.com)• Find sites linking to a site by using link:www.domain.com
(example 2012 conference link:www.geekgirlcamp.com)
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Advanced Search
Bingo!
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Google Business Listing
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Google Business Listing
http://places.google.com/business
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Create your listing
www.google.com/placesforbusiness
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Google Maps: Map View
http://maps.google.com/
Click here for Satellite view
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Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
Click here for Maps view
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Google Maps: Directions
You can use your mouse to click on any route point and drag
it to an alternate route
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Google Maps – Alternate Routes
New route from where the previous point was dragged
from
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Google Maps - traffic
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Google Maps – Multiple Stops
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Google Maps – Pedometer
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
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Sometimes (gasp!) Google is wrong
For businesses: Visit the Google Places Help Center
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Google Alerts
http://www.google.com/alerts
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Google Alerts
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Google Referral Listings
http://yourdomain.com:places
Replace “geekgirlcamp.com” with any domain you’d like to
see referral links for
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Google+
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Google+- hangouts
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Analytics - Dashboard
http://www.google.com/analytics/
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Analytics - Visitors
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Analytics – New Visitors
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Analytics - Visitor Technical Details
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Analytics - Visitor Loyalty
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Analytics - Traffic Sources
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Analytics - Traffic Source Detail
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Analytics - Keywords
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Analytics - Campaigns
You can generate trackable URLs for your Campaigns using Google URLBuilder: http://www.google.com/support/analytics/bin/answer.py?answer=55578
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Analytics - Content Overview
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Analytics - Content Detail
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Webmaster Tools: Site Overview
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
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Webmaster Tools: Keyword Searches
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Webmaster Tools: Incoming Links
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Keyword Density
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Google Docs
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Google Document (like Word)
Download in any format to save to your hard
drive
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Sharing Google Docs
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Sharing Google Docs by Address
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Sharing Google Docs by URL
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Google Presentation (like PPT)
Download in any format to save to your hard
drive
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Google Spreadsheet (like Excel)
Spreadsheets need to be named and saved manually
Download in any format to save to your hard
drive
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Google Forms
Create your own multiple choice, plain text, or other kinds
of questions
Share the form with a link you can publish on your website or put in an email. The information will be captured in a Google Spreadsheet.