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Google Search

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• How Google search works• Keyword choice• Read results page• Side panels• Search for content in …• Operators • Images• Search Google for content from other countries

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How Google Search Works

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‣ Don’t ask a question

‣ Think about the page you want to find

• Use terms you would expect to find

• Use phrases specific/peculiar to that topic

‣ Word order matters

‣ Let Google help

• Instant results

• Similar searches

• Related searches

Search strings

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Read the Results Page

Side panel

Snippet

Page Title

URL

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Click arrow beside

URL

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Cache• Allows you to load previous version of the site

(faster load especially useful with slow connection)

Similar• Loads sites which are similar

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Search for content in …

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Operators

Special instructions for the search engine …

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Force results to contain a certain termintext:term

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Limit results to just one sitesite:mashable.com .gov .edu .au .abs.gov.au

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Limit results to certain filetypesfiletype:pdf doc ppt txt xls

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Exclude terms-term -”search term”

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Search for one term or anotherterm OR “search term”

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Search for conceptually related terms~term ~”search term”

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Guarantee a search term in the page titleintitle:term

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Search by imageUse filters to find information.

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Similar sites and results

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Drag and drop image from your desktop

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