Google Power Searching

filetype:

allows you to limit your search results to certain types of files fish filetype:ppt or doc or xls or pdf (powerpoint document exel pdf)

ways to verify the credibility of info you find on the web

look in web address for clues check time range of a document use fact checking web sites

information panels

well known information appears on the right side of the screen such as: famous people, landmarks, countries, movies, books, art, teams, chemical elements, animals, ect.

use a combination of operators

you can create queries that combine several operators

define

say "define _____" to bring up definition of word

3 components of a search result block

title: blue (or purple) web address: green abstract/snippet: black

whois

use who is to quickly see who owns a website

Control F

used to search page to quickly determine whether a specific word or text exists on a page/document

site:

allows you to limit your search results to content from a specific site or type of site ex: dogs site:edu or dogs site:petco.com

google translate

allows you to translate text, documents or an entire webpage from one language to another

Key factors that will not have an effect on your search results

capitalization spelling(is is auto corrected) most punctuation

ways to filter image search results

color similar images size time type

quotes

double quotes("hi") allows you to limit your search result to only pages that contain that exact phrase

Key factors that will have an effect on your search results

every word the order of your words few punctuation

shortcuts

examples: weather 01867 movies 01867 boston map population ma time london

date range limiting / time filtering

go to tools and then any time drop down bar when you search

types of google media

images, news, maps, books, calendar, scholar, finance, translate