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