Power searching with google

Search WHOIS and use one of the sites

Explain how you can quickly identify the owner of a particular website

1) Capitalization 2) Spelling 3) Most characters/punctuation

List three key factors that DO NOT HAVE AN EFFECT on your search queries

1) look at the web address 2) check the time range 3) check the facts with other websites

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

Put .. between two numbers. For example, camera $50..$100.

Search within a range of numbers

1) every word in your query 2) the order of the words 3) Some characters/punctuation

List three key factors that HAVE AN EFFECT on you search queries

Combine searches

Combine searches Put "OR" between each search query. For example, marathon OR race.

Put - in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed-car

Exclude words from your search

Using date range limiting and time filtering

Explain how you can limit your search results to only content published during a specific time period

Using quotes

Explain how you can limit your search results to only pages that contain that exact phrase

use control F

Explain how you can quickly determine whether or not a specific word (or text) exists on a web page.

color type size time usage rights

Identify different ways you can filter results in Google Images

Search define SEQUESTRATION

Identify how you can quickly identify the meaning of the word SEQUESTRATION

1) title-blue 2) web address-green 3 )the abstract/snippit-black

Identify the three key components and colors of a search result block

See Google's cached version of a site

Put "cache:" in front of the site address.

Get details about a site

Put "info:" in front of the site address.

Search for related sites

Put "related:" in front of a web address you already know. For example, related:time.com.

Search for a specific site

Put "site:" in front of a site or domain. For example, site:youtube.com or site:.gov.

Put $ in front of a number. For example: camera $400

Search for a price

Put a * in your word or phrase where you want to leave a placeholder. For example, "largest * in the world".

Search for wildcards or unknown words

Put # in front of a word. For example: #throwbackthursday

Search hashtags

Put @ in front of a word to search social media. For example: @twitter.

Search social media

Google translate

Which Google media or collection would you use to translate text documents or webpages to another language

cats site:edu

Write a query for the word cats limited to only the edu domain

dogs site:petco.com

Write a query for the word dogs limited to the website petco.com

fish filetype:ppt

Write a query for the word fish that will limit your seach results of only powerpoints

Penguins site:edu filetype:pdf-pittsburg

Write a query for the word penguins that combines three different operators

Weather Halifax, NS

Write a short and targeted query for the current weather in Fayetteville, North Carolina