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Search
Engines
Google Tricks
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Simple
and advanced searches
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Result
ranked by relevancy
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Online
instructions and user options
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For
best results, it's important to choose your keywords wisely. Try the
obvious first. If you're looking for information on Venus, enter “Venus"
rather than “planets".
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Use
words likely to appear on a site with the information you want. “moons
of Venus" gets better results than “Venus".
Make keywords as specific as possible. “Nasa exploration of
Venus" gets more relevant results than “Nasa".
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If a
common word is important, put a "+" sign in front of
it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.)
Example: Science + Lesson Plans will
bring results that contain science lesson plans.
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If you
are looking for a specific phrase, put quotation marks around two or
more words. Example: “15th President of the United
States”
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Advanced
Searching
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~ Searches brings synonyms of the search
term. Example: ~study
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Domain Restrict searches
enables Google to search only one domain address instead of the entire
Internet. Example: Art domain:quia.com (The domain:
ikeepbookmarks.com, is a great domain to search for other teachers'
bookmarks.)
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File Type: Choose .ppt
to find other teachers' PowerPoint presentations
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Number Range searches
the span of two numbers, separated by two periods, with no spaces Example:
digital camera $250..$450
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Language searches
specify which language you would like your results returned in.
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Date searches
restrict the results to the past three, six, or twelve months
- Occurrences
searches specify where your
search terms occur on the page - anywhere on the page, in the title, or
in the URL.
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