Getting the Most from Google Searches Ann Coulter, Southwestern Community College Karen Burns, SW District Office, Iowa Library Services December 2011.

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Getting the Most from Google Searches Ann Coulter, Southwestern Community College Karen Burns, SW District Office, Iowa Library Services December 2011

Why do people like Google? How does a search work? What makes a good search? Search tips (with examples): – General – Top 5 – More tips (maybe a fun one or two) How can we help patrons to do better searches?

Why do people like Google? Simple interface : Type in some words, get results

How does a search work? User formulates a search string Google searches web for pages/docs matching user’s search string Ranks those best meeting search string criteria at top of the list Other factors? geographic location search history

General Search Tips Keep it simple, not too many words Not too general--Descriptive words If at first you don’t succeed—tweak and try again Watch suggested search strings Stop words are not searched except…. Google defaults to “and” between words Google is case-insensitive (except OR) Google implicitly stems: plurals and other variations of words, automatically

Our Top 5 1.Translation 2.Asterisk 3.Tilde 4.Minus sign 5.Advanced search/options (region and date)

1. Translation

2. Asterisk (Without Asterisk)

“a dream * in the American dream”

3. Tilde

4. Minus sign

5. Advanced Search OR

5. Advanced Search (date)

Obama election

More Tips Weather search Calculator

Currency Converter Statistics

Maps Define:

Site:

Movie Earthquakes

Local Search Refrigerator contents

Helping patrons make better searches One-on-one with patrons Patrons in the physical library Patrons outside the physical library

One on One Talk through searches

Patrons in Physical Library Tip sheets Posters Mouse pads Bookmarks Cards

Patrons Outside Physical Library “Tip of the Month” on website, FB Links to tip sheets Video tutorials “contest” or “quiz” on FB “Did you Know?” with fun tips as “hook”

Other Resources Google Guide—”cheat sheets”, guides to operands, etc. What puts a result at the top of the list? SEO “educated guesses” on Google ranking rules: ranking-factors.htm Class Resources Page:

Questions? Karen Burns, SWILSA quiltlibrarian on Yahoo, AIM; karen.burn55s on Meebo Ann Coulter, SWCC craftylibrarian2003 on Yahoo