Google Searching Techniques “Be A Search Sniper” Prepared by: Ola Ismail

Presentation Objectives: Understand the importance of using a variety of search Techniques. Learn some techniques required to retrieve accurate information. Learn how to apply these techniques.

Table Of Content The importance of using a variety of search Techniques. Techniques of effective searching.

The Importance Of Using A Variety Of Search Techniques. People spend most of their time looking for the right information because they’re not aware of the proper search techniques. Learning and using good search techniques will help you in the following ways: Better search results. Saves your time.

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Techniques Of Effective Searching.

Techniques Of Effective Searching. Search For Specific Phrase Exclude Or Include Terms Search Related Links Search For Missing Word Search Between The Specific Range Search Specific File Type Site Search Image Search Google advanced search

1- Search For Specific Phrase Use quotation marks “………” to specify exact phrases: “science fair ”

Specific Search (Cont’d)

2- Exclude Or Include Terms Use the plus (+) and minus (-) sign to include and exclude words: “science fair” +water experiments vs “science fair” – plant experiments

3- Search Related Links show similar sites. use to find the competitors. For example: related:amazon.com It will show you similar sites of amazon and the competitors of amazon.

4- Search For Missing Word The asterisk works as a wild card within searches. It can be used in place of a missing word or part of a word, which is useful for completing phrases, but also when you’re trying to search for a less definite article. For example: Be**that you wish to see in the world.”  Gandhi

5- Search Between The Specific Range Google can also retrieve the specific range of information related to date, price, and measurement; you just have to put two dots (..) in-between dates, prices, and measurements without space.   For example: - book $10..$50 monitor 20..50 inches Egypt 2000..2002   If you type [book $10..$50] in the Google search box, resultant will display all books of range in-between $10 to $50. Shown in the figure below.  

6- Search Specific File Type You can retrieve the data in a specific file type format. For that, in the search box, just mention the file type before the keyword (data) you want to retrieve from Google database.   For example: filetype:pdf HTML lessons will only display the of HTLM lesson PDF.

7- Site Search Shows only pages from that site. Use to search within a website. For example: if you want to see all free video form the site “http://download.cnet.com/”, just type: free videos site:download.cnet.com in the Google search box.

8- Image Search Images.google.com Click camera Uses: Find every picture of you or any picture you want. Find images thieves https://images.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl

9- Advanced Search Allows a user to specify additional requirements for a search. When used for searching the Web, an advanced search gives additional information to Google, which helps refine the search. F If, it is difficult for some of you to remember all search techniques, then go to “Google Advanced search page” to make your search simple, easy, and effective.   https://www.google.com/advanced_search

Google is a smart and intelligent search engine with many exciting features.

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