Using Google More Effectively Created by: Jeff Hinton and Mike Wood

Using Google More Effectively Read through the Power Point and answer the questions on each slide using Google. When writing number you must use the thousands separator!!!

Ways to improve your searches  Be specific There are millions of web pages out there. Enter only the most important key words. ○ Holiday travel In response, Google gives you pages with the words “holiday” and “travel” Using Google and Bing, search for holiday travel: Write down how many search results came up from each search engine. Google

Ways to improve your searches  Use quotes Putting quotes around a phrase will make it more likely you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for. ○ “Holiday Travel” Now, search for “holiday travel”. Write down how many search results you get. Use Google and Bing. Google

Ways to improve your searches  -word Holiday –travel ○ The word “holiday” but not the word “travel” In response, Google gives you pages with the word “holiday” but not the word “travel.” Search for “holiday” but not the word “travel” (type it in Google and Bing exactly like it reads). How many results did you get? Google

Ways to improve your searches  Boolean Operators (And, Or, Not)  Using Google and Bing, search for the following topics and write down the number of results you get. And ○ Salsa And Dance In response, Google gives you pages with both the words “salsa” and “dance” Or ○ Salsa Or Dance In response, Google gives you pages with the word “salsa” or the word “dance” Not ○ Salsa Not Dance In response, Google gives you pages with the word “salsa” but not the word “dance” Google

Ways to improve your searches (Use Google Only)  Use the “Advanced Search” Feature and search for “holiday travel”. Write down the number of results you get. Click the following options under the Advanced Search option: ○ Last Update: past 24 hours Google

Ways to improve your searches  Use Advance Operators to make your searches a lot easier. Here are some examples:  Define (9)  Phonebook (10)  Calculator (11)  Weather (12)  Movie (13) Google

Ways to improve your searches  Define 9. Define: advance operator ○ In response, Google gives you a page with a list of definitions for “advance operators” from several different sites. Write the definition of advance operators. Write the number of search results you get. Google

Ways to improve your searches 10. Phonebook Phonebook: john doe ○ In response, Google gives you a page with a list of all of the people named “John Doe” listed in the phonebook. ○ Write down how many results you get.  Rphonebook is for “residential” numbers ○ Write down how many results you get when you search for john doe.  Bphonebook is for “business” numbers Google

Ways to improve your searches (11) Calculator 3*5 ○ In response, Google will give you the answer to the math problem 3*5 ○ Next, do the following equations and write down the answers: 555* /33 Google

Ways to improve your searches 12. Weather:(city or zip code) Weather: Salt Lake City ○ In response, Google gives you a page with the weather forecast for Salt Lake City. ○ Write down the weather forecast for Salt Lake City today. Weather:84601 ○ In response, Google gives you a page with the weather forecast for Provo, Utah the location of the zip code ○ Write down the weather forecast for Provo, UT. Google

Ways to improve your searches 13. Movie:84116 or Movie: Salt Lake City, Utah In response, Google gives you a page with the a list of all of the local movie theaters with the movies and show times. ○ Write down two movie showing today and what time they are showing. Google

Google Earth  Using Google Earth, find the following places and write down the coordinates and elevation for each place: Energy Solutions Center, Salt Lake City, UT Mount Everest Base Camp Scotty’s Castle Death Valley, CA Your street address

Ways to improve your searches  Conclusion: Properly searching in Google will help you to more easily find the information you are looking for. Google

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