1. Google-licious: How To Find Anything on the Internet
Jim Spellos
KASA 43rd Annual Summer Institute
July 14, 2011

2. Social Search, Enhanced
This Just In…
Social Search, Enhanced
Google +1

3. Session Objectives And A Whole Lot More!!!
Describe 10 critical techniques for effective web searching
Identify over 7 Google tools beyond the search box
Recognize how & why results are returned
Create a custom Google home page.
And A Whole Lot More!!!

4. Anatomy of a Search

5. Top Search Tips Never Fly Solo More Numbers First Things First
Try Some Math
Quote It
More Numbers
All in the Family
Look Left
Sharing results – Do you Goo.gl?

6. When All Else Fails
Cheat…

7. Chrome’s Way Cool Tools & Extensions
Quick scroll
Awesome screenshot
Note Anywhere.
What’s Chrome? Google’s Browser – Fastest in the land!

8. Search Sleuth
News
Alerts
iGoogle.

9. I Want (M)iGoogle Remember This Icon! RSS – Really Simple Syndication
Subscribe to your favorite blogs & news sites
Google Reader.
Remember This Icon!

10. Parlez-vous français? Google Translate
New Tool in Translate – Look for the microphone icon!

11. 2 Way Cool Google Downloads
Toolbar
Desktop.
Remember – No downloading anything onto your work computer without the ok from IT…OK?

12. Google Earth & Maps – Great Educational Tools!
The Killer (M)apps
The GoogleMan
Traffic
Maps Labs
Drag ‘n Zoom
What’s around here?
Google Earth & Maps – Great Educational Tools!

13. 3 Things I Bet You Didn’t Know You Could Do with Google
Send a survey
Add, subtract, mulitply, etc…
Conversions.

14. Did Ya Know About? Google Voice Instant Preview Finance Priority Inbox
Transit
SMS/Texting.

15. So, What’s New-gle? Cloud & Print Connect Google +1 Google Travel?
Realtime
Goggles.

16. Thank You!
James Spellos President, Meeting U twitter.com/jspellos