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4. Objectives » What Matters » Search Operators » Practice Scenarios and what doesn’t ^

5.  It just doesn’t matter!

6.   Capitalization

7. Capitalization george washington = GEORGE WASHINGTON = George Washington = gEoRgE wAsHiNgToN =

8.  It just doesn’t matter!  Most punctuation  Capitalization

9. Punctuation ! ?,. ; [ ] @ / # – ’ C++ $99

10. usually   Spelling It just doesn’t matter!  Capitalization  Most Punctuation

11. Spelling

13.   Common Words It just doesn’t matter! usually  Capitalization  Most punctuation  Spelling

14. Common Words Excluded

15.   “AND” It just doesn’t matter! usually  Capitalization  Most punctuation  Spelling  Common Words

16. Automatic “AND”

17. No Impact on Google Results  Capitalization  Most Punctuation  Spelling  Common Words  “AND”  Capitalization  Most Punctuation  Spelling  Common Words  “AND”

18.  OK. So what DOES matter?

19.   Apostrophes (’)

20. Apostrophes ’ WereWe’re

21.   Hyphenated Words OK. So what DOES matter?  Apostrophes (’)

22. Hyphenated Words [ email ] matches: “email” [ e-mail ] matches: “e-mail,” “email,” and “e mail” Not sure? Include the hyphen

23.   Word Order OK. So what DOES matter?  Apostrophes (’)  Hyphenated Words

24. Order Matters eating plantplant eating VS

25.  OK. So what DOES matter?  Number of Terms  Apostrophes (’)  Hyphenated Words  Word Order

26. Search Terms Limit Excludes automatically omitted terms.

27. These DO matter  Apostrophes (‘)  Hyphenated Words  Word Order  Number of Terms

29. Google Operators + + ~ ~ OR site: filetype: - -

30. AND vs. OR Increases Number of Results

31. Include Operator (+)

32. Star Trek +IStar Trek I VS

33. Exclude Operator (-)

34. bass - fish - shoes -beerbass VS

35. Synonyms (~)

36. Synonyms ~ ~

37. Phrase Search Proper Names We hold these truths to be self-evident… Lyrics Famous Phrases “phrase search”

38. Phrase Search “ ”

39. Site Search

40. site:sdsu.edu

41. site:

42. File Type filetype filetype: file extension Complete List and further details Adobe Acrobat  filetype:pdf Macromedia Flash  filetype:swf Microsoft Word  filetype:doc Microsoft Excel  filetype:xls Microsoft PowerPoint  filetype:ppt

43. File Type filetype:

44. Google Operators + + ~ ~ OR site: filetype: - -

46. Practice Let’s try it out!

47. Practice Web Object Placeholder Address:http://www.google.com Displayed in: Articulate Player Window size:320 X 240 Search for the Dilbert cartoon about the Google Logo Click the next button below to see the answer.

48. Answer

49. Practice Web Object Placeholder Address:http://www.google.com Displayed in: Articulate Player Window size:320 X 240 Search for pages about Afghanistan that do not mention war or the Taliban Click the next button below to see the answer.

50. Answer

51. Practice Web Object Placeholder Address:http://www.google.com Displayed in: Articulate Player Window size:320 X 240 Search for articles in the EET at SDSU that are in Flash (.swf) format Click the next button below to see the answer.

52. Answer

53. Additional Resources:  Google Help Center - Basics: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html  Google Help Center - Advanced: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/refinesearch.html  Printable Google Cheatsheet: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/cheatsheet.html  Complete List of Google Operators: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/operators.html  Google Guide: http://www.googleguide.com