Google Pocket Guide

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Beneath its deceptively simple search form, Google is a remarkably powerful and flexible search engine that indexes billions of web pages, handling more than 150 million searches a day. You know that what you're looking for must be in there somewhere, but how do you make Google work for you?Crafted from our best-selling Google Hacks title, the Google Pocket Guide provides exactly the information you need to make your searches faster and more effective, right from the start. The Google Pocket Guide unleashes the power behind that blinking cursor by delivering: A thorough but concise tour of Google's features Practical examples to inspire going beyond the basic keyword search Secrets for constructing more powerful queries using Google's special syntax Advice on how to understand and further refine the results Google provides.Whether you're a student researching a topic for class, a medical or legal professional needing field-specific reference information, or a home user looking for that article on home repair you forgot to bookmark, the Google Pocket Guide will take you from mystified to mastery.

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Introduction Part I. What Can You Do with Google? What Google Isn't What Google Is A Simple Example Improving Your Google Results Case A: Joseph Lomax, Student Case B: Sabine Reitz, Journalist Case C: Dr. Katie Aston, Dentist Part II. Asking for What You Want Google Basics Phrase Searches Basic Boolean Negation Explicit Inclusion Simple Searching and Feeling Lucky Case Sensitivity Full-Word Wildcards The 10-Word Limit Favor Obscurity Playing the Wildcard Special Syntax Mixing Syntax How Not to Mix Syntax How to Mix Syntax The Antisocial Syntax Elements All the Possibilities Advanced Search Query Words Language File Format Date Occurrences Domain Safe Search Additional Google Properties Specialized Vocabularies: Slang and Terminology Slang Specialized Vocabularies-Industrial Slang Part III. Understanding What You Get Setting Preferences Interface Language Search Language SafeSearch Filtering Number of Results Settings for Researchers Anatomy of a Search Result Understanding Google URLs Anatomy of a URL Checking Spelling Embrace Misspellings Part IV. Other Google Services and Features Google Directory Searching the Google Directory Google Directory Special Syntax Google Groups Browsing Groups Google Groups Special Syntax Google Images Google Images Special Syntax Google News International Versions Google News Special Syntax Making the Most of Google News Beyond Google for News Search Google Catalogs Google Catalogs Special Syntax Froogle Browsing for Purchases Searching for Purchases Froogle Special Syntax Adding a Merchant to Froogle Language Tools Getting to the Language Tool Making the Most of Google's Language Tools Consulting the Dictionary Consulting the Phonebook Google Phonebook Special Syntax Tracking Stocks Beyond Google for Basic Stock Information More Stock Research with Google Searching Article Archives Articles from The New York Times Magazine Articles Finding Directories of Information Title Tags and Wildcards Finding Searchable Subject Indexes Finding Technical Definitions Technology Terminology Google Glossary Researching Terminology with Google Where to Go When It's Not on Google Finding Weblog Commentary Finding Weblogs Using the "Magic Words" The Google Toolbar Googling with Bookmarklets Part V. Appendix Syntax Summary Julian Dates