How well do you know Google?
Create a Search Tips Page
On your Google Site, create a Google Search Tips page. Put the results of your Google Quiz on the your tips page. Add hints and tips that can be used to narrow your search results. Examples that you may have on your page are the special search characters and special search words.
Special Search Characters:
| Symbol | Meaning | Example | | " " | search for the exact phrase in the quotes | "google search quiz" | | ~ | Results for synonyms | ~bear | | - | exclude these terms | bear -"polar bear" |
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| | | | | OR | snake | frog |
Special Search Words | Word | Meaning | Example | | OR | same as the | symbol | snake OR frog | | site: | sill search a specific domain (site) | site:google.com search operators
| | file: | search for a specific file type | file:pdf google quiz |
What matters in a Google Query? | 1 | Every word matters
try searching for [who] , [the who] and [a who] | | 2 | Order matters
try searching for [blue sky] and [sky blue] | | 3 | Capitalization does NOT matter | | 4 | punctuation does NOT matter
try searching for [red, delicious% apple&] and [red delicious apple] | | | there are some exceptions |
This is a Google search cheat sheet Exercise:User you new found Google search skills to find:
Focus your search- Search by Date
- find out how you can narrow your search by date
- by a range of dates
- Searches are not limited to webpages, images can be search
- by Color
- try searching for a red and black panther
- other image search tools include
- by size
- time
- type
- usage rights
- more
- What is a Google ngram?
- What is Google Trends?
- using Google Trend search for
- explain why these trends exist
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