Internet and Google Searching Optimized
Google Superbowl Ad (Parisian Love youtube)
The Google Story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN5avRvApk)
- Google’s name is a play on the word googol, which refers to the number 1 followed by one hundred zeroes. Google’s play on the term reflects the company’s mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web.
- Google started as a research project at Stanford University, created by Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were 24 years old and 23 years old respectively (a combined 47 years old).
- According to Search Engine Watch, Google had 6,986,580,000 searches in August 2009
- The basis of Google’s search technology is called PageRank™, and assigns an “importance” value to each page on the web and gives it a rank to determine how useful it is. However, that’s not why it’s called PageRank. It’s actually named after Google co-founder Larry Page.
How Google Search Works (by Google)
google search structure
- The title: The first line of any search result is the title of the webpage.
- The snippet: A description of or an excerpt from the webpage.
- The URL: The webpage’s address.
- Cached link: A link to an earlier version of this page. Click here if the page you wanted isn’t available.
Web Search Strategies in Plain English
Web Search Strategies in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
Google Guide Cheat Sheet http://www.googleguide.com
google tips and tricks
Stop Here-Click the Google Searches-Winter Olympics.
1.) Using Google, answer all the questions on this link:
http://www.googleguide.com/exercises_teens.html
2.) Using Google, answer all the questions on this link:
4 Nets for better searching webquest
3.) Using Google, answer all the questions on this link:
Advanced Searching-Alvin Trusty Blog
Teaching Search Strategiess (54 min youtube video-for teachers)
Google Search Assignment #2
Name:
Period:
Use Google to answer the questions below. Use the fewest search terms along with the specific Google search operator (if necessary). Use the Google Cheat Sheet if necessary, http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html or Google Search Features http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html
Click here to download the google-searches assignment
1. What time is it in Alaska right now?
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2. What time is it in Moline, IL right now?
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3. What was the score of the last Bears Super Bowl game? Hint: it happened after 1990.
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4. What song contains the lyrics, they don’t bark and they don’t bite?
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5. Convert 1 dollar (USD) to pesos.
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6. A football field is approximately 1 acre. How many square feet are in a football field?
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7. How many liters are in a 12 ounce soda?
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8. What city uses the area code 312?
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9. What congressmen represents our area (17th district) in congress? Only search the official government site: house.gov.
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10. What is the current stock price for John Deere today? The stock symbol for John Deere is DE. Use the stock quote function.
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11. What is the definition of the term, Rhinotillexomania
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12. I would like to find out information about Hereford bulls but not Hereford bulls soccer team in England.
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13. How many Italian Restraunts are listed in Moline? Use the zip code: 61265
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14. What is the population of Rock Island County.?
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15. What is 13 in binary?
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Extra Credit:
16. What is the difference of 867-5309? This is a trick question.
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17. I am looking for a recipe that has beef and green peppers. Make the search as short as possible!
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18. I am looking for a recipe that uses red peppers or green peppers, just so it includes one or the other in the recipe.
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19. What is the score of the last Iowa Hawkeye football game? Who won?
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20. Do your own search using one of the Google operators:
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