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Internet and Google Searching Optimized

Google Superbowl Ad (Parisian Love youtube)

Search Stories Commercial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIc_VEQ7Vo0&feature=pyv

Google Instant-We Didn’t Start the Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gxrNYMMWmM

The Google Story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN5avRvApk)

Google fun facts

• 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
• 11.1 billion searches in August 2011 (or 64.8%) according to comscore.com
• 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)

Basic Google Search Tips

google search structure

1. The title: The first line of any search result is the title of the webpage.
2. The snippet: A description of or an excerpt from the webpage.
3. The URL: The webpage’s address.
4. Cached link: A link to an earlier version of this page. Click here if the page you wanted isn’t available.

How Google Works

Web Search Strategies in Plain English

Web Search Strategies in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.

Google Tricks on Teacher Tube

Google Guide Cheat Sheet http://www.googleguide.com

google tips and tricks

Google Search Features-http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features.html

Google Operators-http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=136861

Google Under the Hood-http://www.google.com/insidesearch/underthehood.html

To view the examples I showed you in class click here:

Part 1 – http://www.screencast.com/t/MjY3MTgzY

Part 2 – http://www.screencast.com/t/ZDFjNTM2

Part 3 – is not done yet

Stop Here-Click the google_search_3.0.2xs and complete the form. Remember to save. You do not have to print unless you are not here the day we grade the assignment.

If you are bored and want to practice your searching, try the google search assignment from last winter during the Olympics.

Want another challenge, visit Google a Day

Google Searches-Winter Olympics.

Try another Search Engine: DuckDuckGo

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)

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