Hello everyone and welcome to this video in our HOW MCW series. My name is Matt Bauer
and this week I’ll be showing you some ways to harness the power of Google with tips on
different ways to search. We’ll also take a brief look at Google Images, and Google
Maps. This is Google…Part 1:
Google, as you know, is THE most popular search engine. In fact, the term “google” is
so popular that it was added to Webster’s Dictionary a few years ago. When it comes
to finding what you want on the Internet, there seems no better place than google.com.
But finding EXACTLY what you want can be a little difficult at times. Fortunately, there
are specific ways to search that can narrow down your results significantly:
Search Exact Phrases – If you ever try to search Google with a phrase that includes
such common words as “the” and “and”, the search results will generally not include
those words. However, if you put quotes around your search, Google will only return results
that include that EXACT phrase.
Exclude Words – If you are trying to search for something, but your results show something
else because it’s spelled the same way, it may be a little frustrating trying to sift
through to find what you’re looking for. You can remedy this by typing the other meaning
of the word with a minus (or dash) sign right in front of it. For example, if you were looking
for the word “bass” as in a male singer or guitar, you would get a mixture of results,
including lots of pages on bass fishing. However, if you type your search term again and then
a word you want to EXCLUDE from the search (in this case the word “fish”) preceded
by a minus sign, the results will not include anything about fish, leaving just the relevant
pages for your search.
Use Google as a Dictionary – You can quickly find the definition of any word by typing
define:computer. You’ll be presented with several sources for the definition of that
word.
Google Images – You can quickly and easily find a picture of pretty much anything by
first clicking Images in the upper left of the Google search page, then performing your
search.
You can even filter the results with these options here.
Google Maps – You’ve probably heard about, or even used Google Maps to navigate to any
given destination. Well, you can actually enter an address into the standard Google
search box and the first result will most likely be a clickable map
which will take you directly into Google Maps.
I’ll show you a few more Google sites and applications in Google - Part 2 coming soon.
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