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Thursday, April 26th, 2012Want to know what Google thinks of you? Log in to your Google account and click on the link in this article to see all the demographic information Google has inferred about you based on your web-surfing habits. How good is it at guessing? Via www.businessinsider.com
3 Clever Tricks to Make You a Much Better Google Searcher
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012Since Google Search has become such an important part of our daily lives, we've all been forced to become pros at it. But that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of tips to make you an even better Google sleuth. Here are a few of our favorite tips, like how to search within a specific [...]
Google Asks, “What Do You Love?”
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012This search tool from Google allows you to create a search and then have all the various elements such as YouTube videos, books, trends, patents, and images related to the search put on a kind of dashboard page. It's clearly a tool the show off all of Google's various related tools, but it's still interesting [...]
How to Use Google Search More Effectively
Thursday, March 15th, 2012Fewer than 25% of students know how to perform a "reasonably well-executed search" of web information. This infographic shares a few essential Google search tips and tricks. Via mashable.com
Spezify: A New Visual Search Engine with a Twist
Monday, March 5th, 2012Spezify, developed by two Swedish developers, is a search engine with an aesthetic twist. Rather than presenting the information in a boring, uniform list, Spezify spices things up with images and snippets from various content that match the search terms. The page is filled with potential results in a way that is eye-catching. Via spezify.com
Take Advantage of “Google Scholar”
Friday, February 10th, 2012Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. [...]
20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012For millions of people Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives. From work or school, research, to looking up movies and celebrities to news and gossip, Google is the go-to search engine. But instead of just typing in a phrase and wading through page after [...]
Bovée & Thill: Web Search
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Here are 345 search engines at your fingertips — all on one page — for quick, comprehensive web searching, developed by Bovee & Thill. Via websearch.businesscommunicationnetwork.com
A Globe of Searches
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Ever wanted a cool way to see how many people were searching in what different languages in each part of the world? Via phandroid.com
Google ‘Verbatim’ Tool Lets You Search Literally
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Ramona Emerson (photo, left) recently wrote about Google's Verbatim. According to Ms. Emerson, "Sometimes Google's algorithms don't know better, or at least that's the thought behind "verbatim", a new Google Search feature . . . " "In verbatim mode, which can be accessed by clicking "Show search options" in the left-hand column of a Google [...]
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