Google Search Exercises
LINK SEARCH
1. Use link searching to find websites that link to
http://www.ancestry.com
2. Enter the following: link:
www.ancestry.com
3. Click the Google Search button.
4. Scroll down and review the first 10 results. Click on any links of interest.
5. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page. Click on 2 (the first O in GOOOOOGLE) for the next set of 10 results.
TITLE SEARCH
A web page is composed of a number of fields, such as title, domain, host, URL, and link.
1. Click the Advanced Search link above the search box.
2. Use the search form to perform a title search to find information on the relationship between hyperactivity and food.
In the Find results with all of the words search box, type hyperactivity food.
NOTE: At Google, the + sign is not necessary.
3. Change the Occurrences drop-down box to in the title of the page.
4. Change the 10 Results drop-down box to 100 Results.
5. Click the Google Search button.
6. Scroll down and review the results. Click on any links of interest.
allintitle: hyperactivity food
DOMAIN SEARCH
1. Click the Advanced Search link to the right of the search box.
2. Use the search form to search websites from educational institutions for
information on the effects of alcohol on memory.
In the Find results with all of the words search box, type effects
alcohol memory.
NOTE: At Google, the + sign is not necessary.
In the Domains ONLY return results from the site or domain search
box, type .edu.
3. Change the 10 Results drop-down box to 100 Results.
4. Click the Google Search button.
5. Scroll down and review the results. Click on any links of interest.
6. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page. Click on 2 (the first O in
GOOOOOGLE) for the next set of results.
domain:uk and title:"Queen Elizabeth"
domain:edu and "lung cancer" and smok*
FILE TYPES
There are 12 main file types searched by Google in addition to standard
web formatted documents in HTML. The most common formats are PDF,
PostScript, Microsoft Office formats:
• Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf)
• Adobe PostScript (ps)
• Lotus 1-2-3 (wk1, wk2, wk3, wk4, wk5, wki, wks, wku)
• Lotus WordPro (lwp)
• MacWrite (mw)
• Microsoft Excel (xls)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt)
• Microsoft Word (doc)
• Microsoft Works (wks, wps, wdb)
• Microsoft Write (wri)
• Rich Text Format (rtf)
• Text (ans, txt)
1. Type the following in the in the search box to find Tax form 1040: form 1040 filetype:pdf
SEARCH GOV SITES
http://www.google.com/unclesam
1. Type keywords in the search box to find information on the Declaration of
Independence.
NOTE: The plus sign and AND operator are not necessary.
2. Click the Google Search button.
3. Scroll down and review your results. Click on any links of interest.
4. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page. Click on 2 (the first O in
GOOOOOGLE) for the next set of results.
IMAGE SEARCH
1. Type keywords in the search box to find an image of a lion.
NOTE: The plus sign and AND operator are not necessary.
2. Click the Google Search button.
3. Click on any images of interest.
4. Right click the image and choose Save Picture As to save the image to
your hard drive.
NEWS ARTICLES
http://news.google.com/
1. Type keywords in the search box to find news articles about the General
Electric company.
NOTE: The plus sign and AND operator are not necessary.
2. Click the Google Search button.
3. Scroll down and review your results. Click on any links of interest.
4. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page. Click on 2 (the second O in
GOOOOOGLE) for the next set of results.
SITE SEARCH
The word "site" followed by a colon enables you to restrict your search to a
specific site. To do this, use the site:sampledomain.com syntax in the Google
search box. For example, to find admission information on Stanford's site,
enter:
admission site:
www.stanford.edu
Note: Use an internal search engine if available.
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