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17. The search engine finds the best matches
daddy I want a pony
URL
Title of the webpage
The number of times the words appear on the page
Related words eg father and horse
Page rank (the number of links to the page)
Page quality
30. Imagine what words are on a website that
has the information you are looking for.....
31. Imagine what words are on a website that
has the information you are looking for.....
Cells worksheet
Cells experiment
Cells lesson plan year 11
Make a cell activity
Cells flash interactive
Microscope tutorial interactive
Cells flashcards
Cells multiple choice test
32. Refining Search
cells lesson plan
The more definitive the search terms, the more likely you are to
find what you are looking for
cells cells lesson plan
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45. Google Operators
filetype:
This specifies only certain types of files in the search results.
Document types:
doc, docx
pdf
ppt, pptx
xls
swf (my fav)
91. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
92. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
93. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
94. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
Other Google Stuff:
95. Different stuff
More databases:
images, books, video, maps, scholar, news, newspaper
archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
Other Google Stuff:
Gmail, Calendar, Sites, Translate, Picasa, Blogger,
96. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
Other Google Stuff:
Gmail, Calendar, Sites, Translate, Picasa, Blogger,
iGoogle, Chrome, YouTube, SketchUp, Picnik, Talk, Plus,
97. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
Other Google Stuff:
Gmail, Calendar, Sites, Translate, Picasa, Blogger,
iGoogle, Chrome, YouTube, SketchUp, Picnik, Talk, Plus,
Earth, Ocean, Sky, Moon, Mars,
98. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
Other Google Stuff:
Gmail, Calendar, Sites, Translate, Picasa, Blogger,
iGoogle, Chrome, YouTube, SketchUp, Picnik, Talk, Plus,
Earth, Ocean, Sky, Moon, Mars,
Docs (docs, presentations, spreadsheets, drawing, forms)
99. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
Other Google Stuff:
Gmail, Calendar, Sites, Translate, Picasa, Blogger,
iGoogle, Chrome, YouTube, SketchUp, Picnik, Talk, Plus,
Earth, Ocean, Sky, Moon, Mars,
Docs (docs, presentations, spreadsheets, drawing, forms)
Google Apps for Education
100. Different stuff
More databases:images, books, video, maps, scholar,
news, newspaper archive, recipes, fonts, insights,
life magazine photo archive, flu trends.
Other Google Stuff:
Gmail, Calendar, Sites, Translate, Picasa, Blogger,
iGoogle, Chrome, YouTube, SketchUp, Picnik, Talk, Plus,
Earth, Ocean, Sky, Moon, Mars,
Docs (docs, presentations, spreadsheets, drawing, forms)
Google Apps for Education
117. Try using filetype: doc/docx/pdf/ppt/pptx Site: (try au/nz/gove/edu/sa.edu.au)
Try using quotation marks or removing unwanted search results using subtract-
Try the left hand panel: reading level, related searches, time range, verbatim.
119. Search Engine Evangelism Site
http://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/
Google Inside Search
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/
Google-a-day
http://www.agoogleaday.com/
Use a metacognitive search map…