Hello Dear Friends, Collogues and Students, I am Prijith Jacob Thomas working with Fatima Matha National College Kollam Kerala India The purpose of this presentation is purely academic. I happen to go through a Book titled “ Google Secrets by Yvette Davis Published by Wiley India Pvt Ltd. When I went through that document the scope of Google search and services of Google was really amazing. Then I decided to share this information in the form a presentation. My Initial presentation consisted of 134 slide compiling all the products of Google. After discussion with friends I decided to split the presentation into small modules and present in a series. This presentation is first in this series .

1. Google Search
Google Product Series 1
Prijith Jacob Thomas
Librarian UGC
Fatima Matha National College
Kollam
Kerala, India
prijith707@gmail.com

2. Major Google Products a Brief History
 Google search is developed by Larry Page and Sergey
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Brin students of Stanford developed search engine as BackRub
(1996), operates on Stanford servers. In 1997 its renamed as
Google a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term for the
number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. In
May 2000 the ten more language version of Google released.
Google Toolbar is browser plugin released in December 2000 to
enable searching with out going to Google search page.
Image search of Google was launched in July 2001 , with offering
access to 250 million images
Google News with 4000 news sources is launched in September
2002
Acquired Pyra Labs, the creators of Blogger in June 2003
Orkut the social networking site was launched in January 2004
Gmail became open to public in April 2004 ( open for every body in
Feb 2007 earlier need invitation)
Google Desktop Search & Google Scholar a search interface to
search scholarly academic thesis, journals, per reviewed journals

3. Major Google Products a Brief History
 Google Map is alive in Feb 2005
 Google Earth a satellite imagery-based mapping service
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combining 3D buildings and terrain with mapping
capabilities and Google search released in June 2005 .
GTalk the chatting software of Google launched in August
2005
Google reader is introduced in conference on Web 2.0 at
San Francisco in October 2005 ( Google reader is to be
withdrawn from service in July 2013)
Google Analytics a tool for evaluating web impact is
released in November 2005
Gmail Mobile version is launched in US on December 2005
Google Finance released in March 2006 ( later for non US
available from July 2007 and live status updating started in
June 2008)
YouTube the video-sharing website, created by three

4. Major Google Products a Brief History
 Google Print Program (since renamed Google Book Search) expands through
digital scanning partnerships with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, University of
Michigan and Oxford as well as the New York Public Library ,
Google Book begins offering free PDF Downloads of books in the public domain
in December 2006
 Google Docs Available for users in Feb 2007
 Google Health became available for Public May 2008
 Google Chrome Released in September 2008
 Google Latitude a location aware apps launched in Feb 2009
 Google Voice gadget released in March 2009
 Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service was released on April
2012 this enables user cloud storage, file sharing and collaborative editing.
Source : http://www.google.com/about/company/history

5. Google Search
Explicit Phrase
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Enclose the search phrase within double quotes
eg : “internet marketing”
Exclude Words
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use the "-" sign in front of the word you want to exclude
eg : internet marketing –advertising
Exclude Domain :
use the "-" sign in front of the word
eg : internet marketing –.org
Site Specific
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eg : "internet marketing” site:www.smallbusinesshub.com

6. Google Search
Similar Words and Synonyms : add ~ in front of the word
Eg : "Internet marketing" ~professional
Specific Document Types
: "filetype:“
Eg : "internet marketing" filetype:ppt
Specific Domain : term:.domain
Eg: internet marketing:.edu
This OR That : Use OR ( capital) between the terms
Eg : Internet marketing OR advertising

7. Google Search
Wildcard : Utilizing the asterisk on Google, you can add
greater flexibility in your search and capture a wider variety
and a larger number of results.
Avoid synonym : Force Google to skip their synonym
suggestions by using a plus sign (+)
Word Definitions : define:word
Eg : define:microeconomics
Numeric Ranges: what’s between the X and Y are two ranges
use X..Y
Eg : Prime minister 1960..2012
Calculator : instead of bringing up the Calculator application
Eg : 15 * 65

8. Google Search
Tips
Avoid stop words viz a; and; for etc in the search bar
Specific search eg : CAT use “CAT” otherwise Google will
display Cat, CAT, catty , C.A.T, cats etc
For price comparison is possible by $ ( Nike bag $ 50) even
though it neglects all the symbols included in the search
bar
Keep short : fewer the term more accurate the result
Make specialty Search
Unit conversion : 5 cups in ounces
Weather
: “weather”635 ( 635 is area code)
If we are searching by log in through search will be narrowed
based on search history
If you need privacy searching log out of the account and do
the search otherwise it will remain in your history

9. Google Search
Search Features of Google
Every Day Essentials
Weather : To see the weather “weather” followed by the city
and state
Stock Quotes : To see current market data for a given
company or fund, type the ticker symbol into the search box.
On the results page, you can click the link to see more data
from Google Finance
Time : To see the time in many cities around the world, type in
“time” and the name of the city.
Sports Score : To see scores and schedules for sports teams
type the team name or league name into the search box.
This is enabled for many leagues including the National
Basketball Association, National Football League, National

10. Google Search
Search Features of Google
Reference Tools
Calculator : To use Google’s built-in calculator function,
simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search
box.
Book Search : If you’re looking for results from Google Book
Search, you can enter the name of the author or book title
into the search box
Earth earthquakes To see information about recent
earthquakes in a specific area type “earthquake” followed by
the city
Unit Conversion : Convert between many different units of
measurement of height, weight, and volume among many
others : enter your desired conversion into the search box
and we’ll do the rest
Public Data : To see trends for population and unemployment
rates type "population" or "unemployment rate" followed by
a state or county

11. Google Search
Choosing Key Word
Synonyms : tilde sign (~) immediately in front of your search
term
Dictionary Definitions ; define space the word
Spell Checker: G oogle’s spell checking software automatically
checks whether your query uses the most common spelling
of a given word. If it thinks you’re likely to generate better
results with an alternative spelling, it will ask “Did you mean:
(more common spelling)?”. Click the suggested spelling to
launch a Google search for that term
Health Search
Health Conditions : To see information about a common
disease or symptom, enter it into the search box and we’ll
return the beginning of an expert summary
Medication : Medications : To see information about most
generic and brand name prescription drugs in the U.S., enter

12. Google Search
Poison Control : You can quickly find the U.S. poison control
hotline (1-800-222-1222) by entering “poison control” or similar
phrases into the search box.
Suicide Prevention : quickly find the phone number for the US
department National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
by entering "suicide prevention" or similar phrases into the search
box
Currency Conversion :use r built-in currency converter, simply
enter the conversion you’d like done into the Google search box
and we’ll provide your answer directly on the results page.
Flu Vaccine Finder : During flu season, search for “flu” to find tips
on how to stay healthy from U.S. Health and Human Services and
a flu shot locator which uses Google Maps to show you nearby
locations offering seasonal and/or H1N1 flu vaccine. Flight
Tracking : To see flight status for arriving and departing
Flight Schedules : To see flight schedules to or from a particular
destination, type “flights from” or “flights to” followed by the city or
airport of interest.

13. Google Search
Related Search : search for web pages that have similar
content to a given site, type “related:” followed by the
website address into the Google search box
Search by Number :
Package Tracking : You can track packages by typing the
tracking number for your UPS, Fedex or USPS package
directly into the search box
Patent Numbers: To search for U.S. patents, enter the
word “patent” followed by the patent number into the
Google search box and hit the Enter key or click the
Google Search button.

14. Google Search Voice Recognition
We can enter the search term by using microphone
Windows 7 or higher

15. Google Search History
For Google search History
Google
Login Account
Settings

16. Google Search History

17. Google Search History

18. Google Search History editing

19. Google Search
Search possible as website, map, images, videos, news,
shopping, books, places, blog, discussions,
applications and patents.
Narrowing the search in Google search (
www.google.com)
Time viz. last 24 hr, last week, last month & customized
days
All results viz. sites with images, related search,
dictionary, reading level
For others like Google India, Google Australia etc two
more narrowing tools are there.
Searching all websites / webs from India
Set search location and add search locations

20. Google Search

21. Google Search
Narrowing the search in Google search
Time

22. Google Search
Narrowing the search in Google search
Time Customized

23. Google Search
Narrowing the search in Google search

24. Google Search ( Google Nations)
Narrowing the search in Google search
All website/ National

25. Google Search
Narrowing the search in Google search
Location

26. Search Setting
Allows to set the safe search filters ( ON/OFF)
Search Language
Set ON/OFF Google instant prediction
Set results per page
Open Selected option in a new browser
Blocking unwanted site ( block upto 500 websites)
Edit Search history
Select language for Google use with the account
Set location

27. Thank
you…………………

28. NB:
The purpose of this work not a commercial
aspect it purely academic
Courtesy
 Google Secrets by Yvette Davis Published by Wiley India Pvt
Ltd
 https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/
 www.wikipedia.com
 All my friends encouraged me in doing this presentation