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Tables of Contents for How to Do Everything With Google
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
xvii
PART I Google Web Search
CHAPTER 1 Welcome to Google
3
12
The Google Interface
5
2
Google Doodles
7
1
The Google Doodler
7
1
Google's Services
8
1
Essential Google Facts
9
2
What Google Is Not
11
2
A Brief History of Google
13
2
CHAPTER 2 Craft Your Searches
15
26
How to Enter a Query
16
1
Go Directly to the First Result
17
2
Select Search Terms
19
3
Use Words Likely to Appear on the Pages You Want
19
2
Pose Answerable Queries
21
1
Be Brief
21
1
Search Behavior
22
5
Implicit AND
22
1
Common Word Exclusion
22
3
Case Insensitivity
25
1
Punctuation Exclusion
26
1
Search Term Order and Proximity
26
1
Search Operators
27
10
Quotes
27
3
The OR Operator
30
2
The Inclusion Operator (+)
32
1
The Exclusion Operator (-)
32
3
The Synonym Operator (N)
35
2
Common Misconceptions
37
4
CHAPTER 3 Find Specialized Information
41
20
Correct Spelling
42
3
Word Definitions
45
1
Phone Numbers and Addresses
46
3
Reverse Lookups
47
2
Street Maps and Directions
49
2
Stock Quotes
51
1
Calculator
52
9
Basic Arithmetic
53
1
Advanced Math
54
3
Units of Measure and Conversions
57
4
CHAPTER 4 Understand Search Results
61
34
The Anatomy of a Results Page
62
1
Search Tools and Information
62
5
Search Boxes
64
1
Links to Tools and Tips
64
2
Search Tabs
66
1
The Statistics Bar
66
1
Web Search Results
67
16
The Result Link
68
1
Snippets
68
3
Technical Information
71
1
Cached Version of the Result
71
3
The Similar Pages Link
74
1
Categories and Description
74
1
The Translate This Page Link
74
3
File Type Conversion
77
2
Many Results from a Single Site
79
1
Go Beyond the First Page of Results
79
3
Omitted Results
82
1
Other Kinds of Search Results
82
1
Sponsored Links (Paid Advertisements)
83
3
Evaluate What You Find
86
9
Credibility
87
1
Types of Results
88
7
CHAPTER 5 Advanced Web Search
95
36
Use the Advanced Search Form
96
20
Advanced Operators
96
1
Group or Exclude Terms
97
3
Search Restrictions
100
9
Find Information on Specific Pages
109
5
Search by Topic
114
2
Advanced Operators Rehashed
116
3
define:
116
1
stocks:
116
1
phonebook:
116
2
Summary of the Advanced Operators
118
1
Language Tools
119
5
Refine a Query
124
7
CHAPTER 6 Make Searching Easier with Google Tool
131
20
Make Google Your Home Page
132
2
The Google Toolbar
134
10
DefaultSearch
144
2
Browser Buttons
146
1
Mozilla and Netscape 6
147
1
Search Google on Macintosh System
148
3
CHAPTER 7 Google
151
18
Setting Preferences
152
3
Resetting Preferences
154
1
Language Settings
155
10
Interface Language
155
6
SearchLanguage
161
2
Safe Search
163
2
Number of Results
165
1
New Results Window
166
3
PART II Google Features
CHAPTER 8 Search News Sources with Google News
169
24
Google News
170
4
Browse Google News
174
5
News Stories
175
2
News Categories
177
2
Search Google News
179
11
Search Techniques for Google News
180
10
Possible Uses
190
1
Limitation of Google News
191
1
International Google News Domains
191
2
CHAPTER 9 Search Discussion Forums with Google Group
193
30
Usenet
194
4
The Usenet Hierarchy
195
3
Google Groups
198
3
Browse Google Groups
201
10
Find Newsgroups
201
3
Read Newsgroup Messages
204
6
Post Newsgroup Messages
210
1
Search Google Groups
211
8
Select Search Terms
214
1
Advanced Groups Search
214
5
Possible Uses
219
4
Participate in Discussions
219
1
Mining Usenet
219
1
Post a Question
220
3
CHAPTER 10 Find Pictures with Google Images
223
20
Search Google Images
224
8
Google Images Results
225
2
Image Viewer Interface
227
2
Craft Image Search Queries
229
3
Advanced Image Search
232
7
Copyrights
239
4
CHAPTER 11 Browse Topics by Category with the Google Directory
243
16
The Open Directory
245
1
The Google Directory
245
4
Categories
247
2
Browsing the Google Directory
249
4
Searching the Google Directory
253
2
Directory Search Quality
254
1
Possible Uses
255
1
Google Directory in Non-English Languages
256
3
CHAPTER 12 Ask Researchers Questions with Google Answers
259
36
How It Works
260
1
Who Are the Researchers?
261
2
Tour of Google Answers
263
10
Search Google Answers
265
2
Browse Google Answers
267
4
Anatomy of the Question View
271
2
Ask a Question
273
15
Sign Up for an Account
273
3
Pose a Question
276
7
After You Post a Question
283
3
Unanswered Questions
286
1
Unsatisfactory Answers
287
1
Possible Uses for Google Answers
288
3
Is Google Answers Effective?
291
4
Limitations of Google Answers
292
3
CHAPTER 13 Find Bargains with Froogle
295
14
Introducing Froogle
296
2
Browse Products
298
5
Lists of Products
298
3
Individual Products
301
2
Search Froogle
303
5
Select Search Terms
303
1
Refine Your Query
303
5
Possible Uses
308
1
CHAPTER 14 Other Cool Features
309
26
Google Zeitgeist
310
3
Google Labs
313
13
Search by Location
315
1
Google News Alerts
316
1
Google Sets
317
2
The Google Glossary
319
1
Google WebQuotes
320
1
Keyboard Shortcuts
321
1
The Google Viewer
322
1
Google Compute
323
3
Fun Uses of Google Search
326
5
Joke Pages
326
1
Googlism
327
2
GooglePeople
329
1
Google Smackdown
330
1
GoogleWhacking
330
1
Google Catalogs
331
1
Google Wireless Services
332
1
Google Number Search
332
1
Other Ways to Search Using Google
332
3
APPENDIX How Google Works
335
14
How Web Search Works
336
4
Crawling
337
2
Indexing
339
1
Searching
339
1
Google's Rankings
340
7
PageRank
341
1
Simple Metrics
342
2
Arcane Metrics
344
1
The Scoring Equation
345
2
Google's Engineering Principles
347
2
Parallelism
347
1
Redundancy
347
1
Low-cost Hardware
347
1
Specialization
348
1
Index
349