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In 1995, Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at
Stanford University. They started working on a
new search engine. They also formed a
network of a lot of cheap pc’s. This network
responded to searches faster than fewer and
more expensive servers.
Sergey Brin
Larry Page
The size of the database
Google grew fast and is for the time being the most
used search engine on the Internet. Google no
longer give information on the number of pages in
their databases. But they say that they have about
3 times as many pages as their closest competitor.
Read the article at: www.searchenginewatch.com
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Google works like this
PageRank: shown graphically
Google consists of three parts:
1. A Robot
that searches the Web and puts the websites it finds
into Google’s database.
2. An Index
covering every word, image, film etc. in the database.
No. 1
No. 2
3. A Search Engine
that sends search terms to the index and obtains and
sorts the pages according to certain rules.
PageRank
Google shows the pages in a row according to
how often the pages have been linked to. This
happens in a process called Page Ranktechnology.
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Beside this programme you can learn more about
Google on the Web.
In Danish
Google’s own help
Copenhagen City Library’s Google
guide
In English
Nancy Blachman’s Google Guide
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The Internet
Google offers you two ways of searching the web. A
simple and an advanced search.
Simple search
Learn how to make a simple and easy search.
The search result
Understand the information given in the search
result.
Advanced search
Learn how to make precise searches.
Preferences
E.g. choose the language of the result
Language tools
Here you can find the national languages of Google
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Simple search
If you go to your country’s national
edition of Google, it will look like this
image.
Search field
Write your search terms in the box.
Google-search + I’m feeling Lucky
If you click ”Google-search”, you will get
thousands of links to homepages, all
containing your search term(s).
If you click ”I’m feeling Lucky”, you will
only receive link no.1 on the page.
Click to receive search results in all languages
or in your own language only.
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Danish
Click one of the radio buttons to receive
search results in all languages or in your
own language only.
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The Search Result
On the right you can see a search for cutting
roses.
After clicking Google-search a long list of search
results are shown.
One of the search results is shown here:
Title
Click on the title of the page to go to the homepage
URL
The URL is the same as the Internet address.
Cached
If a homepage is ’down’, click ”Cached” to see a
copy of the page, which is cached in Google’s
database.
Title
URL
Highlighted search terms
(What your search terms look like on
the web page)
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Advanced search
Access advanced search from Google’s front
page
There are many advantages in using
advanced search.
You can define exactly:
how your search terms are to be
used,
where the search terms are going to
be shown on the page
if the search is going to be
conducted in a certain language
and much more.
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Search terms
With at least one of the words
Is a both/and field. If you write cars or bikes
Google finds pages, dealing with cars or bikes or
both cars and bikes.
All terms:
The field contains ALL the search terms you
type in. Google searches all the terms
anywhere in the webpage.
Exact phrase:
Google searches your terms exactly as you
wrote them.
Without the words
Is a field for words you do not want in the search
result. If you are looking for recipes without sugar,
you write the term sugar in the ’without’ field.
In the example below the search term is farm
animals. Search results will deal with ducks and/or
geese, but not hens.
husdyr
farm animals
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geese
høns
hens
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Language – File format - Date
drop down arrow
Language
In this box you can choose the language
of the results. Click the drop down arrow
and choose a language from the list.
Choose between one or all languages.
File format
Click the Drop Down Arrow to
choose a certain file format.
Date
Choose date to search web pages
updated in a specific interval.
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Occurrences
In the field ’Occurrences’ you can decide
where on the page your terms should
appear.
Click the Drop Down Arrow and choose where
your search term should occur.
In the title of the page
..is one of the better options.
If you choose ’In the title of the page’ it is almost
certain that you get the pages dealing with the
subject you are looking for.
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Page-specific
If you found a useful webpage Google may
help you find websites with a similar
content.
Similar
Write a web address in this field and Google
helps you find similar pages.
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Links
A web address in this field makes Google find
pages linking to that address. There is a good
chance that pages linking to a website will be
on the same subject.
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Preferences
Choose preferences at Google’s front page
Interface language…
Is the language you choose for Google
tips and messages.
Search language…
is the language(s) of the pages shown in
your search.
Number of results…
per page. (The more you choose the
slower Google works).
Save preferences
Finally – remember to save your
preferences.
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Language tools
Choose language tools at Google’s front page.
Language / Country
Searches pages written in a specific language.
Searches pages located in a specific country.
Google in your language
Choose the language for Google tips and messages.
Your local domain
Here you can find the national edition of Google in
your language. Spanish, German, English, Finnish etc.
Language tools - preferences
The options under ”Language tools” and ”Preferences” are very
similar. But you can only save your choices for later use under
”Preferences”.
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Where ?
You access Google’s image search by
clicking ”Images” on the front page.
How many ?
The Google image archive contains more than
390 million images.
How ?
Google finds images on the web by recognising
image files.
Google finds the search terms for the images in
the text closest to the image.
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Simple image search
Type your search term(s) in the search field
and click ”Search images”.
Note
In case you find an image you want to
use, you need to take into consideration
that most of the content on the web is
protected by copy right.
Your search result is shown as miniature
images. If you want to take a closer look at
an image, click the miniature image and
follow the directions on the screen.
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Find results
The procedure for advanced image search
is the same as for advanced web search.
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Size
By clicking the drop down arrow you
can choose the size of the image in Kb.
File type
Clicking this drop down arrow you can
choose between different file types. All
types or for instance just JPG or GIF.
Domain
You can choose which domain to search for the
images.
Coloration
In this field you can choose whether the
search should be for colour images or black
and white.
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Preferences
The changes you can make under
image searching are the same as for
web searches.
See the description of preferences on
the web
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About groups
Google Groups is a service which helps
groups of people communicate effectively
using e-mail and the Web.
You can search all discussions and groups.
There are more than 1 billion messages from
1981 onwards.
When joining, you have several options. You
can ask questions, receive answers and
establish your own group.
Joining Google groups is free of charge.
From every page in Google Groups you can
join or log in.
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Topics in groups
You can click your way through
the Topics in Groups. Click one of
the words, e.g. Computers, and
more topics are shown.
The numbers in the brackets show
how many groups each sub group
contains.
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Description of groups
You can follow ”the path” down
through the subjects and
subheadings.
They are divided by region, language,
activity and number of members.
You cannot expect to find groups in all
languages.
This is an example of a Google
presentation of a group
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Messages in groups
I have clicked on the ”Linux Users
Group”. But since I am not a member
of this group, I cannot post messages.
I can only read messages.
This is a description of the group and
the topics discussed in the group.
This is the most recent message
(at the time of the search).
Or I can choose among older but still
active topics.
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Debates
I have accessed a list of debates in
the ”Linux User Group”.
Clicking on a debate will give you a
chronologically organised list of
messages in this particular debate.
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Listing of subject items
Searches in Index
The web compiled in categories according
to subject.
This is not a robot gathering websites
as is the case in a search engine.
Open Directory
Google is working with Open
Directory Project on building ”the
human-edited index on the
Internet”. Volunteer specialists are
selecting the best websites.
Websites in Index
The sites are grouped in a subject
system, which the users can click their
way through. Or they can be searched
via this search field.
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Search result in Index
This is the result of a search for ”cars” in Index:
References to related categories in
the Index. Each step is ’clickable’.
This is the top search result for
which the sub-topics are also
’clickable’.
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Subjects in Index
These are the subjects that
users can click their way
through.
Try clicking on ”Denmark”
This is the Danish part of Index unfolded.
Number of hits is shown in brackets after
each category. The user can choose each
category directly or choose an alphabetic
list at the bottom of the screen.
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Listing of subject items in Index
This is the path through the
subjects.
The websites are listed
according to PageRank.
The longer the green line,
the more relevant the
website.
These descriptions have
been generated by people.
Click here to change to an alphabetical listing
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What is?
”How to Google” is an e-learning
programme that in a clear and easy way
goes through simple as well as advanced
search facilities in Google. The programme
deals with Google’s four main areas: Web,
Images, Groups and Index.
From whom?
The programme ”How to Google” is produced by
PuLLS, Aarhus in Denmark. (PuLLS = Public
Libraries in the Learning Society). By:
Jens Yde (Åby Library) and
Jørn Knudsen (The Main Library).
For whom?
The programme is designed for library
users who wants to improve their ability to
make precise information searches via
Google.
The PuLLS project is subsidised by the European
Union’s Grundtvig programme.
Mail: ams@bib.aarhus.dk
© Aarhus Public Libraries, 2006.
The programme can be used for free by
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PuLLS project.
The programme must not be used for
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