Google Search & Personalized Information

Chris Fitzgerald Walsh Big Tree Learning chris@bigtreelearning.com

> Get “Even More” Out of Google

> 5 Things You Need to Do Right Now

1. Google Advanced Search - www.google.com (Advanced Search)
   Quickly narrow your results by the order of words, file type, domain, etc.

2. Google “Special” Web Searches - www.google.com/help/features.html

Ex. “Population of China”, “weather 94598”, “3(12*7)/6”, “movie: san diego”, “define: love”, “beatles”, “Bill Clinton age”

3. Google Simple Messaging System (SMS) - www.google.com/sms
   Ex. Send a text message to “466453“ with a simple text search like “starbucks 94598”, “oakland ca to san jose ca”

4. iGoogle - www.google.com/ig
   Add content and rearrange it anywhere on your personal start page. Add Google Gadgets in a click.
   
   

5. Google Alerts - www.google.com/alerts
   Have Google find the news and information you want, and deliver it to you via email.

> 5 Things to Play with Soon

1. Google Reader - www.google.com/reader
   Web-based “feed reader” to access and share information from your favorite blogs and news feeds.

2. Google Language Tools - www.google.com (Language Tools)
   Search pages in a specific language. Instantly translate pages on the Web.

2. Google Search Preferences - www.google.com (Preferences)
   Set the language, number of results, and safe search levels for your individual computer.

2. Google Custom Search Engines – www.google.com/coop/cse

Create your own safe, personalized search engine.

2. GOOG-411 – www.google.com/goog411/
   Free, automated 411 service from Google to find U.S business phone and address: 1-800-GOOG411