TITLE : HOW TO SEARCH ARTICLE IN GOOGLE
Many internet users rely on Google almost every day. Yet, there is more to Google than a mere search engine. It covers images, groups, Google+, documents in cloud storage, maps, calendars and much more. Indeed, there is enough in Google products to run an entire business if wished. This article provides the basics on getting around Google and making the most of its varied offerings.
Contents
Steps
Getting to Google
- 1
Go to the Google home page. Simply make a new tab or window
and type in www.google.com or http://www.google.com (either one
should produce the same results). Press Enter/Return on your browser or click
on the arrow at the right of the address box. Once you're there, you can start searching on
the web or looking for
other features that Google has.
Type the keyword(s) in this toolbar.
Or, use this alternative method only if you are searching (and only
if you use Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox), not if you're actually looking
to land on the home page:
- Type in the word(s) you're searching for in the box and click on the blue magnifying glass on the right or press Enter/Return.
- Your search results will appear right after you click on the magnifying glass or press Enter/Return.
Searching on Google
Search using Google. Simply type in the word(s) that
you're searching for. Once you are done, you can press Enter/Return or click on
Google Search.
When you press the Enter/Return or click on Google Search, it'll
have search results. If the results you're looking for doesn't have the right results,
then keep looking through pages until you find the right page!
Use quotation marks. Putting some/all of your search
phrase in quotes means that Google will search for pages that contain that
whole phrase. For example, if you entered chocolate cookies, without quotes,
Google would find any pages containing the word chocolate or the word
cookies (but pages with both words do end up higher in the results). However,
if you surrounded it with quotes (e.g "chocolate cookies"), it would
search only for pages that contain that whole phrase. Remember that
"chocolate cookies" is not "cookies chocolate"; it
will search for the words in a specific order.
Use numbers and equations. Once you have gotten onto Google,
you can enter expressions or conversions in the search bar and Google will do
the rest for you.
Use expressions. Simply type the expression (such as 3+5) into the search bar and
hit enter. For square roots, use the word "sqrt". For example, to
calculate the square root of 81, you would enter sqrt81.
Use conversions. Enter the number and unit (13 miles for example) and then
"in (unit to convert to)" So if you wanted "13 miles in
kilometers", you would "Google" that phrase and it would give
you the conversion.
Use the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. The "I'm
Feeling Lucky" button is another feature for searching. It is similar to a
regular Google search, but it's a little different. The only similar thing
about those two is that you can type the keyword(s) in the toolbar. After you
click on the I'm Feeling
Lucky button, you will be taken immediately to the first
search result.
To
access the Google Advanced Search options simply click on the Advanced Search
language next to the query entry box on the Google homepage.Advanced Search
Use Google Advanced Search
You can access Advanced Search by clicking the gear icon that appears below the search bar in the right hand corner of a search page. This will present you with a drop-down list of several options, one of which is Advanced Search.The resulting page includes all the operators above and more. You can narrow results by language, region, last time of update, file format and etc. Further down the page there are links to other search tools including the official list of Google operators.
Advanced Search gives your broader search functions by siphoning down the search terms to more exact and specific results. If you're searching for a really specific thing (like a supreme pizza without green peppers recipe, for example), then it's recommended that you use Advanced Search at http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en.
Once on the advanced search page you can select from a number of options to search Google more correctly.
- You can also use Advanced Search if you like extremely specific search results, such as looking for a cheeseburger without tomatoes but added mayonnaise recipe in French on YouTube.
- Use preferences. Preferences is basically changing the way you see your searches on your browser. You can change the following things:
- the language you're reading the results in
- whether you want to use Safe Search or not (it's recommended)
- how many results return per page
- whether you want to open the Google results in a new window
- change the query suggestions option.
- If you're planning to do any of the things listed above, Preferences is the best place to go. After you're done, press Save Preferences somewhere on the top right corner of the page.
3.
Use
language tools. Language Tools has something to do about languages.
4.
Search
for images. Google Image Search is found at http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi. It is similar to the text search, except that the results are
images and not web pages. If you click on an image, it will tell you where
Google got the photo from.
- See How to search Google by images for more details.
- Always be aware of the copyright of images before using them for your own purposes.
By
NORIADAH BINTI ABDUL KARIM
Master Of Edu ( Management & Administration)
Master Of Edu ( Management & Administration)
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
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