Hey everyone,
I really wanted this tut to come out on the 17 but it took longer then I thought it would.
Well, here goes nothing.
Intro
If you had read unraveling google found http://www.antionline.com/showthread...readid=244430, was the basics of google. In this tut I will touch up and show some tricks to making your search faster and more efficient
Slang with google
When searching with google your choice of words can make a big difference. Every one of us have a distinctive speech pattern depending on our education, families, and where we live. How slang can help you search better is by breaking up your search results into geographically distinct areas. "There is some geographical blurriness when you use slang to narrow your search results (note using slang work's very well)." If you live other then the U.S (everyone has a different speech/way of speaking slang). If you need slang dictionary's, check out these links:
The Probert Encyclopedia
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/slang.htm
Surfing for slang
http://www.spraakservice.net/slangportal/
Dictionary of slang
http://www.metroleum.com/core/internet/gotolink/97.php3
These are a few things to be careful with when searching:
- Minimize your search for slang when searching for more formal sources
- Don't try to many words at once.
- Don't use slang words if you can because slang changes too much to be searchable..
- Be careful when using teenage slang because it change constantly.
Note: If you add "specialty vocabulary" be very careful because you will narrow down your search results to the point that nothing will come up. Use one slang word at a time and you will greatly narrow down your search results.
The 10 word limit?
Did you know that google has a 10 word limit, anything past 10 words will be ignored. How do I get pass this?
Lets say that you want to search for "E.X: Where can I find a local computer store in my area" (that is already 11 words) lets say you live in Little Rock, Arkansas, so your search will come out like this "E.X: Where can I find a local computer store in Little Rock Arkansas" That is 12 words. "can," "I," "in," "where," "find," and "A," are all common words. So now you have E.X: Find computer store "Little Rock Arkansas" (Note: those comas are part of the search) This is what comes up http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search (note: 2,910 results) and if you where to search with those 12 words this is what u get http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...=Google+Search (note:18,500 results).
P.S: Sorry about the links not working (I can't get them to work). So I put "note" those where my search results.
The common words (I, the, a, and, of) do no good when using google. These are called ?word stops? they are ignored. But this is easy to fix, to force google to take these words in your search you have to put a plus in front of them like this +of or +and, etc.
Just a "cool" little trick.
Rewrite them?
Do you know that if you rewrite the word 2 or even 3 times it narrows down your results. If you where to search for fireworks this is what you get http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...=Google+Search (1,840,000 results), fireworks two times (fireworks fireworks) then you get 1,070,000 and when search fireworks three times (fireworks fireworks fireworks) you get 1,020,000.
The way you order?
The order in which you put your keywords can be just as important as the query it's self. This can also narrow down your results and also changes what will go to the top (making your search faster)
Google tells you this: "Keep in mind that the ordering which the term are typed will affect the search results." But it doesn't help you how to take full advantage of this feature. E.X If I where to search the word Peach Buds (those are good, its a candy ;)) this is what you will get http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search and with 32,400 and if you where to search Buds Peach http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...=Google+Search up comes better results but more results 32,600.
Full wild cards
Google offers the full wild card, googles wild card is *. Put googles wild card (*) into a phase and have the wild card act as a substitute. E.X: searching for Beverly * Cop (Beverly Hills Cop) this is what comes up http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...Google+Search.
Link
I found the best link I can bring to you,
http://www.google.com/help/index.html (if you need any help with anything about google give that link a try). Very helpful.
The End/Thankyou
Thankyou for reading, Take care and have a great day!!! ;).
Cya
