GOOGLE TIPS Outcome: More efficient use of Google; alternatives to Google
Better searches, better references, better information
Google Tips These are the most popular words searched for in NZ in 2009:
Google counts 1 trillion unique URLs (and the number of individual web pages is growing by several billion pages per day). (Official Google Blog 7/2008)
facebook youtube trademe bebo hotmail google gmail hotmail air new zealand miniclip
Search for exact phrases or names “……” double quotes
“Second Life grid” / “Rem Koolhaas”
Search for different spellings / common synonyms color OR colour “critical design” OR “critical graphic design”
OR must be in capital letters
Web page title – search terms in web page title intitle:commercialisation allintitle:What is critical design? this
can be an easy way to find out if a journal article is free online
Types of URL or websites – look at the end of the address
Commercial sites – .com, .co.nz, .com.au
e.g. http://www.dornob.com
NGOs; other non-profit organisations – .org, .org.nz, .org.au
e.g. http://www.davidbermantfoundation.org
Search engines– alternatives to Google http://www.altavista.com Search for “critical design” 1,040,000 results http://www.ask.com 30,700,000 results Google 715,000 results Google Scholar 3,260,000 results
(Ask Jeeves)
Google Scholar Many more journal articles Search using “filetype:pdf�