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Get the most out of your Google searches and find the exact information you need with help from this hands-on guide.
Google Power: Unleash the Full Potential of Google takes you under the hood of the ultimate search engine and shows you how to turbo charge your Google searching for maximum results. In the first part of the book, youll find out how to access the wide array of power tools that are hidden beneath the surface of Googles clean, simple interface. Then youll get hundreds of proven tips and techniques that will dramatically improve your searching--no matter what youre looking for.
- Customize Google for your own power searching needs
- Master the art of Googling people including ancestors, old friends, doctors--even yourself
- Find quality, reliable information on medicine and technology
- Get up-to-the-minute news from thousands of sources at Google News
- Set up automated tools that search while you sleep
- Recover content thats been removed from the web
- Find and buy exactly what youre looking for with Froogle
- Locate travel deals that can save you thousands of dollars
- Mine business information and competitive intelligence
- Hack Google via Web APIs
- Be the first to use cutting-edge technology developed at Google Labs
- Access Usenet through Google Groups
Chris Sherman is president of Searchwise LLC, a Boulder, Colorado-based Web consulting firm, and editor of SearchDay, a daily newsletter from SearchEngineWatch.com.
Synopsis
- Reader learns about advanced capabilities of Google itself through practical applications of each feature.
- Content is organized by topic so reader learns how to conduct in-depth searches on the most popular search topics, from health to government listings to people.
- Each chapter includes numerous tips and tricks sidebars tailored specifically to the chapter subject, so readers get practical information they can apply to their searches.
- Feature "beyond Google" at the end of each chapter highlights the best non-Google search resources for that chapter's topic, since even Google isn't the best search option for every type of search.
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