Tips for Using Google Google is helping to get the world's information online by bringing books themselves online. Whenever books in our Google Book Search index contain content
that matches your search terms, you'll see links to those books under Book Results at the top of your search results page. Click on any book title and you'll see the page in that book which contains your search terms, as well as other information about the title. Click one of the links under "Buy this Book" and you'll go straight to a bookstore selling that book online. example: books about ecuador Google Search Cached Links Google takes a snapshot of each page examined as it crawls the web and caches these as a back-up in case the original page is unavailable. If you click on the "Cached" link, you will see the web page as it looked when we indexed it. The cached content is the content Google uses to judge whether this page is a relevant match for your query. When the cached page is displayed, it will have a header at the top which serves as a reminder that this is not necessarily the most recent version of the page. Terms that match your query are highlighted on the cached version to make it easier for you to see why your page is relevant. The "Cached" link will be missing for sites that have not been indexed, as well as for sites whose owners have requested we not cache their content. Cached Calculator calculator To use Google's built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you'd like done into the search box and hit the Enter key or click on the Google Search button. The calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math, units of measure and conversions, and physical constants. Try one of the sample expressions below, or refer to our complete instructions for help in building your own. These sample queries demonstrate the utility and power of this new feature: List of 5 items 5+2*2 2^20 sqrt(-4) half a cup in teaspoons 160 pounds * 4000 feet in Calories list end example: 5+2*2 Google Search Currency Conversion To use our built-in currency converter, simply enter the conversion you'd like done into the Google search box and hit "Enter" or click the Google Search button Here are some sample queries: List of 4 items 3.5 USD in GBP currency of Brazil in Malaysian money 5 British pounds in South Korean money 2.2 USD per gallon in INR per litre list end example: 3.5 USD in GBP Google Search Definitions To see a definition for a word or phrase, simply type the word "define," then a space, and then the word(s) you want defined. If Google has seen a definition for the word or phrase on the Web, it will retrieve that information and display it at the top of your search results. example: define World Wide Web Google Search You can also get a list of definitions by including the special operator "define:" with no space between it and the term you want defined. For example, the search [ define:World Wide Web] will show you a list of definitions for "World Wide Web" gathered from various online sources. File Types Google has expanded the number of non-HTML file types searched to 12 file formats. In addition to PDF documents, Google now searches Microsoft Office, PostScript, Corel WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and others. The new file types will simply appear in Google search results whenever they are relevant to the user query. Google also offers the user the ability to "View as HTML", allowing users to examine the contents of these file formats even if the corresponding application is not installed. The "View as HTML" option also allows users to avoid viruses which are sometimes carried in certain file formats. Overall, the additional file types provide Google users a wider view of the content available on the World Wide Web. And Google has plans to keep expanding the range of file types available over time. For more information about this feature, please read the file type FAQ. » [PDF] « The Anatomy of a Search Engine File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - » View as HTML « ... Second, Google keeps track of some visual presentation details such as font ... phone numbers, product numbers), type or format (text, HTML, PDF, images, sounds ... www-db.stanford.edu/pub/papers/google.pdf - Similar pages If you prefer to see a particular set of results with a specific file type (for example, PDF links), simply type filetype:[extension] (for example, filetype:pdf) within the search box along with your search term(s). example: form 1040 filetype:pdf Google Search Froogle Froogle If you search for products using Google, you may see relevant product search information and links displayed at the top of your search results. These product search results are linked to the sites of merchants who participate in Froogle, Google's product search service. These results are not advertisements, as participation in Froogle is completely free to merchants. example: coffee maker Google Search Groups Groups When you search on Google, sometimes you'll see results from Google Groups at the bottom of your search results page. These are messages that users have posted to a discussion group about a topic related to your search. Clicking on one of these results will bring you to the full text of the message on the Google Groups site. example: google maps api help Google Search I'm Feeling Lucky The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button takes you directly to the first web page Google returned for your query. You will not see the other search results at all. An "I'm Feeling Lucky" search means you spend less time searching for web pages and more time looking at them. For example, to find the homepage for Stanford University, simply enter Stanford into the search field and click on the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. Google takes you directly to "www.stanford.edu", the official homepage of Stanford University. example: Stanford I'm Feeling Lucky Are you feeling lucky? Images You may occasionally see small images at the top of your Google search results. These are images that we think are relevant to your search terms. You can also find relevant images by doing a Google Image Search, or by adding words like 'pics' or 'pictures' to your search terms when you do a regular web search. example: sunset pictures Google Search Local Search Local Search Google Local enables you to search the entire web for just those stores and businesses in a specific neighborhood. Include a city or zip code in your search and Google displays relevant results from that region at the top of your search results. example: pizza poughkeepsie Google Search Movies Movies To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type "movies", "showtimes" or the name of a current film into the Google search box. If you've already saved your location by using Google Local, the top search result will display showtimes for nearby theaters for the movie you've chosen. example: movies Google Search To find theatres and showtimes near you for a currently playing movie, simply search for the movies name. example: Open Season Google Search Can't remember a movie title, or just looking for something new to see? You can use the "movie:" operator to search for films related to a specific actor, director or plot detail. example: movie: red pill blue pill Google Search Want to read about the movies you find? Your search results for any film will include an average rating out of 5 stars and several snippets from online reviews, along with links to the reviews themselves. Click the "reviews" link near any title for a complete list of online reviews of this film. Music Search Find information about artists, songs, albums and places to buy the music you are looking for. If you enter the name of an artist popular in the U.S. into the search box, we will display user reviews, song titles, stores to purchase the music and other useful information related to that artist at the top of your search results. example: Pixies Google Search Nested Table with 2 columns and 2 rows, nesting level 1 0/0qe-FXrQD4RF Pixies Albums: Doolittle, Surfer Rosa, Pixies, and more... Songs: Debaser, Wave of Mutilation, Silver, and more... More music results for pixies table end Click on the link to see more music information about that artist such as related albums, songs, and more. News Headlines Business Listings When searching on Google you may see links at the top of your results marked "News". These links connect you to reports culled from numerous news services Google continuously monitors. The links appear if the terms you enter are words currently in the news and clicking on them will take you directly to the service supplying them. example: election Google Search PhoneBook PhoneBook Google has added the convenience of US street address and phone number lookup to the information we provide through our search box. You'll see publicly listed phone numbers and addresses at the top of results pages for searches that contain specific kinds of keywords. To find listings for a US residence, type any of the following combinations into the Google search box: List of 7 items first name (or first initial), last name, city (state is optional) first name (or first initial), last name, state first name (or first initial), last name, area code first name (or first initial), last name, zip code phone number, including area code last name, city, state last name, zip code list end To have your residential phone and address information removed from the Google PhoneBook, click here. Q&A Want to know the population of Japan? What currency is used in Algeria? The birthplace of Bono? Hit us with a fact-based question or query (like "population of Japan") by typing it into the Google search box. We'll search the web and display the answer at the top of your search results page. We also link to our source for this information so that you can learn even more. example: population of Japan Google Search Refine Your Search For searches within certain topics, you'll notice links at the top of the search results page that help you quickly narrow your search. These links are labels that have been assigned to certain webpages. Organizations, businesses, and individuals can label websites in the topics they know best. You can subscribe to more of these providers by visiting the Google Co-op directory. example: san francisco Google Search example: back pain Google Search The Google Co-op directory also includes subscribed links, which provide instant information in your search results - things like restaurant reservations, financial info, or even celebrity gossip. Add these services to your Google search by subscribing to the providers of your choice. Results Prefetching On some searches, Google automatically instructs your browser to start downloading the top search result before you click on it. If you click on top result, the destination page will load faster than before. Google uses a special prefetching feature in Firefox and Mozilla web browsers to provide this functionality, so results prefetching is not available in Internet Explorer or other web browsers. You can disable prefetching in your web browser preferences, as described in the Mozilla Prefetching FAQ. In Firefox, you can disable prefetching by doing the following: List of 2 items 1. Type "about:config" the address bar. 2. Scroll down to the setting "network.prefetch-next" and set the value to "False". list end With prefetching enabled, you may end up with cookies and web pages in your web browser's cache from web sites that you did not click on since prefetching happens automatically when you view Google search results pages. You can delete these files by clearing your browser's cache and cookies. If you run a web server, you can find webmaster-specific information about this feature in our Webmaster FAQ. Search By Number Parcel tracking IDs, patents and other specialized numbers can be entered into Google's search box for quick access to information about them. For example, typing a FedEx tracking number will return the latest information on your package. Other special search by number types include : Nested Table with 3 columns and 9 rows, nesting level 1 UPS tracking numbers example search: "1Z9999W99999999999" FedEx tracking numbers example search: "999999999999" USPS tracking numbers example search: "9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 99" Vehicle ID (VIN) numbers example search: "AAAAA999A9AA99999" UPC codes example search: "073333531084" Telephone area codes example search: "650" Patent numbers example search: "patent 5123123" Remember to put the word "patent" before your patent number. FAA airplane registration numbers example search: "n199ua" An airplane's FAA registration number is typically printed on its tail. FCC equipment IDs example search: "fcc B4Z-34009-PIR" Remember to put the word "fcc" before the equipment ID. table end example: patent 5123123 Google Search Are there other types of numbers you'd like Google to search? Please contact us. Similar Pages When you click on the "Similar Pages" link for a search result, Google automatically scouts the web for pages that are related to this result. The Similar Pages feature can be used for many purposes. If you like a particular site's content, but wish it had more to say, Similar Pages can find sites with similar content with which you may be unfamiliar. If you are looking for product information, Similar Pages can find competitive information so you can make direct comparisons. If you are interested in researching a particular field, Similar Pages can help you find a large number of resources very quickly, without having to worry about selecting the right keywords. The more specialized a page is, the fewer results Google will be able to find for you. For example, Similar Pages may not be able to find related pages for your personal home page if it does not have enough information to authoritatively associate other pages with yours. Also, if companies use multiple URLs for their pages (such as company.com and www.company.com), Similar Pages may have little information on one URL, but lots on the other. In general, however, Similar Pages works well for the majority of web pages. Google ... Advertise with Us - Business Solutions - Services & Tools - Jobs, Press, & Help ©2004 Google - Searching 4,285,199,774 web pages. www.google.com/ - 3k - Mar 26, 2004 - Cached - » Similar pages « Site Search The word "site" followed by a colon enables you to restrict your search to a specific site. To do this, use the site:sampledomain.com syntax in the Google search box. For example, to find admission information on Stanford's site, enter: example: admission site:www.stanford.edu Google Search Spell Checker Google's spell checking software automatically looks at your query and checks to see if you are using the most common version of a word's spelling. If it calculates that you're likely to generate more relevant search results with an alternative spelling, it will ask "Did you mean: (more common spelling)?". Clicking on the suggested spelling will launch a Google search for that term. Because Google's spell check is based on occurrences of all words on the Internet, it is able to suggest common spellings for proper nouns (names and places) that might not appear in a standard spell check program or dictionary. Stock and Fund Quotes To use Google to get stock and mutual fund quotes, just enter the symbol into the search box. example: csco Google Search Cisco finance Click on the chart or Google Finance link to see more relevant information from Google Finance. Alternatively, you can go directly to other financial information providers for more information by clicking on the links provided. These financial information providers are selected and ordered based on popularity determined by independent third party audience measurement firms. In addition, we consider important quality factors such as download speed, user interface and functionality. If you'd like to suggest a provider we might include, please contact us. Street Maps map icon To use Google to find street maps, enter a U.S. street address, including zip code or city/ state (e.g. 165 University Ave Palo Alto CA), in the Google search box. Often, the street address and city name will be enough. example: 165 University Ave Palo Alto CA Google Search When Google recognizes your query as a map request, we'll return links from Google Maps and other high quality map providers that will lead you directly to the relevant map. Travel Information To see delays and weather conditions at a particular airport, type the airport's three letter code followed by the word "airport." For example, San Francisco International Airport updates can be found by searching for "sfo airport." example: sfo airport Google Search To check the status of a U.S. flight, type the name of the airline followed by the flight number. For example, to see the status for United Airlines flight 134 search for "United 134." example: united 134 Google Search Weather weather icon To see weather conditions and a four-day forecast for a particular U.S. location, type "weather," followed by the location. Usually a city name will be enough, but you may also want to include a state or zipcode. For example, to see Palo Alto weather, you could search for "weather palo alto, ca" or "weather palo alto 94301." example: weather palo alto, ca Google Search All weather conditions and forecasts are provided by Weather Underground, Inc. Web Page Translation Google breaks the language barrier with this translation feature. Using machine translation technology, Google now gives you the ability to access web pages in languages other than your own. Currently, Google offers the following translation pairs: English to and from Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Portuguese; and German to and from French. If your search results contain a page in one of these languages, and we support your translation pair, you can translate that page into your language with a single click. For more information about this feature, please read the translation FAQ. Répertoire Web de Google - World > Français - » [ Translate this page ] « ... Modifié par Google - ©2003 Google Aide du répertoire Google - À propos - Google in English. directory.google.com/Top/World/ - 7k - Mar 26, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages Who Links To You? Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to Google. One such word for Google is the link: operator. 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