Google Guide Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• About Google Guide: Introduction
• Printing Google Guide
• Google FAQ/Q&A
• Google Guide Tags
• Games: Where Did They Come From?
• Exercises/Solutions

Cheat Sheets (Quick Reference Guides)

• Cheat Sheet (pdf 1/2 page) (html 1/2 page)
• Adv. Op. Reference (pdf 2 pages) (html 3 pages)
• Calculator Reference (pdf 2 pages) (html 3 pages)
• Searching Practice Cheat Sheet
• Sact State's QuikRef (pdf 1 page)
• Google's Refine web searches (html)

Overview

1. Google Guide: Overview
2. Start Immediately for Experienced Users

Favorite Features

1. My Favorite Features by Nancy Blachman
2. Favorite Tools
3. Favorite Shortcuts
4. Keeping Abreast of the News
5. More Relevant Results
6. Special Notation
7. Diacritic Marks and Accents
8. Favorite Preferences Setting
9. Translation and Language Tools
10. Highlighting
11. Google Sets
12. Advertising
13. Advanced Features
14. Links to Other Useful Information

Part I: Query Input

1. Entering a Query
2. Going Directly to the First Result
3. Selecting Search Terms
4. Interpreting Your Query
5. Crafting Your Query by using Special Characters
6. Quoted Phrases
7. Quotation Marks Replace the + Operator
8. The - Operator
9. The ~ Operator
10. The OR and | Operators
11. The .. Operator
12. The * Operator
13. Special Characters: Summary
14. Advanced Search Form
15. Other Search Forms
16. Refining a Query
17. Anatomy of a Web Address
18. Using Search Operators
19. Search Operators

Part II: Understanding Results

1. How Google Works
2. Results Page
3. Links Included with Your Results
4. Spelling Corrections and Suggestions
5. Dictionary Definitions
6. Cached Pages
7. Similar Pages
8. News Headlines
9. Product Search
10. File Type Conversion
11. Translation
12. Customizing Your Results: Preferences
13. Tracking
14. Google Accounts
15. Cookies
16. Last Results Page
17. Ads
18. Evaluating What You Find

Part III: Search Tools

1. Search Tools Intro
2. Making Google Easier with Google Tools
3. Shortcuts: Introduction
4. Shortcut: Calculator
5. Shortcut: Phone Numbers and Addresses
6. Shortcut: Street Maps
7. Shortcut: Stock Quotes
8. Shortcut: Definitions (Google Glossary)
9. Shortcut: Travel Conditions
10. Shortcut: Search by Number

Part IV: Services

1. Services Intro
2. Image Search
3. Groups: Discussion Forums
4. News Search
5. Alerts
6. Google Product Search: Find Items for Sale
7. More Search Tools
8. Catalogs: Search and Browse Mail-Order Catalogs
9. Directory: Categories of Topics
10. Special Searches
11. Answers
12. Technology Playground: Google Labs

Part V: Developing a Website

1. Developing a Website Intro
2. Creating Content
3. Linking to Search Results
4. Listing Your Website
5. What’s PageRank?
6. Improving Your PageRank
7. Advertising Your Website
8. Generating Revenue: AdSense

Appendix

1. Appendix Intro
2. Quick Tips
3. Summary
4. Useful Links
5. Why is Google Popular?
6. Testimonials
7. Google Guide in the Press
8. Submitting Feedback
9. Creative Commons License
10. Acknowledgments
11. Translation Advice
12. For the Press
13. Where and When Nancy Blachman will be Speaking

Talks

• Power Googling: printable PDF

Google's Feature History until 2005
(from classic.googleguide.com)

• by date
• alphabetic order
• by category

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For Google tips, tricks, & how Google works, visit Google Guide at www.GoogleGuide.com. Google Guide is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Google.

By Nancy Blachman and Jerry Peek who aren't Google employees. For permission to copy & create derivative works, visit Google Guide's Creative Commons License webpage.