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Recently passing the 1 billion user mark, Google has come a long way since it was first founded back in 1998 and has become a byword for internet searches. But, beyond chucking a couple of words into the main search box, do you really know how to get the best out of it? We've done some research and put together a few tips on how to get Google to do even more of the work for you.

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I had a particular conversation with a student a while back. It might sound familiar:

“But how do I know what the important words are?” The student looked up at me, perplexed. She stared back at her paper, where she had written Did George Washington ever write a diary? “Every word is important, or my question wouldn’t make sense!”

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Guidebook To Internet Searching - free ebook

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Search the Twitter and Facebook social networks.

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Live Binder to help handle the tonnes of information that we receive ever day.

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Twurdy uses text analysis software to "read" each page before it is displayed in the results. Then Twurdy gives each page a readability level. Twurdy then shows the readability level of the page along with a color coded system to help users determine how easy the page will be to understand.

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Big Brother is searching you
Is it OK to violate the Constitution's 4th Amendment, as long as you use new technology to do it?

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I’m always amazed that more people don’t know the little tricks you can use to get more out of a simple Google search. Here are 10 of my favorites.

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A couple of years ago I did some extensive research for a workshop I presented called Search Strategies. I came across that material as I was purging and organizing some of my files. As I read through the material from my “old workshop” I realized there were some neat shortcuts and Google tips I have not used in a while

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Have you ever Googled a coworker or yourself? Wouldn’t you love to know who is Googling you? Or be notified as it happens? Unfortunately, Google doesn’t reveal this type of information.

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"For these people – and frankly, for everyone who wants to be more productive and get to know some incredible new search engines – MakeUseOf presents The Guidebook to Internet Searching."

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"Remember that the SHAMBLES search box at the top right of this page also allows you to search safety for over 25,000 education websites catalogued here."

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This is a wee test search for creative commons flick photos, click on the thumbnail to see a small image and get the code to embed the photo with attribution on your blog.

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13 Alternative Search Engines That Finds What Google Can’t

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Visualization to show the logistics of searching

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Use this free, interactive tutorial to improve your image searching skills.

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A short video designed to help you get more out of your web searches.

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