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Google Hacks: Tips Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information (Hacks) |
Author: Rael Dornfest
Published: 2006-08-03 |
List price: $24.99
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 THIS BOOK IS A MUST HAVE FOR THE INTERNET SAVVY PERSON
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I CONSIDER MYSELF A PRETTY SAVVY INTERNET USER, AND THIS BOOK JUST BLEW MY MIND. I NEVER NEWS ABOUT 1/3 OF THE STUFF IN THIS BOOK, KUDOS TO THE AUTHOR.
 Good resource
Nutshell review - If you want to know the ins and outs of using Google and all the advanced switches, tips, and tricks then this is your book. Good resource to own.
Nice toolkit
We got a used copy of Google Hacks, and my wife studied the searcher's tips for a couple weeks before I got to study the webmaster's guide. Like the Jack Sprats of the nursery rhyme, we licked that platter clean. It's dated now, but that only means there is more on Google than got into the book, I have not found a script or search parameter that was discontinued.
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br /This is not for light reading, it is intended for people who want to get the most out of the web, and are not content with Wizards and auto-pilot.
Detailed Guide to Using Google
While Google is used by a large percentage of the population of internet users today, Google offers a host of additional services and features that may be accessed using the tips and tools found in "Google Hacks".
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br /This is primarily a book for intermediate- to advanced-users, but it offers some easy-to-use and useful tips and tools for all users. For those interested in extended the utility of the powerful Google service, this is a good resource.
Explanation of the Google Api
1. Word order matters
br /2. repetition of words ignores the repeating words with no search results
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br /3. inanchor, inurl, intitle, site
br /inanchor:oreilly -inurl: oreilly -site: edu
br /oreilly in anchor text
br /oreilly not in the url
br /site is not edu (limits to a certain domain)
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br /intitle:OSTEOPOROSIS inurl:links
br /OSTEOPORSIS in the title
br /links in the url
br /OSTEOPOROSIS in the anchor text
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br /intitle:biology inurl:help
br /Takes you to a manageable size of 602 for help in biology.
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br /4. Google does not support stemming (moon, moonlight, moonshot)
br /Google does support wild card pattern *
br /Google does have a ten word limit
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br /three * mice
br /returns
br /three Blind mice
br /three white mice
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br /5. daterange:startdate-enddate
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br /6. Phonebook searchs:
br /phonebook: searches the entire google phonebook
br /rphonebook: searches residental listings only
br /bphonebook: search business listings only
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br /phonebook:nelson id
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br /7: Finding articles
br /[...] "ADO" or "ODBC"
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br /Searches the site www.listensoftware for all articles about ADO
br /"ODBC"
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br /8. Searchable directorys
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br /"what's new" "what's cool" directory SAUERKRAUT
br /"what's new" categories sauerkraut (recipe)
br /"what's new" listings sauerkraut (links to recipes)
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br /9. GAPIS
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br /Standalone application that takes advantage of the Google API search component.
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