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Better Searching Directions and Worksheet: D - Search

This document provides directions for exploring advanced search techniques on Google. It instructs the user to search for specific phrases and exact wordings, with and without excluded words, and record the number of search results. It then asks the user to explain what factors influenced the number of results. The document also demonstrates how to find similar or linked pages and reflects on the importance of advanced searching.

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Better Searching Directions and Worksheet: D - Search

This document provides directions for exploring advanced search techniques on Google. It instructs the user to search for specific phrases and exact wordings, with and without excluded words, and record the number of search results. It then asks the user to explain what factors influenced the number of results. The document also demonstrates how to find similar or linked pages and reflects on the importance of advanced searching.

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Better Searching

Directions and Worksheet


This worksheet is designed to help you record your answers as you explore advanced Internet
searching techniques and think about why the number of hits came out as they did. Before getting
started, make sure your advanced search options are completely visible.
This link will take you directly to Google Advanced Search.
Go to
http://www.google.com/advance
d_search

When searching on your own, you can type advanced search into the
search bar of any browser and the first link will be to Google Advanced
Search.
Another option when using Google is to conduct a search then scroll to
the bottom of the first search results screen where youll find a link to
Advanced Search.

This window opens, but does


not include all the options
available for advanced
searching.
To access the other options,
see below.

If you scroll down the page,


youll see a set of links under
the heading You can also
Follow the link titled Find pages
that are similar to or link to a
URL.
Now youre ready to refine your
search.

Directions: The column on the left tells what to search for and how to search for it. Record the
number of hits you get in the Matches column. Explain what contributed to the number of hits in the
Reasons column. The space in the column will expand as you type.

Question
Find web pages that have...
all these words: Atlantis continent

# Matches
642,000

But don't show pages that have...any of these


unwanted words: shuttle film movie

Reasons
The first search shows only
what? And excludes what?
The first search shows atlantis
continent. This excludes shuttle,
film, movie.

Find web pages that have...


all these words: Atlantis

115,000,000

Find web pages that have...


all these words: Greenville

1,300,000

The second one has more hits


because you did not be as
specific and did not exclude any
words.
The first search shows only
what? And excludes what?

one or more of these words: Maine ME


This first search includes
Greenville, Maine, and ME. This
excludes South Carolina and
SC.

But don't show pages that have...


any of these unwanted words: South Carolina SC
Find web pages that have...
all these words: Greenville

96,400,000

this exact wording or phrase: San Diego State


University

10,900,000

Find web pages that have...


all these words: San Diego State University

237,000,000

The second one has more hits


becausewe did not exclude
the city Greenville South
Carolina.

The second one has more hits


becausethe article the phrase
was in didnt have to be the
entire phrase all together.

this exact wording or phrase: Bill 602P


2,270
this exact wording or phrase: the recent online
hoax

10

this exact wording or phrase: demonstrating


genuine leadership

2,730

this exact wording or phrase: Jenny kissed me


when we met

4,180

Page-specific tools:
Find pages similar to the page:

141,000

What do these searches show?


All of these searches show
articles about something. These
are all odd topics that not many
people look up.

These are different because...


one of them is a link and the

www.edutopia.org
Find pages that link to the page:
www.edutopia.org

59,300

other is a google page on


punctuation.

8
Find pages similar to the page:
kids.msfc.nasa.gov
Find pages that link to the page:
kids.msfc.nasa.gov

These are different because...


One of these has similar
information, while the other one
only has one page to look at.

Reflection: Please reflect on what you learned while completing this assignment.
Why are these advanced, Internet searching techniques important to you? Support your ideas with
specific examples.

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