Google-fu http://iwastetoomuchtimeatwork.blogspot.com Michał Bujacz IFE 2012 Warm up exercise (test your google-fu) First person to tell me what was the color and the top speed in km/h of the first car to use a camshaft gets a bonus point. Basic search operators “exact word or phrase” -exclude ~approximate *wildcard Searches always ignore case intitle: filetype: site: inurl: define: Search tools Google automatically checks synonyms, similar terms, and words with same roots „Filter bubble” Google, Facebook, Amazon, and many other pages personalize your search results using: your location search history cookies click/like history many other statistics and data (>50 parameters for google searches) Homework: Search for „bomba” on your home PC, zoom to see 6-7 results, screenshot the page and HOMEWORK email it to me. Subject: „IT IFE – lab 1” EXERCISE HOMEWORK EXERCISE Search by image You can drag and drop an image (from a website or your hardrive) to search all websites that use the same image, find other resolutions and similar images. Calculator Just type an expression with typical operators: + - / * sqrt ^2 sin, cos.. log, Unit and currency conversions: 6 ft to cm, 70 F to C 100pln to eur www.google.com/trends Display popular searches, search statistics by time and place, compare search history Google trends Display google search statistics by time and place searches for “plane crash”