Smart Google Searching - Lesson One: Picking the Right Search Terms
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This document provides tips for smarter Google searching. It advises to keep searches simple by focusing on the most important words, use synonyms to broaden results, and be specific by adding details. An example explores finding what food the character Tyson likes best in the Percy Jackson series by searching with just the key words and getting increasingly specific by using a synonym for "likes best" and adding the character name to narrow down results.
Smart Google Searching - Lesson One: Picking the Right Search Terms
- 3. GOOGLE SEARCHING: LESSON 1 Adapted from a Presentation by: Tasha Bergson-Michelson Kathy Glass
- 7. Adapted from a Presentation by: Tasha Bergson-Michelson Kathy Glass
- 8. Lets imagine that Im a big fan of the Percy Jackson series. I particularly like TYSON, and I want to know What food does Tyson like best? So I head straight to
- 10. Orhow NOT to waste time Googling when you could be: sleeping playing eating reading
- 11. How Can I SEARCH SMARTER? 1. KEEP IT SIMPLE: What food does Tyson like best? Which words are most important?
- 12. So, now we are searching with What does ?
- 13. Lets see what we come up with: What does ?
- 14. Lets SEARCH SMARTER! 2. USE SYNONYMS What food does Tyson like best? What could we use instead of like best?
- 15. So, now we are searching with
- 17. Lets SEARCH SMARTER! 3. BE SPECIFIC What can we add to food Tyson favorite? to give Google MORE specific information?
- 18. So, now we are searching with
- 19. Lets SEARCH SMARTER! 3. PUT IT ALL TOGETHER How can we make a complete thought?
- 20. So, now we are searching with