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Mike Pangburn
Agenda
 Performing your own Google searches
 Google conversions
 Gaining insights (e.g., marketing related) from others’ Google
searches
The Google query language
 One recent study indicates that white-collar workers in
business spend about 1/3 of their day searching for
information.
 You can likely become significantly better at searching with
Google if you understand its search operators
 Reference: the “Ultimate Google Guide” @ mapelli.info
Google.com searches 101
 Search keywords are not case sensitive: searching for Oregon
Ducks (7.5M hits) is the same as oregon ducks
 Short common words (e.g.,“I” , “the”, “me”) are largely ignored by
Google
 avoid such words in your searches!
 search operators are case sensitive: searching for
oregon OR ducks football
uses OR as the Google operator (325M hits), while
oregon or ducks football
does not (17M hits)
Finding Better Results : OR
Increasing the Number of Results
car OR vehicle OR automobile inspections
retrieves web pages containing:
car AND inspections
vehicle AND inspections
automobile AND inspections
Google.com searches 101
Google.com searches 101
 Try this
1. Search for information on post high-school education in Oregon
2. Search for information on singer Taio Cruz but you’re not sure
about the spelling of the first name
Answer:
university OR college OR postsecondary “Oregon”
Answer:
tieo OR taio cruz
Other basic Google operators
- exclude word
oregon ducks –football (~7M hits)
“ ” find particular phrase
“oregon ducks” football (~9M hits)
~ look for synonyms of word as well
oregon ducks ~football (~30M hits)
Google’s basic operators
1. You need a buying guide for computers
(Hint: what are some other terms for “computer”?)
Answer: ~computer “buying guide”
What is the #1 result that appears? It may not be about “computers”
Other basic Google operators
 * wildcard
“oregon ducks * bowl game” (~3M hits)
 .. accept range of #’s
“oregon ducks” football “60..80 points” (~0.1M hits)
Advanced Google operators
daterange:
 Returns documents modified in the given time interval. Dates
should be entered in julian format
 E.g., Using "oregon ducks" football "60..80 points"
daterange:2455805-2455926 you can filter our prior results to
pages dated between 9/01/2011 and 12/31/2011
 2455805 is the Julian calendar date for Sep. 1, 2011
 2455926 is the Julian calendar date for Dec. 31, 2011
Advanced Google operators
 filetype:
 returns links to documents with the given file type.
 E.g., For example searching for
"oregon ducks" football "60..80 points" daterange:2455805-2455926
filetype:pdf
will filter our prior results to find only .pdf pages. (returns 3 hits)
Advanced Google operators
site:
 restricts the results to the given domain name space.
 Examples
 site:uoregon.edu "oregon ducks" football filetype:pdf (33 hits)
will find all Oregon Ducks football related pages on servers using the
second level domain: uoregon.edu
Note: site:www.uoregon.edu "oregon ducks" football filetype:pdf
yielded no hits
 2. site:ca “sales tax”
will find the phrase “sales tax” in pages on Canadian websites
Advanced Google operators
 Results from
site:ca “sales tax”
Advanced Google operators
intitle:
 lists web pages with certain text within their HTML <title> tag.
 E.g., For example
intitle:”Oregon Ducks Football”
Advanced Google operators
inurl:
 lists web pages with specific text in their own URL.
 Examples
1. inurl:OregonDucksFootball
and…
2. inurl:”Oregon Ducks Football”
Which do you think will find more hits?
Try this
1. Search for information on hybrid cars. You only want to see pages
with gas mileage in the title.
2. Search for information on soup recipes. You only want to see pages
with vegetarian in the title.
Answer: “hybrid cars” intitle:“gas mileage”
Answer: “soup recipes” intitle:vegetarian
Advanced Google operators
link:
 lists web pages that link to the given webpage.
 E.g., For example
link:http://www.tracktownusa.com/
will list web pages with links pointing to the TrackTownUSA
website (returns ~20 hits)
Misc. Google operators
weather:
 weather information for the given city
 E.g., weather:eugene or
flights:
 search for flights using airport codes
 E.g., pdx sfo
Agenda
 Performing your own Google searches
 Google conversions
 Gaining insights (e.g., marketing related) from others’ Google
searches
Google conversions
 you can use 100miles in km , 1m in mm, but also
200000 km in light-second etc.
 just some samples:
100mph in kph
1 month in seconds
280 kelvin in celsius
50 fahrenheit in celsius
Google conversions
 currency
 Convert between different units
 For example, 3 euros in dollars
 Even solve complicated units-conversion problems! 
3 teaspoons in oz
1 cup + 1 tablespoon in teaspoon
 There are a lot of others possible conversions, just try
some when you have the need!
Agenda
 Performing your own Google searches
 Google conversions
 Gaining insights (e.g., marketing related) from others’
Google searches
Summary of Google searches: Google Triends
 See what other people around the world are searching
for (“Google Trends” technology)
 Free!
 This technology / database has proven to be valuable
for marketers, political campaign managers, and even
the general public
 Google Flu Trends … may even keep you healthier
Example of Google Trends
Search terms: Oregon ducks football

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Google search

  • 2. Agenda  Performing your own Google searches  Google conversions  Gaining insights (e.g., marketing related) from others’ Google searches
  • 3. The Google query language  One recent study indicates that white-collar workers in business spend about 1/3 of their day searching for information.  You can likely become significantly better at searching with Google if you understand its search operators  Reference: the “Ultimate Google Guide” @ mapelli.info
  • 4. Google.com searches 101  Search keywords are not case sensitive: searching for Oregon Ducks (7.5M hits) is the same as oregon ducks  Short common words (e.g.,“I” , “the”, “me”) are largely ignored by Google  avoid such words in your searches!  search operators are case sensitive: searching for oregon OR ducks football uses OR as the Google operator (325M hits), while oregon or ducks football does not (17M hits)
  • 5. Finding Better Results : OR Increasing the Number of Results car OR vehicle OR automobile inspections retrieves web pages containing: car AND inspections vehicle AND inspections automobile AND inspections Google.com searches 101
  • 6. Google.com searches 101  Try this 1. Search for information on post high-school education in Oregon 2. Search for information on singer Taio Cruz but you’re not sure about the spelling of the first name Answer: university OR college OR postsecondary “Oregon” Answer: tieo OR taio cruz
  • 7. Other basic Google operators - exclude word oregon ducks –football (~7M hits) “ ” find particular phrase “oregon ducks” football (~9M hits) ~ look for synonyms of word as well oregon ducks ~football (~30M hits)
  • 8. Google’s basic operators 1. You need a buying guide for computers (Hint: what are some other terms for “computer”?) Answer: ~computer “buying guide” What is the #1 result that appears? It may not be about “computers”
  • 9. Other basic Google operators  * wildcard “oregon ducks * bowl game” (~3M hits)  .. accept range of #’s “oregon ducks” football “60..80 points” (~0.1M hits)
  • 10. Advanced Google operators daterange:  Returns documents modified in the given time interval. Dates should be entered in julian format  E.g., Using "oregon ducks" football "60..80 points" daterange:2455805-2455926 you can filter our prior results to pages dated between 9/01/2011 and 12/31/2011  2455805 is the Julian calendar date for Sep. 1, 2011  2455926 is the Julian calendar date for Dec. 31, 2011
  • 11. Advanced Google operators  filetype:  returns links to documents with the given file type.  E.g., For example searching for "oregon ducks" football "60..80 points" daterange:2455805-2455926 filetype:pdf will filter our prior results to find only .pdf pages. (returns 3 hits)
  • 12. Advanced Google operators site:  restricts the results to the given domain name space.  Examples  site:uoregon.edu "oregon ducks" football filetype:pdf (33 hits) will find all Oregon Ducks football related pages on servers using the second level domain: uoregon.edu Note: site:www.uoregon.edu "oregon ducks" football filetype:pdf yielded no hits  2. site:ca “sales tax” will find the phrase “sales tax” in pages on Canadian websites
  • 13. Advanced Google operators  Results from site:ca “sales tax”
  • 14. Advanced Google operators intitle:  lists web pages with certain text within their HTML <title> tag.  E.g., For example intitle:”Oregon Ducks Football”
  • 15. Advanced Google operators inurl:  lists web pages with specific text in their own URL.  Examples 1. inurl:OregonDucksFootball and… 2. inurl:”Oregon Ducks Football” Which do you think will find more hits?
  • 16. Try this 1. Search for information on hybrid cars. You only want to see pages with gas mileage in the title. 2. Search for information on soup recipes. You only want to see pages with vegetarian in the title. Answer: “hybrid cars” intitle:“gas mileage” Answer: “soup recipes” intitle:vegetarian
  • 17. Advanced Google operators link:  lists web pages that link to the given webpage.  E.g., For example link:http://www.tracktownusa.com/ will list web pages with links pointing to the TrackTownUSA website (returns ~20 hits)
  • 18. Misc. Google operators weather:  weather information for the given city  E.g., weather:eugene or flights:  search for flights using airport codes  E.g., pdx sfo
  • 19. Agenda  Performing your own Google searches  Google conversions  Gaining insights (e.g., marketing related) from others’ Google searches
  • 20. Google conversions  you can use 100miles in km , 1m in mm, but also 200000 km in light-second etc.  just some samples: 100mph in kph 1 month in seconds 280 kelvin in celsius 50 fahrenheit in celsius
  • 21. Google conversions  currency  Convert between different units  For example, 3 euros in dollars  Even solve complicated units-conversion problems!  3 teaspoons in oz 1 cup + 1 tablespoon in teaspoon  There are a lot of others possible conversions, just try some when you have the need!
  • 22. Agenda  Performing your own Google searches  Google conversions  Gaining insights (e.g., marketing related) from others’ Google searches
  • 23. Summary of Google searches: Google Triends  See what other people around the world are searching for (“Google Trends” technology)  Free!  This technology / database has proven to be valuable for marketers, political campaign managers, and even the general public  Google Flu Trends … may even keep you healthier
  • 24. Example of Google Trends Search terms: Oregon ducks football