Google in an Hour - Outline and Notes
- Introduction
History of Google. Why is Google successful? How Google makes money. Who uses Google? How Google indexes 3,307,998,701 web pages.
- Brief Pagerank Overview
Explanation of how you can be sure Google pulls only the most relevant search results.
- Google Searching
Discussion of Basic Search, Setting your Preferences, Advanced Search, More Advanced Searching, Interpreting Search Results, Image Search, Advanced Image Search, and News Search, Advanced News Search, Google News Alerts.
- Google Features
How to use the Google Cache, Calculator, Dictionary Definitions, File Types, I'm Feeling Lucky, News Headlines, Phonebook, Site Search (site:stanford.edu or site:.edu), Spell Check (See how it works for Britney Spears), Street maps, Translation, Who links to you.
- Google Options
Information about the options Google has available to narrow a search down to more specific areas. Froogle, Catalogs, University search.
- Google Toolbar
Showcase the Google Toolbar - blocks pop-ups, optimizes searching, highlights/finds words you searched for.
- Google Services
Overview of the Google AdSense program for anyone who has a website. How to add Google Web Search to your site.
- Keyboard Shortcuts (Not Google Related)
Some keyboard shortcuts to help increase your efficiency behind the keyboard.