Overview
Power Searching With Google makes it amazingly easy to find information. Get the most out of your search engine skills with this Power Searching with Google course offered by GoogleX!
Key facts
Learn about the powerful advanced tools that are on the Internet to help you become an advanced power searcher and find just the right information when the stakes are high.
While searching on the Internet is easy and fast, it’s not intuitive or straightforward. This course, Power Searching With Google, covers everything you need to know to become a power searcher, someone who can find information quickly, effectively and accurately.
This course will cover everything from search basics (how to make an effective query), up through advanced search tips and search feature methods (using operators like intext: filetype: and site: to narrow your search), along with ways to determine if what you’re finding is credible. Each unit covers a fundamental aspect of online search, teaching you to be more guided and precise in your online research.
What you'll learn
- How to create an effective query, including how to choose the right keywords
- The inside story of how Google creates its index and serves up good results to your query
- How to use all of the advanced operators, including how to read the inside of a URL to your advantage
- How to determine if a site is credible or not
- Ways to use image searches to find examples of things you need (in ways you haven’t heard about)
- How to use Google Scholar, the repository of peer-reviewed scholarly information
- How to use Google Books for more than extracting a quote from a famous author
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Syllabus
- Tools menu, filtering by color and image type
- How search works
- Art of keyword choice
- Word order matters
- Shortcut for finding text on a webpage
- Suggestions as you type and Related searches
- From idea to understanding Using define:
- Different modes of content: Web, News, Images, Shopping, Videos
- Reading the SERP: Lateral Browsing
- Google Scholar and Google Patents
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Duration
- Part-time
- 21 days
- 4 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Computer Sciences Web Technologies & Cloud Computing View 603 other Short Courses in Web Technologies & Cloud Computing in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Visit programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
219 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 219 USD for the full programme during 21 days. -
National
219 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 219 USD for the full programme during 21 days.
- Limited access: Free
- Unlimited access + Verified Certificate for $219 USD