1	Getting the most out of Google Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com
2	Simple search Add “double quotes” to search for a phrase, rather than separate words Use – to exclude a word from your search (NOT operator) To include stop words, enclose them in a quote and use + : “+to +be +or +not +to +be”
3	More simple search To search for synonyms, use the tilde character: ~tutorial Gives results for tutorial, guide, learn, teach etc Proximity search use the * character George*Bush GeorgeWBush, George Bush, George W Bush
4	Advanced search functions
5	File format
6	Advanced search
7	Advanced search
8	New additions
9	Other useful things Google sinkers British library library library library library library library library library Google webquotes http://labs.google.com/cgi-bin/webquotes Google news alerts http://www.google.com/alerts
10	Even more useful things Google Alerts http://www.googlealert.com/ Google Toolbar http://toolbar.google.com/
11	… and yet more Proximity searching
12	Google desktop search Find your email, files, web history and chats instantly View web pages you've seen, even when you're not online Search as easily as you do on Google Supported file formats: Outlook, MSIE, text, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, AOL Instant Messenger
13	Google desktop
14	Personlised Google searching
15	Google Answers
16	More information available at: My site: http://www.philb.com Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/ Search Engine Watch: Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission http://searchenginewatch.com/
17	And at: Google help central http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html Google guide http://www.google.com/advanced_operators.html