Slides from last weeks session on Google Search tools. A mix of old and new features. Always changing!

1. Google Search Update Questar III SLS September 23, 2010 Polly-Alida Farrington

2. Info for parents & teachers

3. “ How search works” - Handy overview for classes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNHR6IQJGZ!

4. What’s New?

5. Google Instant New!

6. Google Instant Music Video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgFh6IAQoDA

7. BUT - Google Instant Conflicts with Wonder Wheel

8. You know the Wonder Wheel?

9. Related Searches

10. Something Different uses Google Squared

11. Not so new Google 411 – Voice Search

12. Still new to many - Mobile Voice Search No more klutzy typing on tiny keypads!

13. Virtual Keyboard – Wow! (language tools link) Hot!

14. Smart Results in Search Bar

15. Rich Snippets reviews, people profiles, business listings, recipes and events.

16. Personalized Search with Stars

17. Stars on Maps

19. Stars = bookmarks & show up in iGoogle gadget

20. Content types & other limiters

21. Real Time Results & Other Content Types

22. Results from Discussions

23. Same results

24. Video Episodes New!

25. Search Limits – vary by content type

26. Sites with images

27. Page Previews

28. Last 24 Hours & Sorted by Date

29. Translated Search Hot!

30. Social Search Hot!

31. Results Nearby

32. Results Nearby – Custom Location

33. Timeline (can help find primary sources)

34. Images

35. Advanced Search Options - Images Still only place to limit by licensing. (creative reuse)

36. All new image display New!

37. Image info on sidebar

38. Similar Images

39. Life Magazine Photos http://images.google.com/hosted/life

40. Image Swirl (Google Labs) Now includes YouTube New

41. Odds & Ends!

42. Experiments happen! Google Instant was tested on random folks before it was released to all. http://www.ousbey.com/blog/live-updating-google-search-results

43. translate.google.com

44. Google Search Stories http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories

45. My Search Story 5 Awesome Ideas For Using Google Search Story Creator In The Classroom http://ow.ly/1Axo2

46. Inaccessible content? Maybe not! Headline & cached link worked from Google, but not from search on wsj.

47. Google Sets (Google Labs) http://labs.google.com/sets/

48. Google Trends (Google Labs) http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends

49. Visualize Trends

50. Aardvark – owned by Google

52. Mobile Search!

53. Data

54. Public Data google.com/publicdata/home

55. Public Data – embed code

56. Google Data Explorer

57. Google Scholar

58. Google Scholar

61. Legal Opinions

62. Google News

63. Fast Flip View

64. Google News Timeline (Google Labs)

65. Really Old News!

66. Questions? Ideas? Share! http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejake/286030741/

67. Thank you! http://lib20.pbworks.com