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- 1. Search the Internet like an expert Daniyar Salikhov, U.S. Embassy Tashkent
- 2. One of the Internet's strengths is its ability to help consumers find the right needle in a digital haystack of data. --Jared Sandberg, Editor @bloomberg.com
- 3. Internet search • Web directories (ipl.org, about.com) - - Carefully reviewed. selected and organized info - • Managed and edited by humans Reliable and authentic Search engines (Google, Yandex, Bing, etc) - Search by keywords - Databases compiled by machine crawlers (minimal human oversight) - Not curated
- 6. Useful terms • Browser • Keywords • Bookmarks/Favorites • Uniform resource locator (URL) • Cookie • Domain/Domain type • Domain name • HTML - Hypertext/Link
- 7. Parts of a URL http://www.starwars.com/seminars.html • http://--hypertext transfer protocol: the language computers use to “talk” to one another • www—world wide web: the body of information connected by the cables and computers of the Internet • .starwars—domain name: the structured, alphabetic-based, unique name for a computer on a network • .com—top level domain: gives an idea of where the document is stored • /seminars—file name: a folder within a website • .html—hypertext markup language: the computer language used to format documents
- 8. Top level domains • .edu - higher education (harvard.edu) • .com - commercial (audi.com) • .gov - government agency (whitehouse.gov) • .mil - military (army.mil) • .org - general noncommercial organization (un.org) • .info - Information (educationusa.info) • .uz - geographic (gazeta.uz)
- 9. Google: Basic search • Use more keywords or search terms • Capitalization • Automatic “and” queries (news reader --> news AND reader OR readers) • Exclusion of common words • Word variations • Truncation / wild card searching • I’m Feeling Lucky
- 10. Google search results PAID vs. ORGANIC
- 11. Phrase search Narrows down search by looking for an exact phrase or sentence. Useful when searching for a title or a quotation. Usually quotation marks are used to connect the words together. Examples: • “U.S. Uzbek relations” vs U.S. Uzbek relations • “Graduate scholarship” • “Test centers”
- 12. Negative search terms Use a "minus" sign to exclude terms you don’t want to appear on a page Examples: • "International • Graduate scholarships" -sport -art admission requirements -GMAT -GRE
- 13. Intitle/Allintitle: Standard HTML page Allintitle: <HTML> Search for query words in the title of a page <HEAD> <TITLE>……………</TITLE> Examples: •allintitle:international </HEAD> scholarships <BODY> •allintitle:foundations ……………….. •allintitle:top student </BODY> </HTML> scholarships MBA schools
- 14. Inurl/Allinurl: Search for query words in page URLs Examples: • allinurl:application waiver • allinurl:rolling admissions • harvard inurl:financial aid • TOEFL inurl:listening
- 15. Allintext: Search for query words in the text of a page Examples: • allintext:international graduate scholarships psychology • allintext:dual degree "computer science" business international • allintext:research central asian studies fellowship
- 16. Related: List web pages similar to a web page you specify Examples: • related:educationusa.info • related:www.internationalscholarships.com
- 17. Site: • Search all pages containing a particular word or words from a single website; • Search pages from a particular type of domain or institution • Search pages from a single country Examples: • scholarships site:educationusa.info • student visa site:travel.state.gov • tourist attractions site:nycgo.com • obama biography site:gov • рестораны site:uz
- 18. Link: Find linked pages, i.e. show pages that point to a URL • link:educationusa.info • link:www.internationalscholarships.com • link:nycgo.com
- 19. Filetype: Search for a particular file type Examples: • un internship application form filetype:pdf OR filetype:docx • how to study in the US filetype:ppt • health management dissertations john hopkins filetype:xls
- 20. The Internet is like a vast ocean full of wonderful things
- 21. But like the ocean, the Internet can also become polluted with garbage and unsavory elements as well.
- 22. Evaluate information Know how search engines work and learn to identify quality information from bad information
- 23. C.A.R.P test • C - currency • A - authority • R – reliability/relevance • P – purpose/point of view
- 24. Bonus • Google Advanced Search (http://www.google.com/advanced_search) • Google Alerts (http://www.google.com/alerts) • Yandex Blog Search (http://blogs.yandex.ru/)
- 25. Questions?