Google The Missing Manual

Normally, when you run a Google search, you’re asking Google to look for your search terms on any Web page it has tracked. But the Web can be sliced and diced in many ways, and Google has created a handful of alternative systems for helping you find things. | O REILLY8 POGUE PRESS Sarah Milstein Rael Dornfest F Googling Further Images News and the Directory Normally when you run a Google search you re asking Google to look for your search terms on any Web page it has tracked. But the Web can be sliced and diced in many ways and Google has created a handful of alternative systems for helping you find things. For example when you want to find a picture of somebody you could type in his or her name followed by a few file types used for images like Mick Jagger jpeg gif and hope for the best. Problem is Google gives you any site that mentions Mr. Jagger and that has JPEG or GIF files but not necessarily pictures of the thick-lipped star. You could be drowning in photos of Keith Richards for days before you get any satisfaction. Better to use Google Images a special search that finds only pictures. But the fun doesn t end with images. Google News lets you search for and organize news stories. And the Google Directory gives you a way to find information by category rather than keyword. This chapter explains all three features and the following two chapters cover a few other Google goodies Groups Answers Froogle and Catalogs. Figure 3-1 shows you where to find all of these services. Knowing how to use Google s alternative searches can help you tap amazing resources most people overlook. Google Images Google s primary search looks for text on the Web matching your keywords. But Google also lets you search through a bank of more than 880 million images on the Web. Because most pictures have keywords associated with them you can type in CHAPTER 3 GOOGLING FURTHER IMAGES NEWS AND THE DIRECTORY 77 Google Images text to find them. To figure out what a picture contains Google reads the text on the page around it the caption if there is one and other variables producing surprisingly accurate results. Figure 3-1 You can reach Coogle s alternative search services several ways. From the home page click one of the links above the search .

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