If it always could be that easy. Just tried find CD-player with
Ogg Vorbis support. Typing "ogg Vorbis" and "CD-player"
is not enough. Adding hardware possibly also - I don't checked
all links but added to search -PC what means that results are
pages where is or in pages what refers to pages are
"ogg vorbis" "Cd-Player" and hardware but not PC.
Or try to find data acquisition software. Results are correct but
not best.
AltaVista was better to find something specific because it
was more options to build search terms. Unfortunately they
no longer have search terms has NEAR and support really
complicated Boolean equations. Reason why still use it
is it allows limit Web search results by date. Lack of this
is _big_ disadvance of Google. Unfortunately today in
Web is much outdated information. Travel information
like hotels or timetables 10 years old is not very useful.
How to use Google successfully
1)read their help information. It is quite good and gives some
background what words to use for search and how (under Advaced search)
2)Praxis. This only way to learn to find good words to
search.
3) Be patient, specially when you don't have praxis. Add new words
to search.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Cohane" <[log in to unmask]>
> At 17:45 09/07/04, Becky Comer wrote:
>>Sorry, guys. I know about Google and I know about search engines. I
>>just didn't know you could put 'anything' in and get a useful
>>answer. I appreciate your tips. Becky
>
> Hi Becky
>
> Google will do lots of things...
>
> If you type a ten digit phone number into Google,
> and it's not an unlisted number, Google will recognize that
> it's a phone number and give you the name and address
> corresponding to the number.
>
> The other day my old IBM keyboard died. (This is one
> of the "clicky" keyboards that have individual switches
> for every key instead of using a cheap rubber membrane.)
> I typed the part number that's on the back of the keyboard
> (42H1292) into Google and found a website still selling
> this keyboard.
>
> If Windows tells you that you have a problem with some
> dll file, type the name of the file into Google and it
> will likely tell you where to download a copy of the file
> ...and you may see references to messages (on discussion
> forums) from other people having problems with this file.
>
> If you were watching the tennis match where commentator
> John McEnroe mentioned someone named "R. Norris Williams"
> and asked for information on him, Google told me that he
> was a Titanic survivor who went on to win the U.S.
> Championships in 1914 and 1916 and won a gold medal in
> mixed doubles in the 1924 Olympics.
>
> If you want to know about an author, composer, politician,
> scientist, etc., just enter the full name into google
> in quotes.
>
> If you want to see what people have to say about problems
> with fuel pumps in an old Chevy Camaro, type fuel pump
> and Camaro into "Google Groups" and you'll find hundreds
> of messages.
>
> Want to find the website for some company? Type the company's
> name into Google. One of the first few hits should be the main
> website.
>
> Want to see what's new in your home town? Type the town's
> name into Google and you may find the website of your
> home town newspaper or local television station or high
> school or college.
>
> Type your name into Google and see what happens!
>
> Etc.
>
> The key is to pick good keyword(s) and to skim past as many
> of the superfluous links as necessary.
>
> I like to use the advanced search page at
> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
> but you can just put quotes around multi word strings of words
> at the main google webpage.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
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