Internet Searching

Internet Searching

Part 1 – Introducing Google as a Search Engine

When looking for a very specific piece of information, it can be helpful to be able to write very specific searches, and Google provides operators to make that possible.

Learning Activity 1: Check out the video link to learn more about using Google effectively!


Search tools are not independently intelligent. They cannot understand what you type in, only match it. Sometimes, there are multiple types of meanings that match a query, so a savvy searcher uses special symbols or words, designated by the particular search tool in use at the time. These special symbols are called operators, and Google as a number of them.

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