Monday, February 11, 2013

Friday, February 8, 2013

Suppose you were writing and essay on Anthropology and Religion


The following is a list of search strings for Google search. In turn, Highlight each one and then right click and select Google search. Review the search results.
anthropology religion
site:wikipedia.org anthropology religion
site:amazon.com anthropology religion
site:.edu anthropology religion
site:youtube.com anthropology religion
site:berkeley.edu anthropology religion
site:berkeley.edu anthropology religion ext:pdf
site:berkeley.edu anthropology religion (ext:pdf OR ext:doc OR ext:ppt)
site:stanford.edu anthropology religion (ext:pdf OR ext:doc OR ext:ppt)
site:.edu sociology religion Durkheim
site:.edu sapolsky anthropology religion

Thursday, February 7, 2013

After reading, writing and arithmetic I think Google searching is of supreme importance. A major obstacle to doing anything is knowing how to do it. Google search  tell you about the world and how to do things in it.

I am not so good at Google search but I am getting better. I am probably better than most but very far below those who are the best. Google searching (for users)  is and art and a science. Many young people are naturals at it. Some times I get all tripped up on trying too hard to use advanced techniques.  Then I search side-by-side with an inexperienced person and they tell me , no no just type in this word not the site: stuff. And by golly they are right (at that point, I am glad I had NOT said I was an expert!).

But of course I still believe it is best to study the advanced techniques. Being good at Google search will serve you well for the rest of your life. You will have a competitive edge in school, at work, and in life.

Who links to me, Who do I link to? Who cares?

Here is something to think about: How are webpages connected? For a given page how many and what kind of pages have a link to the given page, and how many links to other pages does the given page have? A given page is a node that has input links and output links. What if for a given page you only new those input and output links? What could you infer about the given page? Is there a Google search command that will give you a list of the input, or output, links?

Anchor text - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anchor text - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The anchor text, link label, link text, or link title is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink."

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Google Search Operators - Google Guide

Google Search Operators - Google Guide: "The following table lists the search operators that work with each Google search service. Click on an operator to jump to its description — or, to read about all of the operators, simply scroll down and read all of this page."

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