I really enjoyed Chris Nolan's lecture on google and search engines. I did not know that you could narrow down your searches in google. I find it very useful to limit my results by either the .com, .edu. or . org. Also, I can see google scholar coming in handy for my future research papers. Using the advanced search makes my searches quicker. Even though google is incredibly fast, a lot of the websites it lists are not helpful. Now, I can narrow down my search rather than browse through the list of all the websites pertaining to my key term. It was also helpful to know I can make an advanced search by just the way I type in my key term. you can search your key term and add site: and put in your limitations, such as trinity.edu or just .edu. This produces more exact results.
I found it surprising that google leaves so many “easter eggs”. Even though it was a little detail in his lecture, I loved the fact that you can change the language in google to be pirate or piglatin. I love the sense of humor and the challenge to learn more about google. I can now personalize my searches and maybe even enjoy doing research papers.
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