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Come join us for Worship, Annual Meeting .

Searching online has become more and more difficult. A simple search can yield overwhelming results, annoying, advertisements and irrelevant information; it is amazing how anyone finds anything. The top five search engines are (by volume):

• Google 71.43%
• Yahoo 14.43%
• Bing 9.86%
• Ask 2.32%
• AOL 1.19%

There are little things you can do to make your search more efficient and productive. Here is basic information on searching using Google:

• Every word matters. Generally, all the words you put in the query will be used.
• Search is always case insensitive. A search for “new york times” is the same as a search for “New York Times”.
• Generally, punctuation is ignored, including @#$%^&*()=+[]\ and other special characters.

Examples of Smart Search Options

Basic search engine entry.

• search: bottle opener
• results: anything with the words bottle and opener

Basic search engine entry with “or”.

• search: bottle or opener
• results: anything with the word bottle or opener

By putting double quotes around a set of words, you are telling Google to consider the exact words in that exact order without any change.

• search: “bottle opener”
• results: anything with the exact phrase “bottle opener”

Specify a specific word not to be included.

• search: bottle -opener
• results: anything with the word bottle but not the word opener

Specify a specific word to be included.

• search: bottle +green
• results: anything with the words bottle with only the word green, not plural, tenses or synonyms

Search using the synonyms option.

• search: ~auto loan
• results: anything with loan info for both the word auto and its synonyms: truck, car, etc.

Definition look-up.

• search: define:bottle
• results: definitions of the word bottle from around the internet

Specify a beginning and an end.

• search: better * worse
• results: anything with the words better and worse separated by one or more words

Specify that your search results must come from a given website.

• search: youth site:saronlutheranchurch.org
• results: from the site saronlutheranchurch.org that contain the wordyouth

Specify a whole class of sites.

• search: bottle site:.gov
• results: only government sites that contain the word bottle

Specify a country (Country Codes).

• search: bottle site:.ie
• results: only sites from Ireland that contain the word bottle

Specify a Price

• search: bottle opener $25
• results: anything with the words bottle and opener with the price $25

To see the weather for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “weather” followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country.

• search: weather 54806
• search: weather Ashland, WI
• search: weather Bogota, Colombia

To see current market data for a given company or fund, type the ticker symbol into the search box.

• search: GOOG
• search: NASDAQ:GOOG

To see the time in many cities around the world, type in “time” and the name of the city.

• search: time Ashland, WI
• search: time Moscow, Russia

To see scores and schedules for sports teams type the team name or league name into the search box. This is enabled for many leagues including the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB.

• search: milwaukee brewers
• search: minnesota twins

To listen to music, search for artists, albums, songs or lyrics type in full name of group or artist.

• search: ting tings
• search: blake shelton
• search: bruce springsteen
• search: lady gaga

To see the precise times of sunrises and sunsets for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “sunrise” or “sunset” followed by the city name.

• search: sunrise Hayward, WI
• search: sunset 54843

To use the built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box.

• search: 2 + 2
• search: 5*9+(sqrt 10)^3=

To see information about recent earthquakes in a specific area type “earthquake” followed by the city and state or U.S. zip code. For recent earthquake activity around the world simply type “earthquake” in the search box.

• search: earthquake Baja California
• search: earthquake

You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement of height, weight, and volume among many others.

• search: 10.5 cm in inches
• search: 5 teaspoons in cup

To see trends for population and unemployment rates of U.S. states and counties, type “population” or “unemployment rate” followed by a state or county.

• search: population MI
• search: unemployment rate Bayfield County, WI

To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type “movies” or the name of a current film into the Google search box.

• search: movies 54806
• search: The American 54806

To search for U.S. patents, enter the word “patent” followed by the patent number.

• search: patent 5123123

This should help you get the most out of your search engine. If you use a specific search engine, other than Google, please contact tech support to publish the specific cheat sheet.

We will walk the trails around Northland College. Everyone is welcome to join the walking club. If there are any questions, please contact Jennifer Flo DPM at 715-682-1065 or via email.