Google+Qualifiers

There are many ways to search more effectively. Please go through the following activities. After the activities, please add your thoughts on which of these you might use in the future in your Google Doc called "Internet Activities".

If you are doing a search and you know you want only places of business or education, there is a way to search for just that. The code for searching for a host is host:

For example, most health organizations and hospitals have the extension .org in their domain name. The problem with .org is that anyone can purchase them (remember MartinLutherKing.org?). If you use .gov, only government agencies can purchase and use.gov.

Try to search for all government sites about multiple sclerosis.

Your search should have looked like this: host:gov + "multiple sclerosis" host:uk + "Michael Jackson"

Use Altavista for your search engine with these tips:
 * leave no spaces before or after the colon.
 * Use the plus sign when adding words.
 * Leave a space on either side of the plus sign.
 * Put phrases in quotation marks.

Try these Scenarios:
 * 1) Universities in Japan
 * 2) School sites in United Kingdom that include the word poetry
 * 3) Cancer Research in US government sites
 * 4) Weather patterns in New Zealand
 * 5) football scores in United Kingdom

Click Here are the answers.

You can also use a domain name in the same way as above. Example: host:nasa.gov + mars + "student activities" to narrow your search on NASA website.

Another code to use is url: this will search for any URL that has the words .k12. Example: url:k12 + turtle

Extension guide (common extensions) .edu -Higher education (most US colleges) .k12 -US school site (not all schools use this) .sch -Schools in the United Kingdom .ac -Academic institution (outside US) .com -Commercial .co -Company (usually with a country code) .org -Any Organization .gov -Government agency .net -Network .mil -US military

Country Codes .at -Austria .au -Australia .ca -Canada .ch -Switzerland .cn -China .de -Germany .es -Spain .et -Ethiopia .fr -France .gr -Greece .ie -Ireland .in -India .iq -Iraq .it -Italy .jp -Japan .nz -New Zealand .pk -Pakistan .uk -United Kingdom .us -United States .za -South Africa

Other Google Qualifiers

inurl: If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the url. For instance, [inurl:google search] will return documents that mention the word "google" in their url, and mention the word "search" anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no space between the "inurl:" and the following word. Putting "inurl:" in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting "allinurl:" at the front of your query: [inurl:google inurl:search] is the same as [allinurl: google search].\ Sample: inurl:diblasi Sample: inurl:Colorado haxtun Sample: inurl: Colorado Haxtun school

intitle: If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word "google" in their title, and mention the word "search" anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the "intitle:" and the following word. Putting [intitle:] in front of every word in your query is equivalent to putting [allintitle:] at the front of your query: [intitle:google intitle:search] is the same as [allintitle: google search]. Sample: intitle:nascar texas trucks Sample: intitle:Northeast Colorado BOCES Sample: intitle: Northeast Colorado BOCES (Notice the 2 SPACES after the : (if you put spaces you will not get the results you want)