So you want to do an Internet Search?

Doing an Internet search for information is something most of us do many times each day. The search engine of choice for a lot of people is (no surprise, here): Google

My guess is that a lot of you out there do what I often do: I find that I need to find out something about something and so I type something into the search field and click Search. One of the reasons so many gazillion people use Google is that it's darn good and coming up with results to queries that often hit the proverbial nail on the head or it's the third or fourth result shown on the first page.

That's not to say that the quality of the results you get could not be improved by entering better crafted search inquiries to begin with. And we haven't seen the many other things Google can do.

So, today I want to point you to a tool provided by Google itself about itself. There's a GoogleGuide that provides information, tutorials, hints, and tips galore.

You have built-in options to skip the most basic introductory information and move to tips for more experienced users.

Searching is covered, of course, but so are some of the features you may not realize that Google offers. Like what? Like being an online dictionary. Like being your calculator. A way to find someone's phone numbers. And there are more..........

With the GoogleGuide, start with the link to Contents. Nose around as much or as little as you have time for. I have no doubt that we will be confronted with an ever-increasing (ballooning?) amount of information on the Internet in coming weeks, months, years (duh). To me this (obviously) means that smart searches will save ever-increasing (ballooning?) amounts of time while giving us more of the information you actually need!

I figure time spent getting to know Google better will be time well spent. Check out the GoogleGuide!