Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 025.04 EAN: 9780072231748 ISBN: 0072231742 Label: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 350 Publication Date: November 21, 2003 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Sales Rank: 635516 Studio: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Product DescriptionGet inside the massive search engine and learn how to make Google’s enormous power work for you to find exactly what you need. Discover what librarians and researchers know and learn the best tactics and strategies for finding information on the web using Google search. Includes coverage of little-known Google features such as the bargain-searching Froogle, a news service, an image search service, and more.
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Rating: - People's "Primer" for 21st Century
I completely disagreed with the "know it alls" that trash this book. This is in fact the people's "primer" for the 21st Century. In the industrial era one needed to learn reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. Today one needs to know how to find the needle in the haystack. While Google is still in the 4th grade, it will evolve quickly in the next few years, and the Google founders appear well on their way to making all of the world's information available to anyone anywhere. This will itself ... Read More
Rating: - Save your money
Yes, there are many books out there on using Google. Yes, this is a good book for teaching the new user about using Google. But this information can easily be found anywhere on the Internet. The only chapter I found useful was the advanced searching portion. I read that in less than five minutes, however, and I am far from being a speed reader.
Also, it is only a matter of time before the information becomes outdated. It may already be outdated. Google is constantly changing and being ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent book!
Fritz Schneider, Nancy Blachman and Eric Fredricksen did indeed an excellent job with this book.
Every chapter is full of valuable information and has helped me to discover that Google is not just the search engine I had been so used to for many years. Before reading this book I had no idea abouth all the things that can be done with Google. No wonder the authors named this book "How to Do EVERYTHING with Google."
I was particularly surprised by discovering the Google Calculator, ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Book - Google Has Much To Offer
I purchased this book at the recommendation of my grandson, our family's resident hacker and wiz. I have to say I learned quite a bit about google by reading this book. Although I would not call myself a google expert, I will say that I am now a "power user". This books is not only thorough but written well enough that a non technical person such as myself can read it. Excellent job. Well done!
Rating: - A Company Book
This book parrots the company line/image. There are issues with Google but you never get a whiff of such from reading this book. Save your money and use the Google Help section!
- People's "Primer" for 21st Century
- Save your money
- Excellent Book - Google Has Much To Offer
- A Company Book
