We all use Google, but are you making the best use of it?
Finding what you need on the Internet as efficiently as possible is crucial to your productivity, so here’s a great graphic that will help you, courtesy of HackCollege.com…
Also see my post about Internet research techniques for freelance writers.
Your Take
What did you find most useful in this infographic? Anything you’d add?
Although it’s not specifically a Google search technique, I’ve found that Ctrl F has been one of the most useful shortcuts for me. I use it to find words on web pages and in documents. Quick and easy!
I use that one too, John – it makes life much easier.
Great resource, John. This is a definite keeper. I’m a huge Ctrl F person, and my Boomer eyes ♥ Crtl + 😀
I did not know about the ~ sign to search for related words. Don’t know how I missed that one. Thanks, John!
I also learned some new tricks from this graphic. It’s amazing how one or two simple techniques can make such a big difference.
Hi John,
Wow, that is an awesome resource! I have seen other posts that talk about all the different things that you can do with Google…and I don’t really take advantage of all of them. I love that this post is so Graphical! It’s a keeper. I will probably print it out to refer to often.
You may have talked about the graphics methods you use before… I would love to know how you made this.
Terri
I’m glad you find it such a useful resource Terri. Making graphics like these is way beyond my skills: it was created by the people at HackCollege.com.
It’s definitely a good idea to print it out, or save it to a folder on your computer where you can easily find it.
I love ctrl f on web pages… I’m surprised at how much I knew, and how much I didn’t… want to try that screen shot pair.
Thanks, John.
I am getting used to info graphics… still not sure if I like them better…
I like to be very efficient with my searches, so I love this stuff — but I also learned new things.
And this infographic has larger print = easier to read.
The info graphic says to not ask Google questions, but as someone writing blog posts, it may be important to remember that people do ask Google questions. I sometimes title my blog posts as questions. In looking at my statcounter, I see that a lot of people are still asking questions of Google and some are not very intelligent questions at that.
Thanks for stopping by Brian.
Two thoughts:
1. Questions often make good blog post headlines. I occasionally use that technique myself.
2. Asking Google questions can lead to good answers. It’s just that the technique is not as sophisticated as others.
Hey John, definitely one for the wall here. So many times I’ve had to reGoogle (I’m convinced that if I use that word enough it will actually become one some day!) the various formulas that I was interested in at that point in time.
Great infographic!
Fantastic article, I love these visual design posts, great fun.
All the best from another avid Ctrl + F user!
What a creative way to display all that information about Google! It surprised me that not that many people knew about keyboard shortcuts such as command f. Google is such an amazing tool and it is great that there are people out there to teach us to optimize this resource.
Ctr+F is definitely the easiest way to find search around the web pages and documents. Actually I like using shortcuts whenever possible because it saves me so much time it will have taken to push the mouse or arrows on the keyboard.
Thanks for posting this. I just pinned it on my writing board at Pinterest. I have read a few articles on your site and they were helpful, well written and concise. I will be back. I want to be more productive.
I’m glad it helped Peter, and thanks for sharing it on Pinterest.