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2+ YearsPublisher | MIT Press Ltd |
ISBN 13 | 9780262042871 |
ISBN 10 | 262042878 |
Book Subtitle | A Google Insider's Guide To Going Beyond The Basics |
Book Description | How to be a great online searcher, demonstrated with step-by-step searches for answers to a series of intriguing questions (for example, "Is that plant poisonous?"). We all know how to look up something online by typing words into a search engine. We do this so often that we have made the most famous search engine a verb: we Google it-"Japan population" or "Nobel Peace Prize" or "poison ivy" or whatever we want to know. But knowing how to Google something doesn't make us search experts; there's much more we can do to access the massive collective knowledge available online. In The Joy of Search, Daniel Russell shows us how to be great online researchers. We don't have to be computer geeks or a scholar searching out obscure facts; we just need to know some basic methods. Russell demonstrates these methods with step-by-step searches for answers to a series of intriguing questions-from "what is the wrong side of a towel?" to "what is the most likely way you will die?" Along the way, readers will discover essential tools for effective online searches-and learn some fascinating facts and interesting stories. |
Editorial Review | Russell's tutorials are on a much higher plane but turn on the same basic principle of learning to treat the search engine as a tool that can at best assist the brain to address questions rather than effortlessly delivering an answer to your screen. |
About the Author | Daniel M. Russell is Senior Research Scientist for Search Quality and User Happiness at Google. He has taught many classes on search methods, and more than four million students have taken his online power searching course. |
Language | English |
Author | Daniel M. Russell |
Language | English |
Publication Date | 43760 |
Number of Pages | 336 |
The Joy Of Search: A Google Insider's Guide To Going Beyond The Basics Hardcover English by Daniel M. Russell - 43760