Getting to Know Google

 
This section is designed for the absolute beginner. If you're new to Google or search engines in general, then please continue to read on. If you're an experienced Googler then you may want to skip to the Constructing Basic Queries section.

The Google Search Interface

Using the Google interface, you conduct one of more search queries to return websites that contain relevant information for what your searching for. A query is merely a request for information and Google is the harness that provides that information.

Constructing a Basic Query
Queries consist of one or more words, numbers, phrases, or special characters that together make up a single search that Google will try to retrieve results on. The following is an exmaple of a basic query: [ Free Links and SEO Services ]. This query is telling Google to go out and find all indexed and cached websites that contain ANY instance of the keywords. The results can include websites, document, images, catalogs... just about anything you could imagine. Often the result set will contain millions of matches, with many of them being non-relevant to your search. This guide is designed to narrow that result-set down to find exactly what your looking for every time you search.

 
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