Google201-UniversityofLeeds.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Advanced Search v. Preferences Advanced Search = “search once using these settings.” Preferences = “Change the way Google works for me from here on out.” Changes every Google service you use, not just search. Google Preferences When you change your Google preferences, Google writes a cookie to your hard drive. Your Google preferences are “permanent” until you: Change your preferences. Toss your cookies. In Internet Explorer: Tools Options Delete Cookies In Mozilla/Firefox: Tools Options Privacy Clear Cookies. Go to . The extra period at the end forces you to go to the English language version of Google. Source: Google Hacks 2nd Ed, p. 21 Interface Language Interface Language lets you change the default language used to display the interface of every Google page you visit. Change the Interface Language to Chinese (Traditional), save your preferences, and watch what happens… Interface Language Limitations Notice the hits are still in English. Google doesn’t translate the hits to your default language. Yet. The only thing that’s changed is the default language of Google’s interface. Using Interface Language This is great for foreign language immersion. This is also a WONDERFUL practical joke to play on a friend or colleague. “Hey, why is Google in LATIN!?” Remember, your Google preferences are “permanent” until you: Change your preferences. Toss your cookies. Go to . Preferences: Search Language (Sharoff 2006) used Google API to collect 100M word corpora of English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Polish and Russian, see http://corpus.leeds.ac.uk/internet.html Preferences: SafeSearch Filtering Googles SafeSearch Filtering screens for sites that contain explicit sexual content and deletes them from your search results. By default, it only filters explicit images. To filter both images and text, choose “Use strict filtering.” Source: /help/customize.html#safe More Pre