Intro

Google has become the default search tool for so many people. Consequently, there are numerous print and online guides to using it. The following are just a few, selected examples. Find what works for you.

For info on Google

• Google Webblog
  • News of and discussions about Google and its products.
  • http://google.blogspace.com/
• Google Guide - By Nancy Blachman, one of the authors of How to Do Everything with Google.
  • Information on using Google tools.
  • http://www.googleguide.com/index.html
• Google Technology - from Google itself
  • An overview of how Google ranking technology really works.
  • http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

Google Inconsistencies

• From Gred Notess's Search Engine Showdown.
• This is a little old (2003) now, but it shows a number of inconsistencies in Google's functioning that still, in most part, persist today.
• http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/google/inconsistent.shtml

Books on Google

Newer is better, as Google Labs keeps developing new tools and evolving the search engine itself. So, while there are other good books on Google, I would, generally, look for the most recent ones. Still, the general rule is find something that works for you.

• Google Hacks, 2nd ed. - by Tara Calashain and Rael Dornfest, December 2004 (est.), ISBN: 0-596-00857-0, 304 pages, $24.95 - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlehks2/index.html - Calashain is the online guru of ResearchBuzz (http://researchbuzz.com/)
• Google: The Missing Manual - By Sarah Milstein and Rael Dornfest, 1st Edition May 2004 , ISBN: 0-596-00613-6, 311 pages, $19.95 US - Sample chapter, TOC, and Index at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googletmm/
• Google Power: Unleash the Full Potential of Google - by Chris Sherman. 1 edition May 2005, ISBN: 0072257873, $24.99 - Sherman is the online guru of Search Engine Watch (http://searchenginewatch.com).