Tutorial Assignment #2 - Google Syntax

1. How would you search for an exact word or phrase?Use double quotes for a phrase search. Double quotes keeps the words together.
Ex. “travelling to Tanzania”

2. How would you search for something on a specific site?
Use (ctrl F or command F). This isn’t the same as doing a search, this is a find on a specific page. When you hold down (ctrl F or command F) a small toolbar will pop up at the top and you can type in the word that you are looking for on the page.

Ex. ctrl F/command F wanderlust

3. How would you correctly search for a definition?

Use "define" to identify the meaning of words. If the word does not appear in traditional dictionaries, use the dictionary mode.

Ex. define: wanderlust

4. How would you search for a specific product available within a specific price range?

If you want to search for a house in a specific price range use two periods (.) between the minimum and maximum price.

Ex. House for sale 700,000..900,000

5. How would you search for a specific filetype?

Type in filetype, colon and then the filetype (PDF, XML, DOC)

Ex. filetype: pdf

6. How would you include or ignore words in your search?

Using the minus sign (-) will ignore words in the google search. Links that are related to Spiderman will appear, but not the movie. To include words you add quotations around the word you want to include.

Ex. “Spiderman” -movie

7. How would you find related pages?

You type in related: (then the URL address).

Ex. related: toughmudder.com

8. How would you find a topic, searching all available synonyms of a word?

You use ~ in front of the search term.

Ex. Summer ~vacation

9. How would you find the time in another country? 

Type in time and then the country you want to search.

Ex. time Antarctica

10. How would you find out how many Egyptian pounds you get for $20 Canadian dollars?

Put the word 'in' between the two currency that you want to convert.

Ex. Egyptian pounds in Canadian dollars

Tutorial Assignment #1 - Digital Etiquette

Digital etiquette is a set of rules that we should all follow in order to make the internet better for ourselves and others. When we have our own brand that we want to advertise, we turn to social media first because nowadays, everyone is connected through social media in one way or another. It could be Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or even Flickr. In order to create a successful brand, we need to know exactly what we are trying to sell and who the target audience will be. Knowing the target audience is important because it will be easier to sell the product. For example, if we are trying to sell cosmetics, our target audience will be females. In terms of age groups, this will cover teenagers and up. After knowing exactly what we want to sell, we turn to social media and advertise it. To be more effective, we must be social to other companies or workers who are in the same industry. It is also important to always be online so other people know you are active. Trying to promote or sell something is not easy. It requires a few hours a day being online and engaging with other people. 

http://www.wordstream.com/social-media-marketing

http://www.qrcodepress.com/mobile-social-media-marketing-will-take-2014/8524987/