Google Guide
has become one of the most popular search engines over the past few years and indeed is the search facility on the Brooke Weston website. You may not be aware that Google has many hidden and advanced features which make your searching more accurate and productive.
Basic Google
Google is split into five main areas each one giving a specific type of search. You can choose to search the World Wide Web for information and images, Google also has a directory listing to enable browsing by topic and category; you can direct your search to discussion forums, this is good for finding peoples opinions on almost any concieveble topic; and finally Google has a News Service for searching recent news stories.
Searching is easy just type your word or phrase and click the Google Search button.
Google also has a I'm feeling lucky button click this instead and Google links you to the first page in the search results.
Web | Images | Groups | Directory | News
in addition to the above search engines Google also provides specialised searches
Macintosh | Microsoft | Linux | US Government
Make your searches advanced
Narrow your searches and become a power user by using the Google Advanced Search. Each of the above pages has an advanced option (except Google Directory), and is extremely powerful way of concentrating searches on the results you want.
