02 power search using google

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Positive Use of InternetPower Search Using Google

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity MalaysiaWelcome!

This lesson will introduce the important skills on how to leverage the power search engine, Google to find information on the internet. The internet contains tons of information uploaded by other users and these information will be available to us if we know on how to find it.

Most of us think that we already know on how to use Google search engine due to its simplicity on the design and the quality of results returned by Google search engine.

However, there is a hidden technique ought to be learned by all internet users i.e. Google-Fu techniques. Google-Fu means skill in using search engines (especially Google) to quickly find useful information on the Internet.

Try this keyword and search by using Google search engine: define:google-fu

Before digging up the Google-Fu techniques, please get ready with these requirementsDownload and install Google Chrome browser - http://www.google.com/chrome If youre new to the Google Chrome browser, please familiar yourself - http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en-GB/more/index.html Set your homepage at Google Chrome browser as follows - open Google Chrome - type these chrome://settings/browser in the URL field and press ENTER - Go to Options>Basics>Home page>Open this page and type www.google.com.my - Close the tab - press the home button and Google Malaysia page will open.

Now, you are ready to follow the lesson. Have Fun!

12Google's rapid growth since its incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond the company's coreweb search engine. Introduction

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity MalaysiaGoogles mission is to organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible and useful.Beginning in 1996, Stanford University graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin built a search engine called BackRub that used links to determine the importance of individual web pages. By 1998 they had formalized their work, creating the company you know today as Google.

Google's rapid growth since its incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond the company's coreweb search engine. The company offers online productivity - Gmailemail service, Google Docs office suite, and Google+social networking service. Google's products extend to the desktop as well - Google Chromeweb browser, Picasaphoto organizing and editing software, and Google Talkinstant messaging Androidmobileoperating system Google Chrome OSbrowser-only operating system

To look out Google products, please check the following website List of Google products - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products Official Google products - http://www.google.com.my/options/

To know about Google company, please check the following website Corporate Information - http://www.google.com.my/intl/en/about/corporate/company/ Google Story Book - http://www.thegooglestory.com/ Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google23By using the techniques taught in this session, participants will be able to improve their internet searching skills and expected to save their time from billion of results.

Information is Power! Goals

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity MalaysiaOnce youve completed the lesson, youll be able to speed up your search experience to find the relevant and exact information narrow down your scope of information searching with Google-Fu techniques

Remember that Information is Power! When you hold the relevant and right information, it can give you competitive advantage from your colleagues such as finding the articles, books, journals finding the information within specific website finding the information within specific country and many more

The searching experience will never be the same once you posses the Google-Fu skills.

34Lets explore them! Search within a specific website Search by File Type Search within title of web page Search within text of web page Search within URL of web page Search for an exact phrase Let Google fill in the blank Find the related web page Search for numbers in range Search for all similar terms

Objectives

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity MalaysiaIn this lesson, well learn the 10 important techniques in Google-Fu skills. Well be introduced with Google Advanced Operators that built-in inside Google search engine. These operators are site: operator ext: operator intitle: operator intext: operator inurl: operator related: operator

Furthermore, well also be introduced with other syntax in Google search engines; quotes ( ) asterisk (*) two dots (..) tilde sign (~)

In the nutshell, there is 10 important Google-Fu skills to search information on the internet i.e. how to search information within specific website how to search specific files how to search within webpages title how to search within webpages text how to search within webpages URL how to search for an exact phrase how to use the Fill-in-the-Blank technique how to search for similar webpage how to search for numbers in range how to search for similar terms

By the end of this lesson, well learn the narrowing down technique to minimize our results to one result only!

4Power Search Using Google

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia5Surprisingly, most people presume that they are already know on how to use Google search engine. But they failed to understand that Google search engine has lots of hidden functions. In this lesson, we will explore this hidden functions that will assist us on searching the right and relevant information.

If we look at the Google search engine interface (www.google.com) as shown in the slide, it extremely simple interface compare to other search engines. We will concentrate only on the search box that accepting all our keywords.

Before we proceed with the next slide, there is two button need to be explained i.e. Google Search button will list down all results related to our keywords Im Feeling Lucky button will automatically open up the first result without list down all the results6Google FoundersAs Googles chief executive officer, Larry Page is responsible for Googles day-to-day-operations, as well as leading the companys product development and technology strategy. He co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998 while pursuing a Ph.D. at Stanford University.

Sergey Brin co-founded Google Inc. in 1998. Today, he directs special projects. From 2001 to 2011, Sergey served as president of technology, where he shared responsibility for the companys day-to-day operations with Larry Page and Eric Schmidt.Sergey BrinLarry PageEric SchmidtCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity MalaysiaSergey Mikhaylovich Brin(born August 21, 1973) is a Russian-born Americancomputer scientistandinternet entrepreneurwho, withLarry Page, co-foundedGoogle, one of the largest internet companies. As of 2011, his personal wealth is estimated to be $16.7billion.

Lawrence"Larry"Page(born March 26, 1973) is an Americancomputer scientistandinternet entrepreneurwho, withSergey Brin, is best known as the co-founder ofGoogle. As of April 4, 2011, he is also the chief executive of Google, as announced on January 20, 2011.As of 2011, his personal wealth is estimated to be $16.7billion.

Eric Emerson Schmidt(born April 27, 1955) is anAmericansoftware engineerand the currentexecutive chairmanofGoogle. From 2001 to 2011, he served as thechief executive officerof Google.

To know about these Google Guys, please check the following links:Sergey Brin - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin Larry Page - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_PageEric Schmidt - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt6Copyright 2011 CyberSecurity Malaysia

http://www.google.com/corporate/timeline/7To learn about Google history, just open up Google Timeline. There are two ways type www.google.com/corporate/timeline/ in the address bar and press ENTER or type google timeline and press Im Feeling Lucky button.

Have a pleasure reading about Google History.Copyright 2011 CyberSecurity Malaysia

http://www.google.com/howgoogleworks/8Information is out there! We can explore the available resources uploaded by Google.

To learn more about Google search engines, Ad Words and Apps, please visit the web page, How Google Works (www.google.com/howgoogleworks/)

Web Page InterpretationTitle of Web PageText of Web PageURL of Web Page9There is three important sections of any website i.e. title of the web page - means the name of web page (Google Chrome Get a faster ..) text of the web page - means the contents of web page (all info within the web page) URL of the web page - means the address of web page (www.google.com/chrome)

Bear in mind that a website contains one or more web pages a website must has its own address i.e. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) URL has three main components for example www.xyz.com.my/DIR_A/file.pdf - domain (www.xyz.com.my) - directory ( DIR_A) - file (file.pdf)Google Results Interpretation

Title of Web PageText of Web PageURL of Web PageCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia10There are two ways of visualization on internet information website design and layout open up the website by using the designated address e.g. www.google.com/chrome Google search result interface type google chrome by using Google search engine and press ENTER

As shown in this slide, Google search results returned the indexed information for the keyword of google chrome. Google search engine displays the lists of web pages that comprises of title of web page, text of web page and URL of web page.

This concept is essential to be understood as we need to ask ourselves with these questions: which part of webpage do we want our keywords to be appeared? do we want our keywords to be appeared everywhere?

Power Search Using Google Search within a specific website Search by File Type Search within title of web page Search within text of web page Search within URL of web page Search for an exact phrase Let Google fill in the blank Find the related web page Search for numbers in range Search for all similar terms

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia11This page intentionally left blankPower Search Using Google Search within a specific website Search by File Type Search within title of web page Search within text of web page Search within URL of web page Search for an exact phrase Let Google fill in the blank Find the related web page Search for numbers in range Search for all similar terms

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia12This page intentionally left blank1) Search within a Specific WebsiteInternetWebsiteAWebsiteBGoogle Advanced Operator (site:)

Google responds with results that are associated with the given website, domain or country

Search for information in specific website e.g. keyword site:website A keyword site:website B

Search for information in any domain e.g. keyword site:com.my keyword site:gov.my

Search for information in country e.g. keyword site:countryCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia131) Search within a specific website

This technique uses site: operator to narrow down our keywords to specific website.Instead of looking for information all over the internet, we specify to the specific website only.

By specifying to the specific website, Google will respond with the results that are associated with the given website e.g. keyword site:www.xyz.com.my domain e.g. keyword site:com.my Country e.g. keyword site:my

Example #1 - Search for information in specific website

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia14Example 1 - Search for the information in specific website ( keyword site:www.xyz.com.my )

To look for information in specific website;

Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:docbox.etsi.org and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (Mohamad Nizam Kassim) which appeared in the resultsall URL of web pages appeared in the results

Example #2 - Search for information in any domain

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia15Example 2 - Search for the information in any domain ( keyword site:com.my )


Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:com.my and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (Mohamad Nizam Kassim) which appeared in the resultsall URL of web pages appeared in the results

Example #3 - Search for information in country

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia16Example 3 - Search for the information in specific country ( keyword site:my )


Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:hk and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (Mohamad Nizam Kassim) which appeared in the resultsall URL of web pages appeared in the results


Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia17This page intentionally left blank2) Search by File TypeGoogle Advanced Operator (ext: or filetype:)

Google responds with results that are associated with the given file extension

Search for specific file e.g. keyword ext:filetype A keyword ext:filetype B

Search for specific file in specific website e.g. keyword site:website ext:filetype

InternetfiletypeAfiletypeBInternetfiletypewebsiteCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia182) Search by file type

This technique uses ext: operator to narrow down our keywords to the specific file format. Instead of looking for information in various file format over the internet, we specify the file type.

By specifying the file type, Google will respond with the results that are associated that file type. There are two common techniquessearch for specific file e.g. keyword ext:pdfsearch for specific file in specific website e.g. keyword site:www.xyz.com.my ext:pdf

Example #1 - Search for specific file

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia19Example 1 - Search for specific file ( keyword ext:pdf )

To look for information in specific file format;

Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim ext:pdf and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (Mohamad Nizam Kassim) which appeared in the resultsfile format for each returned results

Example #2 - Search for specific file in specific site

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia20Example 2 - Search for specific file in specific website ( keyword site:www.xyz.com.my ext:pdf )

To look for information in specific file format;

Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:www.xyz.com.my ext:pdf and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (Mohamad Nizam Kassim) which appeared in the resultsfile format for each returned resultsURL for each returned results


Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia21This page intentionally left blank3) Search within Title of Web PageCopyright 2011 CyberSecurity MalaysiaGoogle Advanced Operator (intitle: or allintitle:)

Google responds with results that are associated with keywords within title of web page

Search for specific phrase within title of web page e.g. intitle:specific phrase

Search for all keywords that appear in title of web page e.g. allintitle:all keywords

Title of Web Page223) Search within title of web page

This technique uses intitle: operator to narrow down our keywords to the specific part of the web page i.e. web pages title. Instead of looking for information in every part of the web page, we narrow down to only to the web pages title.

By specifying only to the web pages title, Google will respond with the results within thatarea of web page.

There are two common techniques search for specific phrase within title of web page e.g. intitle:specific phrase search for all keywords that appear in title of web page e.g. allintitle:all keywordsExample #1 - Search for specific phrase within title of web page

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia23Example 1 - Search for specific phrase within title of web page (intitle:specific phrase)

To look for information within web pages title by using intitle: operator

Type intitle:download google chrome and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (download google chrome) which appeared in the resultsExample #2 - Search for all keywords that appear in title of web page

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia24Example 2 - Search for all keywords that appear in title of web page (allintitle:all keywords)

To look for information within web pages title by using allintitle: operator

Type allintitle:mycert dontphishme addon and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (mycert dontphishme addon ) which appeared in the results

Note: intitle: operator and allintitle: operator produce the difference results even though if we using the same keywords.

Dont ask question before you try it first!Power Search Using Google Search within a specific website Search by File Type Search within title of web page Search within text of web page Search within URL of web page Search for an exact phrase Let Google fill in the blank Find the related web page Search for numbers in range Search for all similar terms

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia25This page intentionally left blank4) Search within Text of Web PageGoogle Advanced Operator (intext: or allintext:)

Google responds with results that are associated with keywords within text of web page

Search for specific phrase within text of web page e.g. intext:specific phrase

Search for all keywords that appear in text of web page e.g. allintext:all keywords

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia264) Search within text of web page

This technique uses intext: operator to narrow down our keywords to the specific part of the web page i.e. web pages content. Instead of looking for information in every part of the web page, we narrow down to only to the web pages content.

By specifying only to the web pages content Google will respond with the results within that area of web page.

There are two common techniques search for specific phrase within text of web page e.g. intext:specific phrase search for all keywords that appear in text of web page e.g. allintext:all keywords

4) Search within Text of Web Page (contd)Copyright 2011 CyberSecurity Malaysia

Text of Web Page27Remember that we have learnt three important section of the website.

There is three important sections of any website i.e. title of the web page - means the name of web page text of the web page - means the contents of web page URL of the web page - means the address of web page

Example #1 - Search for specific phrase within text of web page

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia28Example 1 - Search for specific phrase within text of web page (intext:specific phrase)

To look for information within web pages content by using intext: operator

Type intext:Mobile Phone Threats and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (Mobile Phone Threats) which appeared in the results

Example #2 - Search for all keywords that appear in text of web page

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia29Example 2 - Search for all keywords that appear in text of web page (allintext:all keywords)

To look for information within web pages content by using allintext: operator

Type allintext:mobile phone threat and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the keywords (mobile phone threat ) which appeared in the results

Note: intext: operator and allintext: operator produce the difference results even though if we using the same keywords.

Dont ask question before you try it first!


Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia30This page intentionally left blank5) Search within URL of Web PageCopyright 2011 CyberSecurity MalaysiaGoogle Advanced Operator (ext: or filetype:)

Google responds with results that are associated with the given URL of web page

Search for specific keyword within URL of web page e.g. inurl:keyword

Search for specific directory within URL of web page e.g. inurl:domain/keyword

Search for specific file within URL of web page e.g. inurl:keyword.file_extension

URL of Web Page315) Search within URL of web page

This technique uses inurl: operator to narrow down our keywords to the specific part of URL i.e. web pages addresses.

By specifying only to the web pages content Google will respond with the results withinthat area of web page. Remember that we have learnt the component of URL i.e. URL has three main components for example www.xyz.com.my/DIR_A/file.pdf - domain (www.xyz.com.my) - directory ( DIR_A) - file (file.pdf)

There are three common techniques search for specific keyword within URL of web page e.g. inurl:keyword search for specific directory within URL of web page e.g. inurl:domain/keyword search for specific file within URL of web page e.g. inurl:keyword.file_extensionExample #1 - Search for specific keyword within URL of web page Copyright 2011 CyberSecurity Malaysia

32Example 1 - Search for specific keyword within URL of web page (inurl:keyword)



Example #2 - Search for specific directory within URL of web page

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia33Example 2 - Search for specific directory within URL of web page (inurl:domain/keyword)



Example #3 - Search for specific file within URL of web page

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia34Example 3 - Search for specific file within URL of web page (inurl:keyword.file_extension)




Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia35This page intentionally left blank6) Search for an Exact PhraseUsing the quotes

Google responds with results that are contains the exact phrase within quotes

Search for specific phrase e.g. phrase

Search by using two exact phrases e.g. phrase 1 phrase 2

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia366) Search for an exact phrase

This technique uses quotes ( ) to find the exact phrase .

By specifying the quotes with our keywords, we narrow down our search results to the exact phrase. This applies to the more than one words i.e. phrase. For instance;To be or not to beI Know What You Did Last Summer

There are two common techniques Search for specific phrase e.g. phrase Search by using two exact phrases e.g. phrase 1 phrase 2Example #1 - Search for specific phrase

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia37Example 1 - Search for specific phrase ( phrase)

To look for specific phrase in the web page by using quotes ( )

Type security assessment and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the phrase which appeared in the resultsCompare the results if the phrase without the quotes

Example #2 - Search by using two exact phrases

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia38Example 2 - Search by using two exact phrases (phrase 1 phrase 2)

To look for specific two phrase in the web page by using quotes ( )

Type security assessment penang regional center and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the phrases which appeared in the resultsCompare the results if these phrases without the quotes


Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia39This page intentionally left blank7) Let Google Fill in the BlankIf only you remember few words, you can askGoogle to fill in the rest of sentences

Google responds with results that are associated with the given keywords in whole sentences

Search for definition e.g. abbreviation stands for

Search for what people says e.g. say persons name

Search for word variation e.g. keyword *

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia406) Let Google fill in the blank

This is an interesting technique where we can ask Google if only we remember only few words in our keywords.

Google search engine will fill in the blank for us!

There are three common techniques Search for definition e.g. abbreviation stands for Search for what people says e.g. say persons name Search for word variation e.g. keyword *Example #1 - Search for definition

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia41Example 1 - Search for definition (abbreviation stands for)

To look for definition for any abbreviation by using this syntax (abbreviation stands for)

Type RNA stands for and press ENTERObserve search result which contain this phrase.Example #2 - Search for what specific people says

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia42Example 2 - Search for what people says (say persons name)

To look for what people says in the web page by using this syntax (say persons name)

Type say Celcom CEO and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the phrases which appeared in the resultsCompare the results if these phrases without the quotes

Example #3 - Search for variation

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia43Example 3 - Search for word variation (keyword *)

To look for word variation in the web page by using asterisk ( * )

Type Google * and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the word variation for Google which appeared in the resultsCompare the results without the asterisk ( * )


Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia44This page intentionally left blank8) Find Related Web PagesGoogle Advanced Operator (related:)

Google responds with results that are related or similar to the given website

Search for similar website e.g. related:website InternetwebsiteBwebsiteAwebsiteCCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia458) Find the related web pages

This technique uses related: operator to find the related web pages to the given website.

By specifying the related: operator to the given website, Google will respond with theresults In which similar to the given website. For instance,If the given website is university website, Google will find other university websiteIf the given website is telco website, Google will find other telco website

The syntax is so simple, just use related:website. Bear in mind that we must use the full address of the website and not part of it.

Example #1 - Search for similar website

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia46Example 1 - Search for similar website (related: website)

To look for similar website by using related: operator

Type related:digi.com.my and press ENTERObserve on how many websites that are similar to digi.com.my


Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia47This page intentionally left blank9) Search for Numbers in RangeLets find the results between two numbers

Google responds with results that are associated with the given numbers

Search for items within two price range e.g. items number1..number2

Search for info within two date range e.g. keyword date1..date2

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia489) Search for number in range

This technique uses two dots (..) to find number in range in our search results.

By specifying (..) between two numbers, Google search engine will respond with resultsthat are associated with the given numbers.

There are two common techniques Search for items within two price range e.g. items number1..number2 Search for info within two date range e.g. keyword date1..date2Example #1 - Search for items within two price range

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia49Example 1 - Search for items within two price range (items number1..number2)

To look for information within two price range (or numbers) by using two dots (..)

Type gaji RM1000..RM2000 and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the number in range which appeared in the results

Example #2 - Search for info within two date range

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia50Example 2 - Search for info within two date range (keyword date1..date2)

To look for information within two different dates by using two dots (..)

Type fashion icon 1980..1990 and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the date in range which appeared in the results


Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia51This page intentionally left blank10) Search for All Similar TermsThe tilde (~) symbol

Get results that include synonyms by placing the ~sign immediately in front of keywords

Search for alternative words e.g. ~keyword

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia5210) Search for all similar terms

This technique is intended to expand our vocabulary in search results that is synonymous our keywords. Sometime we did not get the right terminology e.g.celebrity sounds vs. ringtonescheap hotel vs. budget hotel airplane vs. aeronautics

By using tilde (~) sign, Google will interpret our keyword to alternative keyword in our search results. Bear in mind that the syntax is ~keyword with no empty space.

Example #1 - Search for alternative words

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia53Example 1 - Search for alternative words (~keyword)

To look for alternative word by using tilde(~) sign

Type ~inexpensive hotel and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine the alternative words of inexpensive which appeared in the results

Q: How you can get only one result from billions of web pages on the internet?

Only One Result!Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia54Only one result!

In this exercise, we will explore the narrowing down our search results up to only one result. Before knowing the Google-Fu skills, most of us rely on the keyword to get the search results. However, this method would bring us billions, millions or thousands results. It was really frustrated moment to go through each of the results.

With Google-Fu skills, we have learnt the advanced operators to zoom in where our keywords should show up which section of the web page - title, text or URLwhich location - website, domain or country which file - Microsoft Office Suite, PDF and many more

Let us ask ourselves - How can we get only one result from billions of web pages on the internet?

Get ready for this exercise!Fire up your Google web browserOpen Google Malaysia - www.google.com.my Follow the next instruction

Note: Youre encourage to use your own keywords to reinforce your understanding . Be creative!

Copyright 2011 CyberSecurity MalaysiaLets Do The Exercise - Normal Search

55Lets us start with

Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine. (__________ results)

Google will return the results based the keywords that have been entered. From the indexed web pages in their server. In this case, Google will find any words from these keywords i.e. (Mohamad) , (Nizam), (Kassim)

As long as all these keywords exist in any web pages, Google will return the results. Atthe time of writing this exercise, the results were 75,000 for the keywords Mohamad Nizam Kassim.Copyright 2011 CyberSecurity MalaysiaLets Do The Exercise - Exact Phrase

56Lets continue with these keywords but were add quotes ( keywords )

Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine. (__________ results)

We observed very significant reduction in the number of results returned by Google search engine compared to the previous search. The difference is Google search engine interpret the keywords differently. Instead of any web pages contains the keywords (Mohamad, Nizam, Kassim), Google search engine will find the exact keywords i.e. Mohamad Nizam Kassim in any web pages.

Please look for difference between Mohamad Nizam Kassim and just Mohamad Nizam Kassim in Google results. Compare them.Copyright 2011 CyberSecurity MalaysiaLets Do The Exercise - Search within specific website

57Now, we explore on how to narrow down our search further.

Question: How we look for our keywords in the specific website?

Answer: From the previous exercise, we know that from the Google search results of Mohamad Nizam Kassim contains web pages from more than one domains. Therefore , we want the results from one domain.

To obtain the search results from one domain:Use site: operator, type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine. (__________ results)

Now, the search results indicate significant reduction. It contains the search results of web pages from cybersecurity.my domain which have the exact phrase of MohamadNizam Kassim. Compare between these two resultsMohamad Nizam KassimMohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my

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Lets Do The Exercise - Search within specific website, file58Then we extend further information exploration to narrow down our search results. This time we want our keywords appear in the specific domain and specific file format.

Therefore,

Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdf and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine. (__________ results)

From the Google search results, we observed that Google returned only web pages from cybersecurity.my domain in the format of PDF file which contains the exact phrase of Mohamad Nizam Kassim.

Notice that Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my results are mainly from cybersecurity.my domain with multiple file formatMohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdf results are mainly from cybersecurity.my domain with PDF file format

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Lets Do The Exercise - Power Search TechniqueCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia59By far, we have observed that our search results are better off with significant reduction of returned search results.

Now,

Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim Media Release site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdf and press ENTERObserve how many results that you get from Google search engine. (__________ results)

Google returned only one result due to we have scoping of results limited to two important keywords, specific domain and specific file format.

Let us analyseTwo important keywords - fixed keyword (Mohamad Nizam Kassim) - variable keyword (Media Release)Specific domain (site:cybersecurity.my)Specific file format (ext:pdf)

You are encourage to try these keywordsType Mohamad Nizam Kassim Wireless site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdf and press ENTERType Mohamad Nizam Kassim Mobile site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdf and press ENTER

Mohamad Nizam Kassim

Mohamad Nizam KassimMohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.myMohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdfMohamad Nizam Kassim Media Release site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdfA: Try google these search terms and observe the differenceLets Recap - Narrowing Down Your ResultsCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia60To recap, we have learnt the technique to reduce our search results from thousands of results to only one results.

If you missed the steps, lets try it again each of them Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim and press ENTER Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim and press ENTER Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my and press ENTER Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdf and press ENTER Type Mohamad Nizam Kassim Media Release site:cybersecurity.my ext:pdf and press ENTER

Now, youre encourage to try these techniques to find any information of your choice.

Summary Google is very powerful once you know the Google-Fu Skills Develop your Google-Fu skills Practice, Practice, Practice! Dont Know the Answer Ask Google! Because Its There You Just Need To Find It!

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia61In summary, weve learnt 10 important techniques to find the information i.e.

Search within a specific website - narrowing down our search to the specific website Search by File Type - looking for specific file Search within title of web page - narrowing down our search to the title of web page Search within text of web page - narrowing down our search to the text of web page Search within URL of web page - narrowing down our search to the URL of web page Search for an exact phrase - looking for specific phrase Let Google fill in the blank - ask Google to suggest Find the related web page - looking for similar web page Search for numbers in range - narrowing down between two numbers Search for all similar terms - looking for other terms

This lesson is beneficial if we reinforce our learning by practicing our Google-Fu skills to find our future information on the internet. To learn and not to do is basically not to leant. Practice, Practice, Practice.

Please recite the mantra: Ask Google if Do Not Know the Answer.

Information is out there. Google it Yourself!

Recommended Exploration

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features.htmlCopyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia62Google Search Features is where we can explore a wide range of built-in searching capabilities. We can find six categories (The Basics, Advanced Tricks, Fast Facts, Local, Research, On Your Phone) to find new ways to search for information and get the results.

To enhance our internet searching skills, please open up Google Search Features page - http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features.html

Spend five minutes to do these exercises. Practice makes perfect!

Reference

Copyright 2014 CyberSecurity Malaysia63Some of the basic info to ease our searching

For more info : http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference_print.html

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02 power search using google

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