[Chicago-talk] Google Pocket Guide Review

[Shawn C Carroll]

Book Title: Google Pocket Guide
Authors: Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest & DJ Adams
Publisher: O’Reilly
Pages: 129 w/ index
Website: http://www.ora.com/catalog/googlepg
Reviewer: Shawn C. Carroll

Synopsis: This pocket guide to one of the most widely used search engines
gives the reader nearly anything they would want to know about Google.

Review: Continuing with O’Reilly’s Pocket Guide series, this book gives
you all the information about Google in a book sized to fit in a shirt
pocket.  Google Pocket Guide gives the reader all the information needed
to search any of the many search options.

Beginning with the basics of internet searching, the reader is led to
deeper and more full search options.  Each of Google’s search parameters
are discussed, as is how to fine tune your search to narrow down the
results.  After the basic search, the reader is introduced to preferences
one can set for session to session searches.  Then the reader is
introduced to the several other search engine’s Google offers, such as
News, the Directory, and Groups.  Each is explained in detail with
specific search options and features.

In all, this is a great guide for using Google to it’s fullest.  Is the
guide needed by everyone? No, of course not, but would be great for
everyone that doesn’t automatically flip every switch and twist every
knob.  At $9.95, it’s a stocking stuffer for your relative that still
can’t find anything on the internet.

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Shawn Carroll
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