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Building your Own Customized Search Engine
Building a customized search engine is simple, and there are many options that you can include as you are building. Make generalized search engines for everyday work in different subject areas, or make them more focused for major projects. One way is through Google: First, you need to create a Google account. This can be done by visiting http://www.google.com and clicking the sign-in link located at the top right of the page. This take you to the accounts page. Here, below the sign-in box, you will see a link that prompts you to create a new account. Fill out the form, and you will be set to go. In the future, you will know if you are logged in if you see your email address showing at the top of each Google page. Now, go back to the main custom search page located at [] You will see a large button that says that will get you started. This will also be where you come to edit searches you have already created.

Click the blue button and complete the form to create your search engine. You’ve done it. You can now test your search engine, or you can click the finish button to go to your “My search engines” page. This is where all of the search engines you have created are stored. From this page, you can also click the control panel button to further customize your new creation. For now, click on the homepage link next to the custom search engine you just created and you’ll be ready to go.

Search Tips
Be Specific Put Exact Phrases in Quotation Marks Use + to require a specific word Use - to exclude a specific word Use -, +, and “” in conjunction Use the “~” to search for related words: This will return results for the word immediately following the ~ and words related to it. Use … between two numbers for range Use site: to search within specific sites- This works well for finding information on certain websites or certain types of sites. Use define: to search for definitions Use filetype: for specific types of files Use the Advanced Search for specifics

Google WonderWheel

Google Wonder Wheel – Step by Step Google Wonder Wheel is a new great feature from Google which allows you to see relevant search results to your query in a unique semantically relevant and graphically design way. The following is a step by step guide on how to use the GoogleWonderWheel tool:

Using Google Wonder Wheel Step By Step - Step 1 After submitting the key word or phrase you would like to search for, click on the “show more options” link on the top left side. The results will be divided in to two screens Using Google Wonder Wheel Step By Step - Step 2

On the left hand side look for the WonderWheel - you may need to expand- More search Tools

Google Wonder Wheel Step By Step Guide - Step 3 Clicking on the Wonder wheel link will now create a sun shaped circle of terms, all related to your original search. Green energy lamp is the main phrase, since it’s the one we looked for and you can find other related keywords to this search on the sun beam. Now your display will show the Google Wonder Wheel tool on the left side and the Google search results on the right side.

Using Google Wonder Wheel Step by Step guide - Step 4 Now the fun starts. You can navigate your way around the relevant key words and phrases and find more and more results. It’s easy and the graphical effects make it fun. In our example: “Green energy lamp” was the main phrase and then we searched for “solar energy lamps” and so on.