In this course segment you'll learn — among other things — how to:
Google displays the current service link (the kind of search that the current page will perform) in black. Links for other services are blue.
After running a search on one service, you can click on another service's link to run a search on that service using the same terms. For example, when you click on the News link, your search will be repeated on Google's News service.
Topic-specific searches are accessible from the Advanced Search form.
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Several nice summaries of some of Google's features and services are available online:
The word "Beta" beside the name of a service means that Google is testing and refining the service. Use the service, and if you are so inclined, provide feedback to Google on how the service can be improved.
Next, we'll look at many of the special search tools listed above, as well as:
This section ends with Google's feature history.
The search tips and behaviors described in Part I of Google Guide work with Google's special search tools, except that the synonym operator (~) currently works only on Web and Directory searches.
For more information on Google special services and tools, visit www.google.com/options/.
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