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1.Browser

2. Google navigation bar

3.Google logo

4.Search box

5. Links
Entering a Query

If you have little or no experience with Google, read on. If your browser isn’t pointing
to Google, visit Google’s home page by entering one of the following web addresses
into your browser

• http://www.google.com/ (the full web address for Google)

• www.google.com (a common abbreviation for Google’s web address)

The Google home page will have a search box in the middle, some menus at the top,
and it may have other features too. Sometimes, Google changes the image
above the search box.

To enter a query, type descriptive words into Google’s search box. You can use either
the search box on Google’s home page (shown above) or the search box that
always appears at the top of a Google results page (shown in the next screen
shot). And for now, you can also use the search box we’ve provided. For
practice, point to this box, click in it, and type the words [ kementerian
penerangan ,komunikasi dan kebudayaan ]:
The results page is full of information and links, most of which relate to your query.
Results Google considers to be most relevant to your query are shown first. To
the right of Google’s search results appear sponsored links, which are paid
advertisements.

Going Directly to the First Result

Click on the I’m Feeling Lucky button on Google’s home page to go directly to the
first result for your query. Instead of showing you a list of pages, Google sends
you immediately to the result that may be most relevant to your query. For
example, if you enter the query [ california driving ] (without the square
brackets) and click the I’m Feeling Lucky button, Google may send you to the
home page of Hamish Reid’s wonderful California Driving Guide. (You may see
another page if Google’s first result has changed by the time you read this
tutorial.) When you run a Google search from Google Guide, the search result
page opens in a new window. You can come back to this Google Guide page by
closing that new window.
The I’m Feeling Lucky button can save you the time it takes to review your results
and then click on the first one. Use it when you’re confident the page you want
is the best fit for your query, which is usually the case when you’re seeking
very popular pages

The + Operator

Force Google to include a term by proceeding the term with a “+” sign.

To force Google to search for a particular term, put a + sign operator in front of the
word in the query. Note that you should not put a space between the + and the word.
So, to search for the satirical newspaper The Onion, use [ +The Onion ], not
[ + The Onion ].

The + operator is typically used in front of stop words that Google would otherwise
ignore or when you want Google to return only those pages that match your search
terms exactly. However, the + operator can be used on any term.

Want to learn about Star Wars Episode One? “I” is a stop word and is not included in
a search unless you precede it with a + sign.

• USE [ Star Wars +I ]

• NOT [ Star Wars I ]
The - Operator

Proceed each term you do not want to appear in any result with a “–” sign.

To find pages without a particular term, put a – sign operator in front of the word in
the query. The – sign indicates that you want to subtract or exclude pages that
contain a specific term. Do not put a space between the – and the word, i.e.

• USE [ dolphins –football ]

• NOT [ dolphins – football ]

The ~ Operator

Find synonyms by preceding the term with a ~, which is known as the tilde
or synonym operator.

The tilde (~) operator takes the word immediately following it and searches both for
that specific word and for the word’s synonyms. It also searches for the term with
alternative endings. The tilde operator works best when applied to general terms and
terms with many synonyms. As with the + and – operators, put the ~ (tilde) next to
the word, with no spaces between the ~ and its associated word, i.e.,
[ ~lightweight laptop ] NOT [ ~ lightweight laptop ].

Why did Google use tilde? In math, the “~” symbol means “is similar to.” The tilde
tells Google to search for pages that are synonyms or similar to the term that follows.

• [ ~inexpensive ] matches “inexpensive,” “cheap,” “affordable,” and “low

cost”
• [ ~run ] matches “run,” “runner’s,” “running,” as well as “marathon”

The OR and | Operators

Specify synonyms or alternative forms with an uppercase OR or | (vertical

bar).

The OR operator, for which you may also use | (vertical bar), applies to the search
terms immediately adjacent to it. The first and second examples will find pages that
include either “Tahiti” or “Hawaii” or both terms, but not pages that contain neither
“Tahiti” nor “Hawaii.” The third and fourth examples will find pages that contain any
one, two, or all three of the terms “blouse,” “shirt,” and “chemise.”

• [ Tahiti OR Hawaii ]
• [ Tahiti | Hawaii ]

• [ blouse OR shirt OR chemise ]

• [ blouse | shirt | chemise ]

Note: If you write OR with a lowercase “o” or a lowercase “r” Google interprets the
word as a search term instead of an operator.
Note: Unlike OR, a | (vertical bar) need not be surrounded by spaces.

• [ bicycle|cycle ]

Use quotes (“ ”) to group compound words and phrases together.

• [ filter OR stop “junk email“ OR spam ]

• [ “New Zealand“ OR “Ivory Coast“ holiday OR vacation package ]

The * Operator

Use *, an asterisk character, known as a wildcard, to match one or more

words in a phrase (enclosed in quotes).

Each * represents just one or more words. Google treats the * as a placeholder for a
word or more than one word. For example, [ “Google * my life“ ] tells Google to find
pages containing a phrase that starts with “Google” followed by one or more words,
followed by “my life.” Phrases that fit the bill include: “Google changed my life,”
“Google runs my life,” and “Google is my life.”

[ “Google * my life“ ]

If you know there’s a date on the page you’re seeking but you don’t know its format,
specify several common formats using the OR operator. For example:

[ California election “Oct * 2003“ OR “10/*/03“ OR “October * 2003“ ]

When you know only part of the phrase you wish to find, consider using the *
operator. Find the title of Sherry Russell’s book that can help you deal with the
tragedies of 9/11 or losing a loved one.

[ “Conquering the * and * of Grief“ ]

Proximity searching can be useful when you want to find pages that include
someone’s name in any of the following orders: first middle last, last first middle, first
last, last first. To search for “Francis” adjacent or separated one word from
“Coppola,” requires four queries:

[ “Francis Coppola“ ]
[ “Francis * Coppola“ ]
[ “Coppola Francis“ ]
[ “Coppola * Francis“ ]

The .. Operator

Specify that results contain numbers in a range by specifying two numbers,

separated by two periods, with no spaces.

For example, specify that you are searching in the price range $250 to $1000 using
the number range specification $250..$1000.
 • [ recumbent bicycle $250..$1000 ]

Special Characters: Summary

Advanced Search Form

When you don’t find what you’re seeking, consider specifying more precisely what
you want by using Google’s Advanced Search feature. Don’t be frightened by
the name “Advanced Search”; it’s easy to use, and it allows you to select or
exclude pages with more precision than Google’s standard search box. Click on
the Advanced Search link at the right of Google’s search box.
Usage Rights

For pages covered by the Creative Commons license, Usage Rights: lets you specify
what types of usage the page should allow.

In general — unless a page states otherwise — it’s safe to assume that pages you
find with Google cannot be freely used in any way you like. However, some pages
have special marking to tell search engines such as Google that the page is covered
by the Creative Commons license — and what types of usage are permitted. The
Usage Rights search finds these specially-marked pages.
Search history and settings: Set Google as my homepage

Have Google at your fingertips when browsing the Web by making Google.com your
homepage. Instructions are provided below for common browsers.

Google Chrome

1. Click the Tools menu in the browser.

2. Select Options.
3. In the Home page section, select the 'Open this page' option.
4. Enter http://www.google.com in the text box next to this option.
5. Click the Close button.

Internet Explorer 6.0+

1. Click the Tools menu in the browser.

2. Select Internet Options .
3. Click the General tab.
4. In the Home page section, enter http://www.google.com in the text box.
5. Click OK.

Firefox 2.0+

1. Click the Tools menu in the browser.

2. Select Options.
3. Click the Main tab.
4. In the Startup section, enter http://www.google.com in the 'Home Page' text
box.
5. Click OK.

Suspicious results and strange behavior: Results labeled 'This site may
harm your computer'

We want our users to feel safe when they search the web, and we're continuously
working to identify dangerous sites and increase protection for our users. This
warning message appears with search results we've identified as sites that may
install malicious software on your computer:
If you click the title of the result, you'll be shown the following warning rather than
being taken immediately to the webpage in question:

What are 'cache' and 'cookies' anyway?

A browser's cache is just some of its memory that's devoted to remembering what a
page used to look like. Using cache, browsers can open pages they've seen before
more quickly. If anything goes wrong in the cache, or if the page has changed since
your browser last saw it, it can affect how the page displays.

Cookies are tiny files stored by your browser that remember your personal settings.
When you go to a site you've been to before, the cookies remind the site how you
like the info on it to be displayed. They remember, for instance, your SafeSearch
settings, and what view you like in Google Maps. Sometimes they break and make
pages look weird.

1) Cache. First try clearing the browser cache for the version you're using:

Firefox 3.x for Windows

1. In Firefox, click the Tools menu.

2. Click Clear Private Data.
 3. Make sure 'Cache' is selected.
4. Click Clear Private Data Now

How to read search results

Google's goal is to provide you with results that are clear and easy to read. The
diagram below points out four features that are important to understanding the
search results page:

1. The title: The first line of any search result is the title of the webpage.
2. The snippet: A description of or an excerpt from the webpage.
3. The URL: The webpage's address.
4. Cached link: A link to an earlier version of this page. Click here if the page you
wanted isn't available.

Google search basics: More search help

The Basic search help article covers all the most common issues, but sometimes you
need a little bit more power. This document will highlight the more advanced
features of Google Web Search. Have in mind though that even very advanced
searchers, such as the members of the search group at Google, use these features
less than 5% of the time. Basic simple search is often enough. As always, we use
square brackets [ ] to denote queries, so [ to be or not to be ] is an example of a
query; [ to be ] or [ not to be ] are two examples of queries.

• Phrase search ("")

By putting double quotes around a set of words, you are telling Google to
consider the exact words in that exact order without any change. Google
already uses the order and the fact that the words are together as a very
strong signal and will stray from it only for a good reason, so quotes are
usually unnecessary. By insisting on phrase search you might be missing good
 results accidentally. For example, a search for [ "Alexander Bell" ] (with
quotes) will miss the pages that refer to Alexander G. Bell.

• Search within a specific website (site:)

Google allows you to specify that your search results must come from a given
website. For example, the query [ iraq site:nytimes.com ] will return pages
about Iraq but only from nytimes.com. The simpler queries [ iraq nytimes.com
] or [ iraq New York Times ] will usually be just as good, though they might
return results from other sites that mention the New York Times. You can also
specify a whole class of sites, for example [ iraq site:.gov ] will return results
only from a .gov domain and [ iraq site:.iq ] will return results only from Iraqi
sites.

• Terms you want to exclude (-)

Attaching a minus sign immediately before a word indicates that you do not
want pages that contain this word to appear in your results. The minus sign
should appear immediately before the word and should be preceded with a
space. For example, in the query [ anti-virus software ], the minus sign is used
as a hyphen and will not be interpreted as an exclusion symbol; whereas the
query [ anti-virus -software ] will search for the words 'anti-virus' but exclude
references to software. You can exclude as many words as you want by using
the - sign in front of all of them, for example [ jaguar -cars -football -os ]. The -
sign can be used to exclude more than just words. For example, place a
hyphen before the 'site:' operator (without a space) to exclude a specific site
from your search results.

• Fill in the blanks (*)

The *, or wildcard, is a little-known feature that can be very powerful. If you
include * within a query, it tells Google to try to treat the star as a placeholder
for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches. For example, the
search [ Google * ] will give you results about many of Google's products (go
to next page and next page -- we have many products). The query [ Obama
voted * on the * bill ] will give you stories about different votes on different
bills. Note that the * operator works only on whole words, not parts of words.

• Search exactly as is (+)

Google employs synonyms automatically, so that it finds pages that mention,
for example, childcare for the query [ child care ] (with a space), or California
history for the query [ ca history ]. But sometimes Google helps out a little too
much and gives you a synonym when you don't really want it. By attaching a
+ immediately before a word (remember, don't add a space after the +), you
are telling Google to match that word precisely as you typed it. Putting double
quotes around a single word will do the same thing.

• The OR operator
Google's default behavior is to consider all the words in a search. If you want
to specifically allow either one of several words, you can use the OR operator
(note that you have to type 'OR' in ALL CAPS). For example, [ San Francisco
Giants 2004 OR 2005 ] will give you results about either one of these years,
whereas [ San Francisco Giants 2004 2005 ] (without the OR) will show pages
that include both years on the same page. The symbol | can be substituted for
OR. (The AND operator, by the way, is the default, so it is not needed.)
Exceptions

Search is rarely absolute. Search engines use a variety of techniques to imitate how
people think and to approximate their behavior. As a result, most rules have
exceptions. For example, the query [ for better or for worse ] will not be interpreted
by Google as an OR query, but as a phrase that matches a (very popular) comic strip.
Google will show calculator results for the query [ 34 * 87 ] rather than use the 'Fill in
the blanks' operator. Both cases follow the obvious intent of the query. Here is a list
of exceptions to some of the rules and guidelines that were mentioned in this and the
Basic Search Help article:

Exceptions to 'Every word matters'

• Words that are commonly used, like 'the,' 'a,' and 'for,' are usually ignored
(these are called stop words). But there are even exceptions to this exception.
The search [ the who ] likely refers to the band; the query [ who ] probably
refers to the World Health Organization -- Google will not ignore the word 'the'
in the first query.
• Synonyms might replace some words in your original query. (Adding + before
a word disables synonyms.)
• A particular word might not appear on a page in your results if there is
sufficient other evidence that the page is relevant. The evidence might come
from language analysis that Google has done or many other sources. For
example, the query [ overhead view of the bellagio pool ] will give you nice
overhead pictures from pages that do not include the word 'overhead.'

Punctuation that is not ignored

• Punctuation in popular terms that have particular meanings, like [ C++ ] or [

C# ] (both are names of programming languages), are not ignored.
• The dollar sign ($) is used to indicate prices. [ nikon 400 ] and [ nikon $400 ]
will give different results.
• The hyphen - is sometimes used as a signal that the two words around it are
very strongly connected. (Unless there is no space after the - and a space
before it, in which case it is a negative sign.)
• The underscore symbol _ is not ignored when it connects two words, e.g.
[quick_sort].

Image Search

Looking for an image, map, graphic, photo, design or drawing? Try Google’s Image
Search by clicking on the Images link above Google’s search box
Enter your query and click on the Google Search button. Alternatively, enter your
query and then click on the Images link above the search box. Google Image Search
works best when there are many images available to choose from, e.g., photos of
“sekolah rendah.

Click on the image that interests you. You’ll go to a framed page with two parts. On
top, you’ll see Google’s image thumbnail. On the bottom, you’ll see the full page on
which the image appears. Clicking on the thumbnail image or on the “See full-size
image” link that appears just below the thumbnail image will display the full-size
image.
Save the image to your hard disk by either selecting Save As or Save Page As from
the File menu of your browser or by clicking the mouse’s right button and selecting
Save As or Save Page As from the pop-up menu.

To view the page containing the image without the thumbnail image on top, click on
the page’s URL, which appears between the thumbnail image and the page itself
following the text “Below is the image in its original context on the page.”

You can specify:

The Size restriction refers to the height and width of the image in pixels. The
following table lists the approximate dimensions for each relative size specification.
Google Maps

Google Maps is a map service that you view in your web browser. Depending on
your location, you can view basic or custom maps and local business
information, including business locations, contact information, and driving
directions. Click and drag maps to view adjacent sections immediately. View
satellite images of your desired location that you can zoom and pan.

Getting to Know Google Maps

The following diagram describes some of the features available in Google Maps. Not
all features may be available in your location:

 Get directions - Click this to get directions.

 My Maps - Use this to view and create custom maps.
 Search - Use this to search for places and businesses. Click the grey button to
the right
of the seach box to use, view or edit your saved locations.
 Show/Hide - Click the left arrow to hide or show the left panel, and the right
arrow to
minimize and expand the map.
 Traffic - Click here to view traffic information.
 More... -Click this to turn different layers on or off. Depending on the area you're
looking at, you can view transit maps, photos, Wikipedia information and
more.
 Print/Send - Click these to print or send maps.
 Link to this page - Click this to create a map web address (URL) in your browser
that
you can share with others.
 Search results - This panel shows search results. Click any result to view more
information.
 Navigation controls - Use this to navigate.
 Map - This area displays the map, search results, My Maps and much more.
 Street View - Click this to view and navigate street-level imagery.
 Info window - This window displays additional information when you click a
marker
or search result.
 Overview Map - This shows how the map you're viewing fits into a larger
geographical area.

Navigating in Google Maps

You can navigate (move your view) in two dimensions in any Google Map. To pan
(move the map), do one of the following:

• Click and drag the map

• Press the up arrow on your keyboard to move north
• Press the down arrow on your keyboard to move south
• Press the right arrow on your keyboard to move east
• Press the left arrow on your keyboard to move west

Additionally, you can zoom in or out pressing the + or - keys. Move the cursor over a
location and use the mouse scroll button to zoom in or out on that location. To center
and zoom in on a location, double click the location.

Using the Navigation Controls

The navigation controls you see at maps.google.com are

shown on the left. Navigation controls include:

1. Arrows - Click the appropriate arrow buttons to move

the view north, south, east or west.
2. Street View - Click to view street-level imagery
3. Zoom - Click + to zoom in on the center of the map.
Click - to zoom out.
4. Zoom slider - Drag the zoom slider up or down to
zoom in or out incrementally.
About Google News

Google News is a computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from

news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according
to each reader's personalized interests.

Traditionally, news readers first pick a publication and then look for headlines that
interest them. We do things a little differently, with the goal of offering our readers
more personalized options and a wider variety of perspectives from which to choose.
On Google News we offer links to several articles on every story, so you can first
decide what subject interests you and then select which publishers’ accounts of each
story you’d like to read. Click on the headline that interests you and you'll go directly
to the site which published that story.

Our articles are selected and ranked by computers that evaluate, among other
things, how often and on what sites a story appears online. We also rank based on
certain characteristics of news content such as freshness, location, relevance and
diversity. As a result, stories are sorted without regard to political viewpoint or
ideology and you can choose from a wide variety of perspectives on any given story.
We'll continue to improve Google News by adding sources, fine-tuning our technology
and providing Google News to readers in even more regions.

Features

Personalized news: No one can read all the news that’s published every day, so
why not set up your page to show you the stories that best represent your interests?

Alerts: You can sign up to receive weekly, daily or as-it-happens email alerts on any
topic that interests you.

News for your mobile phone: If you have a mobile data plan, you can access a
special version of Google News right from your mobile phone.

Feeds: You can receive updates of various sections of Google News or Google News
search results by subscribing to RSS or Atom feeds in your favorite feed reader.

News archive search: Search and explore information from historical archives
dating back over 200 years.

About Google Books

Find the perfect book for your purposes and discover new ones that interest you.

Search
Book Search works just like web search. Try a search on Google Books or on
Google.com. When we find a book with content that contains a match for your
search terms, we'll link to it in your search results.
 Browse books online
If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given us permission, you'll
be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's
in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.
Learn more -- fast
We've created reference pages for every book so you can quickly find all kinds
of relevant information: book reviews, web references, maps and more.
Buy the book ... or borrow it from the library
If you find a book you like, click on the "Buy this book" and "Borrow this book"
links to see where you can buy or borrow it.
Where do the books come from?
Currently, we are connecting readers with books in two ways: the Partner
Program and the Library Project.

Google Translate

Google Translate is an automatic translator -- that is, it works without the

intervention of human translators, using state-of-the-art technology instead. Most
commercial machine-translation systems in use today have been developed using a
rule-based approach, and require a lot of work to define vocabularies and grammars.
Our system takes a different approach; we feed the computer billions of words of
text, both monolingual text in the target language, and aligned text consisting of
examples of human translations between the languages. We then apply statistical
learning techniques to build a translation model.

To search websites in other languages, click Language Tools to the right of the
search box on google.com or click the Translated search link in the left nav on
Google Translate, then:

1. Type one or more search terms into the search box.

2. Select the language of your search term in the 'My language' dropdown.
3. Select the language of the websites you'd like to search in the 'Search pages
written in' dropdown.
4. Hit the Enter key or click the search button.

Google translates your search term and performs a search using the translated
terms. The search results are then translated back into the language you selected in
the 'My language' dropdown.

The translated search results will be displayed in the left column of the page; the
original search results will be displayed in the right column. Click a translated result
(a result in the left column), you'll be taken to an automatically translated version of
the page.
A banner prompting the user to translate the page will be shown at the top of the
page when a user's browser user interface language is different than than the
language of the web page.

When a user translates a page, the website translator sends the text of the web page
to Google's translation service and displays the translated text without reloading or
redirecting users from the page.

If the user clicks on a link in the translated page and the linked web page has the
website translator embedded in it, the linked web page will also be automatically
translated for the user. Otherwise, the original web page without translations will be
shown.

For normal web pages, Google may log a small portion of the text for translation
quality purposes but not in a way that is associated with their Google Account. The
contents of secure pages are submitted and translated using a secure connection,
and Google will not log any of the text.

A Google approach to email.

Gmail is built on the idea that email can be more intuitive, efficient, and useful.
About Google Scholar

What is Google Scholar?

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From
one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses,
books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional
societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps
you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.

Features of Google Scholar

• Search diverse sources from one convenient place

• Find articles, theses, books, abstracts or court opinions
• Locate the complete document through your library or on the web
• Learn about key scholarly literature in any area of research
Blog Search

Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong

believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope
Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and
perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for
Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else,
Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your
choice.

Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog
index is continually updated, so you'll always get the most accurate and up-to-date
results; and you can search not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian,
German, Spanish, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Swedish,
Malay, Polish, Thai, Indonesian, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese and other languages as
well.
Google Calendar

Organizing your schedule shouldn't be a burden. With Google Calendar, it's easy to
keep track of life's important events all in one place.
Google Reader

Read them in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up with your favorite
websites is as easy as checking your email.

Google Sites
Introduction to Google Sites

Google Sites is an online application that makes creating a team website as easy as
editing a document. With Google Sites, you can quickly gather a variety of
information in one place -- including videos, calendars, presentations, attachments,
and text -- and easily share it for viewing or editing with a small group, an entire
organization, or the world.

Here's what you can do with Google Sites:

• Customize your site's look.

• Create sub-pages to keep your content organized.
• Choose page types: webpage, announcements, file cabinet.
• Keep your web content (for example, videos, online documents, Picasa photo
slide shows, iGoogle gadgets) and offline files in one central location.
• Keep your site as private or public as you'd like.
• Search across your Google Sites content with Google search technology.

Google Group

A Google Group is a user-owned group created using the Google Groups service.
Google Groups not only allows you to manage and archive your mailing list, but also
provides a method for true communication and collaboration with group members.
Unlike other free mailing list services, Google Groups offers generous storage limits,
customizable pages, and unique management options. As always, Google Groups
displays only relevant text ads (never banners or pop-up ads).

To move your mailing list to Google Groups, just follow these steps:
 1. Click the "Create a group..." button on the Google Groups homepage. If you're
not already signed in to your Google Account, sign in, name your group, and
fill out the other required information.
2. Enter the email addresses of the people you'd like to invite to your group. If
you'd prefer to directly add your members, click the "Add members directly"
link. (Copying and pasting an existing list of email addresses into this form is
one easy way of populating your group.)
3. Write an invitation or welcome message, and select an email subscription
option for your members if you're directly adding them.
4. Click the "Invite members" or "Add members" button. Google will send
notifications or invitations to your group members.

Google Alerts

Google Alerts are emails automatically sent to you when there are new Google results for your search
terms. You can also choose to have your alerts delivered via feed to the feedreader of your choice (e.g.,
Google Reader or add the feed to your iGoogle page). We currently offer alerts with results from News,
Web, Blogs, Video and Groups.

Google Alerts currently offers 6 variations of alerts - 'News', 'Web', 'Blogs', 'Comprehensive', 'Video' and
'Groups'.

• A 'News' alert is an email aggregate of the latest news articles that contain the search terms of your
choice and appear in the top ten results of your Google News search.
• A 'Web' alert is an email aggregate of the latest web pages that contain the search terms of your
choice and appear in the top twenty results of your Google Web search.
• A 'Blogs' alert is an email aggregate of the latest blog posts that contain the search terms of your
choice and appear in the top ten results of your Google Blog search.
• A 'Comprehensive' alert is an aggregate of the latest results from multiple sources (News, Web
and Blogs) into a single email to provide maximum coverage on the topic of your choice.
• A 'Video' alert is an email aggregate of the latest videos that contain the search terms of your
choice and appear in the top ten results of your Google Video search.
• A 'Groups' alert is an email aggregate of new posts that contain the search terms of your choice
and appear in the top fifty results of your Google Groups search.