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Google Hacks : 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools

Calishain, Tara (Author) Dornfest, Rael (Author)

ISBN-10: 0596004478
ISBN-13: 9780596004477

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'Google Hacks' is a collection of industrial-strength, real-world texted solutions to practical problems. This concise text offers a variety of interesting ways for power users to mine the enormous amount of information that Google has access to.
Google Hacks is a collection of industrial-strength, real-world, tested solutions to practical problems. This concise book offers a variety of interesting ways for power users to mine the enormous amount of information that GoogleTM has access to, and helps you have fun while doing it. You'll learn clever and powerful methods for using the advanced search interface and the new Google API, including how to build and modify scripts that can become custom business applications based on Google. Google Hacks contains 100 tips, tricks, and scripts that you can use to become instantly more effective in your research.
The Internet puts a wealth of information at your fingertips, and all you have to know is how to find it. Google is your ultimate research tool--a search engine that indexes more than 2.4 billion web pages, in more than 30 languages, conducting more than 150 million searches a day. The more you know about Google, the better you are at pulling data off the Web.You've got a cadre of techniques up your sleeve--tricks you've learned from practice, from exchanging ideas with others, and from plain old trial and error--but you're always looking for better ways to search.It's the "hacker" in you: not the troublemaking kind, but the kind who really drives innovation by trying new ways to get things done.If this is you, then you'll find new inspiration (and valuable tools, too) in "Google Hacks from O'Reilly's new Hacks Series. "Google Hacks is a collection of industrial-strength, real-world, tested solutions to practical problems. The book offers a variety of interesting ways for power users to mine the enormous amount of information that Google has access to, and helps you have fun while doing it.You'll learn clever and powerful methods for
Creditsp. ix
Forewordp. xv
Prefacep. xvii
Searching Googlep. 1
Setting Preferencesp. 9
Language Toolsp. 11
Anatomy of a Search Resultp. 13
Specialized Vocabularies: Slang and Terminologyp. 15
Getting Around the
10. Word Limit		p. 19
Word Order Mattersp. 20
Repetition Mattersp. 22
Mixing Syntaxesp. 25
Hacking Google URLsp. 29
Hacking Google Search Formsp. 31
Date-Range Searchingp. 34
Understanding and Using Julian Datesp. 37
Using Full-Word Wildcardsp. 37
inurl: Versus sitep. 38
Checking Spellingp. 40
Consulting the Dictionaryp. 42
Consulting the Phonebookp. 43
Tracking Stocksp. 46
Google Interface for Translatorsp. 49
Searching Article Archivesp. 53
Finding Directories of Informationp. 54
Finding Technical Definitionsp. 56
Finding Weblog Commentaryp. 59
The Google Toolbarp. 61
The Mozilla Google Toolbarp. 63
The Quick Search Toolbarp. 64
GAPISp. 68
Googling with Bookmarkletsp. 71
Google Special Services and Collectionsp. 73
Google Directoryp. 76
Google Groupsp. 78
Google Imagesp. 82
Google Newsp. 84
Google Catalogsp. 87
Frooglep. 88
Google Labsp. 89
Third-Party Google Servicesp. 92
XooMLe: The Google API in Plain Old XMLp. 93
Google by Emailp. 102
Simplifying Google Groups URLsp. 103
What Does Google Think Of...p. 105
GooglePeoplep. 106
Non-API Google Applicationsp. 108
Don't Try This at Homep. 110
Building a Custom Date-Range Search Formp. 111
Building Google Directory URLsp. 113
Scraping Google Resultsp. 115
Scraping Google AdWordsp. 117
Scraping Google Groupsp. 121
Scraping Google Newsp. 125
Scraping Google Catalogsp. 128
Scraping the Google Phonebookp. 130
Introducing the Google Web APIp. 133
Programming the Google Web API with Perlp. 142
Looping Around the 10-Result Limitp. 144
The SOAP::Lite Perl Modulep. 146
Plain Old XML, a SOAP::Lite Alternativep. 150
NoXML, Another SOAP::Lite Alternativep. 154
Programming the Google Web API with PHPp. 159
Programming the Google Web API with Javap. 161
Programming the Google Web API with Pythonp. 163
Programming the Google Web API with C# and .NETp. 166
Programming the Google Web API with VB.NETp. 169
Google Web API Applicationsp. 173
Date-Range Searching with a Client-Side Applicationp. 174
Adding a Little Google to Your Wordp. 178
Permuting a Queryp. 179
Tracking Result Counts over Timep. 183
Visualizing Google Resultsp. 187
Meandering Your Google Neighborhoodp. 192
Running a Google Popularity Contestp. 199
Building a Google Boxp. 207
Capturing a Moment in Timep. 210
Feeling Really Luckyp. 214
Gleaning Phonebook Statsp. 217
Performing Proximity Searchesp. 222
Blending the Google and Amazon Web Servicesp. 225
Getting Random Results (On Purpose)p. 228
Restricting Searches to Top-Level Resultsp. 231
Searching for Special Charactersp. 236
Digging Deeper into Sitesp. 238
Summarizing Results by Domainp. 241
Scraping Yahoo! Buzz for a Google Searchp. 245
Measuring Google Mindsharep. 249
Comparing Google Results with Those of Other Search Enginesp. 251
SafeSearch Certifying URLsp. 255
Syndicating Google Search Resultsp. 258
Searching Google Topicsp. 259
Finding the Largest Pagep. 262
Instant Messaging Googlep. 265
Google Pranks and Gamesp. 269
The No-Result Search (Prank)p. 269
Google Whackingp. 271
GooPoetryp. 273
Creating Google Artp. 277
Google Bouncep. 279
Google Mirrorp. 282
Finding Recipesp. 284
The Webmaster Side of Googlep. 287
A Webmaster's Introduction to Googlep. 289
Generating Google AdWordsp. 293
Inside the PageRank Algorithmp. 294
26 Steps to 15K a Dayp. 298
Being a Good Search Engine Citizenp. 304
Cleaning Up for a Google Visitp. 307
Getting the Most out of AdWordsp. 309
Removing Your Materials from Googlep. 315
Indexp. 319
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Edition: 2003
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Binding: Trade Paper
Pages: 330
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.99 lbs.
Language: English

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