Want a definition for your search terms? It’s just a click away.
Google looks for dictionary definitions for your search terms. If it finds any definitions, it shows those words as underlined links or includes a definition link in the statistics bar section of the results page (located below the search box showing your query). Google […]
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Dictionary Definitions
Spelling Corrections and Suggestions
Not sure how to spell something? Don’t worry, try gessing or speling any way you can. In just the first few months on the job, Google engineer Noam Shazeer developed a spelling correction (suggestion) system based on what other users have entered. The system automatically checks whether you are using the most common spelling of […]
Links Included with Your Results
Google may include links to the following types of information above or along side your results.
A Spelling Correction (suggestion)
Dictionary Definitions
Cached Pages
Similar Pages
News Headlines
Product Search
File-Type Conversion
A Translation
Book results
The shortcut links that often appear to the left of an icon are known as OneBox results.
tags (keywords): google guide, results, summary
Results Page
The results page is filled with information and links, most of which relate to your query.
Google Logo: Click on the Google logo to go to Google’s home page.
Statistics Bar: Describes your search, includes the number of results on the current results page and an estimate of the total number of results, as well as […]
How Google Works
If you aren’t interested in learning how Google creates the index and the database of documents that it accesses when processing a query, skip this description. I adapted the following overview from Chris Sherman and Gary Price’s wonderful description of How Search Engines Work in Chapter 2 of The Invisible Web (CyberAge Books, 2001).
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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 […]
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