Part II: Crafting Queries and Using the Google Research Tools in VS .NET

Maker QR Code in VS .NET Part II: Crafting Queries and Using the Google Research Tools

Here are a few tips that will help you work with the Google Directory: Don t overlook alphabetized lists in the Google Directory, such as the list of authors, shown in Figure 7-8 This list contains hundreds of authors and thousands of author-related Web links, and is a great way to find out everything you ever wanted to know about, say, Edgar Allen Poe or JK Rawlings Look under the Regional heading to find categories that are specific to a geographic area For example, you can find information about the arts in my hometown, Berkeley, California, under Regional North America United States California Localities B Berkeley Arts and Entertainment The B stands for Berkeley Limit Web page searches to specific categories (or subcategories) to get pinpointed results

The Google Directory puts on a Google face and adds Google tools to the categorization and Web site evaluations supplied by the Open Directory Project In a similar way, Google Groups adds a Google face and Google tools to a pool of information that Google originally had no part in creating Usenet (or User s Network) newsgroups Usenet is a vast group of public discussion forums that is older than the Web itself It originated in the 1970s as a Unix-based bulletin board system allowing Unix computer users to share information, and eventually came to include hundreds of millions of posts

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Google Groups has archived all the Usenet posts since 1981 and adds myriad Google Groups messages It currently contains close to one billion messages Google Groups discussions cover every possible topic With such a volume of posts, you may not be surprised to discover that there s absolutely no quality control regarding the information posted to the discussions No doubt you ve seen spam in your e-mail in-box Many Google Groups posts read exactly like this spam The good news is that you can use some of the Google Groups management features to tackle the spam issue For example, you can keep a thread private so that only your friends can read and write messages Differences of opinion are good, and deciding which tools one prefers to use is based on a variety of personal preferences I m not much of a Google Groups fan, but some people are Acknowledging that they have to wade through a fair amount of irrelevant material, these Google Groups fans feel that the answer to any technical question has probably already been posted to a Google Groups group (so all you have to do is search for it) Others rely on Google Groups for reviews of products so they know what to buy Especially if you re not used to wading through this daunting number of posts, and depending very much on the precise discussion thread, finding pinpointed information in Google Groups can be difficult Accordingly, many researchers tend to overlook it However, if you want to keep up with the latest gossip about whatever is hot, or need pointers on working a gadget, a Google Groups discussion forum may help In addition, whatever your research conundrum, someone, somewhere in Google Groups, has probably tackled the same thing Google Groups may also be a good way to track trends both subjectively and in the aggregate (perhaps using automated sampling techniques) And, if you just have a lot of time on your hands, you can enjoy reading Google Groups discussions about anything you may be interested in

You can open Google Groups using the address http://groupsgoogle com, by clicking the Groups link on the Google home page, or by clicking the Groups icon or link in the Google Services and Tools page With the Google Groups home page open, shown in Figure 7-9, you can create or join a group, browse a hierarchy of discussion groups, or search through the Google Groups archives By clicking the Browse all of Usenet link, you can open a more complete listing of the Usenet groups, organized hierarchically by topic, Usenet domain, or geographic location (take your pick) as you can see in Figure 7-10

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