Google Search Tips and Techniques for SAS and JMP Users!

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1 Google Search Tips and Techniques for SAS and JMP Users! a presentation by Kirk Paul Lafler and Charles Edwin Shipp

2 Copyright 2012 by Kirk Paul Lafler and Charles Edwin Shipp All rights reserved. SAS and JMP are the registered trademark of SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA. All other company and product names mentioned are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

3 Presentation Topics The Google User Interface How Google Works Basic Search Tips and Techniques Advanced Search Tips and Techniques Specialized Google Operators

4 Better Searches, Better Results Better Searches Searching has become part of our lives Essential activity required by our jobs Google adheres to rules and algorithms Better Results Results are only as good as the search terms entered Google interprets requests while delivering the best results possible Becoming a savvy Google search user begins with learning and applying effective tips and techniques

5 For many SAS and JMP users, the importance of conducting successful searches is not only important, it may be an essential activity required by their job.

6 SAS and JMP users frequently turn to Google (or LexJansen.com) for their search needs because of their ability to find the information they want, when they want it, while providing them with the speed, accuracy, and organization of the searched results. Lafler and Shipp

7 The Google User Interface 3 2 1

8 How Google Works Google Crawls the Web (Googlebots) Browsing Extracting Indexing (Organizing) Content Google Query Processor Process Query Web Servers Index Servers Doc Servers Google User

9 Google s Googlebots

10 Google Query Processor Google Web Servers Google User Query Index Servers Doc Servers

11 Basic Search Tip/Technique Keep it Short Example sascommunity

12 Keep it Short

13 Basic Search Tip/Technique Keep it Short Be Specific Example sascommunity BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp

14 Be Specific

15 Basic Search Tip/Technique Keep it Short Be Specific Use Quotes Example sascommunity BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp sas hash <or> proc sql

16 Use Quotes

17 Basic Search Tip/Technique Keep it Short Be Specific Use Quotes Search a Website Example sascommunity BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp sas hash <or> proc sql hash SITE:support.sas.com

18 Search a Website

19 Basic Search Tip/Technique Example Keep it Short sascommunity Be Specific BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp Use Quotes sas hash <or> proc sql Search a Website hash SITE:support.sas.com Wildcard (*) sas blogs * <or> jmp blogs *

20 Wildcard ( * )

21 Wildcard ( * )

22 Basic Search Tip/Technique Example Keep it Short sascommunity Be Specific BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp Use Quotes sas hash <or> proc sql Search a Website hash SITE:support.sas.com Wildcard (*) sas blogs * <or> jmp blogs * OR <or> (Pipe) proc sql OR jmp software

23 OR (or) (Pipe)

24 Basic Search Tip/Technique Example Keep it Short sascommunity Be Specific BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp Use Quotes sas hash <or> proc sql Search a Website hash SITE:support.sas.com Wildcard (*) sas blogs * <or> jmp blogs * OR <or> proc sql OR jmp software AND <or> and sas AND jmp <or> sas and jmp

25 AND <or> and

26 Basic Search Tip/Technique Example Keep it Short sascommunity Be Specific BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp Use Quotes sas hash <or> proc sql Search a Website hash SITE:support.sas.com Wildcard (*) sas blogs * <or> jmp blogs * OR <or> proc sql OR jmp software AND <or> and sas AND jmp <or> sas and jmp - (Minus sign) sas -airline <or> jmp -medical

27 - (Minus Sign)

28 Basic Search Tip/Technique Example Keep it Short sascommunity Be Specific BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp Use Quotes sas hash <or> proc sql Search a Website hash SITE:support.sas.com Wildcard (*) sas blogs * <or> jmp blogs * OR <or> proc sql OR jmp software AND <or> and sas AND jmp <or> sas and jmp - (Minus sign) sas -airline <or> jmp -medical Excluding Words sas -airline -shoes

29 Excluding Words

30 Basic Search Tip/Technique Example Keep it Short sascommunity Be Specific BOOK proc sql <or> BOOK jmp Use Quotes sas hash <or> proc sql Search a Website hash SITE:support.sas.com Wildcard (*) sas blogs * <or> jmp blogs * OR <or> proc sql OR jmp software AND <or> and sas AND jmp <or> sas and jmp - (Minus sign) sas -airline <or> jmp -medical Excluding Words sas -airline -shoes Computations 77 x 110 <or> pi x 7

31 Computations

32 The Advanced User Interface

33 Advanced Search Tip/Technique FILETYPE: (filetype) Example sas FILETYPE:PDF sas bi FILETYPE:DOC jmp FILETYPE:PPT jmp discovery FILETYPE:RTF

34 Advance Search FILETYPE:

35 FILETYPE: PDF

36 Advanced Search Tip/Technique Example FILETYPE: (filetype) sas FILETYPE:PDF sas bi FILETYPE:DOC jmp FILETYPE:PPT jmp discovery FILETYPE:RTF $nn... $nn proc sql $19... $50

37 Advanced Search Tip/Technique Example FILETYPE: (filetype) sas FILETYPE:PDF sas bi FILETYPE:DOC jmp FILETYPE:PPT jmp discovery FILETYPE:RTF $nn... $nn proc sql $19... $50 RELATED: (website) sas RELATED:support.sas.com jmp RELATED:

38 RELATED: website

39 Advanced Search Tip/Technique Example FILETYPE: (filetype) sas FILETYPE:PDF sas bi FILETYPE:DOC jmp FILETYPE:PPT jmp discovery FILETYPE:RTF $nn... $nn proc sql $19... $50 RELATED: (website) sas RELATED:support.sas.com jmp RELATED: DATERANGE:yyyymm merge DATERANGE:201209

40 DATERANGE:

41 Specialized Operators Tip/Technique Example AREA CODE AREA CODE 619 <or> AREA CODE 310 DEFINE DEFINE proc sql <or> DEFINE jmp INFO INFO LINK LINK support.sas.com MAP MAP long beach <or> MAP wuss 2012 MOVIE MOVIE proc sql POPULATION POPULATION long beach SITE SITE support.sas.com TIME TIME long beach UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT long beach ~ (synonym) ~ statistician <or> ~ data analyst

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43 Support.sas.com

44 Support.sas.com

45 Conclusion The Google User Interface How Google Works Basic Search Tips and Techniques Advanced Search Tips and Techniques Specialized Google Operators

46 Kirk Paul Lafler a presentation by Charles Edwin Shipp CharlieShipp@aol.com