{"id":67,"date":"2007-03-14T14:33:04","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T19:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2015-05-14T09:16:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T14:16:06","slug":"google-search-tip-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/2007\/03\/14\/google-search-tip-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Search Tip #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every six months someone posts a message on the eTech Ohio listserv that asks this question:\u00a0 Can anyone share their school\u2019s Acceptable Use Policy with us?<\/em><\/p>\n

Four different times I have posted\u00a0this message to the list that explains how to use Google to find all the AUPs anyone would ever want.<\/p>\n

Here are ONE THOUSAND AND TEN in PDF format, all on Ohio K12 web servers.<\/p>\n

+filetype:pdf +site:k12.oh.us +”acceptable use policy”<\/a><\/p>\n

You can tweak the search strings to find very specific content… like “photos” or “publishing guidelines”, etc.<\/p>\n

Here are 38 in DOC format<\/p>\n

+filetype:doc +site:k12.oh.us +”acceptable use policy”<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

If you switch the search to “aup”, here are a couple hundred more<\/p>\n

+filetype:pdf +site:k12.oh.us +aup<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

+filetype:doc +site:k12.oh.us +aup<\/a><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The link below will take you to Google and do a search on web sites ending in K12.OH.US (all K12 schools in Ohio) for PDF documents containing the exact phrase \u201cacceptable use policy\u201d.<\/p>\n

+filetype:pdf +site:k12.oh.us +”acceptable use policy”<\/a><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let me explain the key search features that are used in this search.<\/p>\n

FILETYPE:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This filter will only return the file type that corresponds to the file extension used in the search string.<\/p>\n

DOC \u2013 Word Document
\nPDF \u2013 Adobe PDF
\nXLS – Excel
\nPPT – PowerPoint<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you want to find a PowerPoint that talks about Global Warming, search for<\/p>\n

+filetype:ppt +”global warming”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note:<\/strong> there is no space between the\u00a0colon and the file extension.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Notice two other things in the above search.\u00a0 A plus sign in front of each term forces that term to show up in the search result.\u00a0 Also the quotes around the phrase \u201cglobal warming\u201d will force those two words to show up in that exact order (the word \u201cglobal\u201d immediately before the word \u201cwarming\u201d).\u00a0 If you search for<\/p>\n

+filetype:ppt +”global warming”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

you get about 44,000 PowerPoint files.\u00a0 If you change it to<\/p>\n

+filetype:ppt +global +warming<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You get 55,000.\u00a0 The increase is due to the fact that the second search does not require the two words to be one after the other.\u00a0 Once slide could have the word \u201cglobal\u201d and a completely different slide could have the word \u201cwarming\u201d.<\/p>\n

SITE:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This keyword is really handy.\u00a0 It will limit the results to URLs that meet the specified requirements.\u00a0 You can use this one to have Google search a whole web site even if the site has no search engine of its own.\u00a0 The use looks like this<\/p>\n

+site:findlay.edu +\u201deducational technology\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This search locates every web page on the UF web site with the exact phrase \u201ceducational technology\u201d.\u00a0 Because the \u201croot\u201d of the domain was used, the search finds pages on<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.findlay.edu
\nhttp:\/\/homepages.findlay.edu<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you wanted pages at a more specific sub-domain, include it in the search<\/p>\n

+site:homepages.findlay.edu +\u201deducational technology\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Using the SITE keyword, it is easy to find school web pages in Ohio using<\/p>\n

+site:k12.oh.us<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This will find every school from ada.k12.oh.us<\/strong> to zanesville.k12.oh.us<\/strong> and all the ones in between.\u00a0 If you are looking for a document on one of those school sites, you can combine keywords like this<\/p>\n

+site:k12.oh.us +filetype:ppt<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This search\u00a0generated a list of more than 1600 PowerPoint files all on Ohio school web sites.<\/p>\n

Making this modification:<\/p>\n

+site:k12.oh.us +filetype:ppt +”global warming”<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Produces six PowerPoint presentations from Ohio schools that have the phrase \u201cglobal warming\u201d somewhere in the presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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