Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource [Paperback]

Michael Miller (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 078973639X | ISBN-13: 978-0789736390 | Publication Date: July 21, 2006 | Edition: 1

Do you want to learn and ultimately master Google's web and software tools beyond what information can find through their help files?

 

Well Googlepedia shows both casual end-users and professional web developers how to get the most out of the Google search site and Google's powerful tools. For web searchers, Googlepedia describes how Google indexes web pages and ranks search results, and provides step-by-step instructions on conducting both basic and advanced queries. All types of searches are presented, including searches of specific government and university web sites. Finally, webmasters and website developers learn how to submit their pages to Google for indexing, increase their search rankings, incorporate Google searches on their Web sites, and use Google's Adsense service to make money from any sized website.

 

For all web users, Googlepedia shows how to use and master Google's web-based and software-based tools. Readers learn how to enhance their PC's operation with the Google Pack and Google Toolbar; map destinations, get driving directions, and find nearby businesses with Google Maps and Google Earth; find the best online bargains with Froogle; instant message other users with Google Talk; view web pages in other languages with Google Translate; create their own blogs with Blogger; use Google on their mobile phones; and much, much more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Google is much more than a search engine, but most people don't know how to access the other features. This is a big, big book and it will show you the ropes. Get high altitude photos of almost any urban area and have Google label the roads. Have Google show the names and locations of the restaurants. Add driving directions. Read and respond to blogs; create your own blog. And on into the night.

- Bob and Joy Schwabach, On Computers Column/Universal Press Syndicate 10/16/06

About the Author

Michael Miller has written more than 75 non-fiction how-to books since

1989, including Que’s Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, Absolute

Beginner’s Guide to eBay, and How Home Theater and HDTV Work. His 1999 book,

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Online Search Secrets, was one of the first books to

cover Google (then in beta testing).

Mr. Miller has established a reputation for clearly explaining technical topics

to non-technical readers, and for offering useful real-world advice about complicated

topics. More information can be found at the author’s website,

located at www.molehillgroup.com.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 816 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (July 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078973639X
• ISBN-13: 978-0789736390
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #795,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Miller is the best-selling writer of more than 100 non-fiction books. He writes about a variety of topics, including computers, online selling, business, consumer electronics, and music. From his first book (Ventura Publisher Techniques and Applications, published in 1988) to his latest title, he has established a reputation for practical advice, technical accuracy, and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Antidote to Google Burnout, January 8, 2008

By 

Kathleen Connolly "PagesOnPages" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

As webweaver and search optimizer for my company, I'm always on Internet information overload. There's a lot to be said for any book that gives me ready access to the many topics I need to access only occasionally, as well as the many others I didn't even know I needed to know about. This book excels at taking you into the confusing fine points of using Google. Blogger tags vs. HTML? I finally got it. Self-hosting your blog? Got that, too. The subtleties of sitemaps ... at last! Yes, with a great deal of effort and eye strain you could find much of this information on Google itself. I, for one, am happy to have so much information compiled and printed next to my workstation and to have the author's knowing voice guide me over the speed bumps. A good investment because of the hours of searching it saved me, though probably doomed to a short shelf life. I only wish the book came with an update feature ...

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and High-Level Bird's Eye View, October 3, 2007

By 

Bruce B. Razban (Silicon Valley, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Comprehensive and High-Level Bird's Eye View of an impossibly huge collection of:
* Basic, Specialized Searches, and Additional Features,
* Shopping and Product Searches,
* Maps and Directions, Communication Services,
* Multimedia,
* Other Services,
* Google Software Tools,
* Google for Business and Developers,
* Into the future,

This is an impressive work of trying to summarize (even though it took 800 pages) of an impossible huge number Services and Products that are offered by Google. Some of these are totally disjoint, and some really related and extensions of each others.

This is an excellent comprehensive Reference Book to have next to your computer. I was very pleasantly surprised by many things, for example:
* Searching for Financial, University, Technical, and Government information,
* Google alerts and Updates, Making Google Safe for Kids, and other Languages and Translation Capabilities,
* I refined my ability to use to use Maps and Directions,
* I was impressed with Google Answers and Book Search, Tools for desktop, Calendar, and Google Pack,
* Was really happy to find Picasa, which is good image processing Application,
* Found out things about Google Labs, and found the Advanced Search Operators to be extremely helpful for navigation into the book and understanding of it.

Again, as one of the Google Mottos, Michael Miller has made the Impossible, Possible with this book. And not only he has done "No Evil", he has done an excellent job.

Bruce Razban,
President/Founder, Razban Internet International
Silicon Valley, CA, USA

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful book, August 28, 2011

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Ursula Miller (Hot Hot Phoenix) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I tip-toed into google via Picassa and shortly realized that there is so much to Google that I had to get a book. Found this at the library and decided to buy it. I probably could have googled all this stuff and found it on the computer, but having a book next to me made me excursions into the huge world of Google much easier.