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Learn Google (Wordware's Internet Library) [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Michael Busby (Author)
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Wordware's Internet Library December 25, 2003
This book is the only book of its kind on the market covering how to use the basic, intermediate, and advanced search modifiers Google makes available to users.

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About the Author

Michael Busby is an electronics and software engineer and the president of Global Communications, Inc., a communications consulting firm in Plano, Texas. He is also the author of Demystifying TCP/IP (3rd Ed.), Demystifying ATM/DSL, and Demystifying VPN and the co-author of Learn Microsoft Office 2000. In addition to writing, Michael Busby also is an expert subject matter witness for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 350 pages
  • Publisher: Wordware Publishing, Inc. (December 25, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1556220383
  • ISBN-13: 978-1556220388
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,249,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Hello. Thanks for visiting my biography. I was born a long time ago in a far, far away land. Well, not really so long ago and not so far away but, with the dramatic changes in the United States the past 30 years, it does seem long ago and far away. I was born in north Texas near Red River, the Texas-Oklahoma border. I grew up swimming and fishing in Red River. Although I am a Texan by birth, I have so much Red River mud in me, I think I am half-Okie. After high school I volunteered for the United States Marine Corps. I served 8 years in the Corps. During my service I began my college education, eventually graduating from the University of Texas at Dallas. After the Marine Corps, I began work as an engineer with Rockwell International. I worked for Rockwell for 14 years. During my Rockwell years I traveled the world and worked long-term projects in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and England. On 04 November 1979 I escaped from a firing squad in Teheran early that morning and eventually made my way to a friendly embassy where I remained in hiding for four days before escaping the country dressed as a Lufthansa crew member.

After working for Rockwell, I worked contract jobs around the world finally settling in Plano, Texas for awhile. Then I migrated to Maryland and worked five years as a contractor for the Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division. In December 2009 I returned to Texas and am currently residing in McKinney, Texas.

My profession has been electrical engineering with a concentration in hardware and software development primarily in the aerospace industry but I do have experience and patents in other industries including automotive, video, telecommunications, networking, and avionics. I have performed in roles ranging from field engineer to Director of Engineering to Vice-President of Engineering to Chief Executive Officer.

In the 1990's I started writing as a way to express myself. The first book I wrote was Flashing Miss Dixie. I wrote Flashing Miss Dixie in two weeks during the Christmas break in 1998. No, it is not a book about raincoats and dirty ole men! It is a humorous book about five fun-loving teenage boys who use an old camera with flash attachment to flash gentlemen who give spirited chase in order to retrieve the "valuable evidence" when unexpectedly caught in compromising situations with a local paramour of ill repute. Those boys loved a good chase better than anything else (well, almost). After Flashing Miss Dixie I continued to work full time as an engineer but a publisher offered me the opportunity to write some technical books. I took advantage of the opportunity and wrote several more books.

I had opportunity to write even more books but a crumbling marriage combined with the onset of diabetes (untreated for five years) and a dead gallbladder diverted my attention for awhile. The last book I wrote, Solving The 1897 Airship Mystery, coincided with my divorce in 2003. I had spent almost ten years researching the airship mystery.

Now I am writing a work of fiction titled Saawariya (Oh, My Beloved). The novel will be published in 2011. Saawariya is a love story unique in the betrayal the protagonist suffers at the hands of his lover. I hope you buy a copy and enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

 

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Critical Guide (and the best) to Google, June 2, 2004
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This review is from: Learn Google (Wordware's Internet Library) (Paperback)
I'm a research junkie -- have been almost all my life. My entrance essay for law school was about my various research projects. It worked -- I graduated from Harvard Law School in 1986.

Mr. Busby's book provided a critical guide to Google, showing much more independence of thought than "Google for Dummies" and "How to Do Everything with Google." His approach to the subject included technical information that I found much more user friendly than "Google Hacks" and "A Pocket Guide to Google."

I appreciated the tips on ancillary search issues including such topics as firewalls, Zone Alarm and Mcafee Visual Trace. I also appreciated the way he experimented with different search techniques to see what Google would let you do. It encouraged me to be brave when googling.

I definitely enjoyed the humor, including the last page of the Internet. The Search Challenge was great fun and I learned numerous search techniques from taking the challenge.

Learn Google is undoubtedly the best Google book on the market.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn Google--Great Reference, January 8, 2004
This review is from: Learn Google (Wordware's Internet Library) (Paperback)
I found Learn Google to be very helpful in search techniques.
The use of examples makes this a terrific tool for the beginner as well as those who feel that they are beyond intoductory help books. Using the techniques described eliminates the frustration that results in many of us "giving up" on a search. The author makes it an enjoyable learning experience with search games.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for the beginner who wants to know more, January 26, 2004
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Michael Busby's new Book Learn Google helped me to catch on quickly to the fundamentals of Google that go beyond the simple "type in key words" searching. I found the writing very clear and concise, not filled with technical clutter, and the examples in latter parts of the book are easy to follow and enlightening in terms of the more advanced Google search features such as using the phone book, something not found easily in other references.
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