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Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

By
Sarah Milstein, J.D. Biersdorfer, Rael Dornfest, Matthew MacDonald
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Released:
March 2006
Pages:
464

Product Editions

  1. Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition - March 2006
  2. Google: The Missing Manual - May 2004 (out of print)
Description
Sure, you know how to "Google it" when you're searching for something on the Web. But did you know how much more you could achieve by clicking beyond the "Google Search" button? Our fully updated and expanded edition to Google: The Missing Manual covers everything you need to know to become a Google guru--including all the new, cool, and often overlooked features that make Google the world's best search engine.
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Table of Contents

  1. Searching with Google

    1. Chapter 1 Google 101

      1. The Heart of Google: Basic Text Searches
      2. How to Get More out of Google
      3. Two Important Google Quirks
      4. Interpreting Your Results
      5. When Not to Use Google
      6. Nine Very Cool Google Tricks
      7. A Final Tip: Googling Google

    2. Chapter 2 Superior Searching

      1. Have It Your Way: Setting Preferences
      2. Advanced Search
      3. Advanced Search on Steroids
      4. Searching by Language and Country
      5. Searching by Town
      6. Getting Fancy with Syntax
      7. Mixing Syntax
      8. Anatomy of a Google URL

  2. Google Tools

    1. Chapter 3 Googling Further: Images, News, Maps, and More

      1. Google Images
      2. Google News
      3. Google Maps
      4. Google Directory
      5. Google Print

    2. Chapter 4 Googling with Others: Groups and Answers

      1. Google Groups
      2. Google Answers

    3. Chapter 5 Shopping with Google

      1. When to Use Froogle
      2. Finding Stuff with Froogle

    4. Chapter 6 The Google Toolbar

      1. The Google Toolbar: Search Faster
      2. Other Browsers with Google Features

    5. Chapter 7 More Cool Google Tools

      1. Alternative Search Boxes
      2. Bookmarklets
      3. Google Desktop Search
      4. Google Deskbar
      5. Experimental Google Tools
      6. Google Wireless
      7. Google SMS

  3. Google for Webmasters

    1. Chapter 8 Becoming a Search Result

      1. Getting Your Site Ready for Google
      2. Getting Google's Attention
      3. Does Google Know You're There?
      4. Rising in Google Results
      5. Getting Rid of Google
      6. Adding Google Searches to Your Site

    2. Chapter 9 Making Money with Google

      1. Google AdSense
      2. Google AdWords

    3. Chapter 10 Google Analytics

      1. How Google Analytics Works
      2. Setting Up Google Analytics
      3. A Snapshot of Your Web Traffic
      4. Assessing Your Site
      5. Goal Tracking
      6. Understanding Your Visitors

  4. Gmail

    1. Chapter 11 Gmail

      1. Welcome to Gmail
      2. Composing and Sending Messages
      3. Gmail Mailbox Management
      4. The Contacts List
      5. Adjusting Your Account Settings
      6. Other Cool Gmail Tricks
      7. Three Other Ways of Reading Gmail

  5. Appendix

    1. Appendix A The Google Wide Web

      1. Sites That Use Google
      2. Sites That Discuss Google
      3. Google on Google

  1. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition
By:
Sarah Milstein, J.D. Biersdorfer, Rael Dornfest, Matthew MacDonald
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
March 2006
Ebook Release:
June 2009
Pages:
464
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-10019-3
| ISBN 10:
0-596-10019-1
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-10541-9
| ISBN 10:
0-596-10541-X
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About the Authors

  1. Sarah Milstein

    (author and editor) is O'Reilly Media's Managing Editor for Consumer Books. Previously, she was the Missing Manual series editor and a freelance business and technology reporter. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times and a slew of other publications, most of them now defunct. When not planted at the keyboard, she likes to take epic walks, play poker, watch baseball, and rearrange the furniture.

    View Sarah Milstein's full profile page.

  2. J.D. Biersdorfer

    (author, Chapter 11 and revisions throughout the book) is the author of iPod & iTunes: The Missing Manual and The iPod Shuffle Fan Book and sometimes even writes about things other than iPods. She does the weekly computer Q&A column for The New York Times and is equally obsessed with the BBC World News and the banjo in her spare time.

    View J.D. Biersdorfer's full profile page.

  3. Rael Dornfest

    (author, Chapters 8 and 9, previous edition) is O'Reilly Media's Chief Technology Officer. He has co-authored various O'Reilly books, including Mac OS X Hacks, Google Hacks, Essential Blogging, and Peer to Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies, and he's program chair for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. Email: googlemm@raelity.org.

    View Rael Dornfest's full profile page.

  4. Matthew MacDonald

    (author, Chapter 10 and revisions in Chapter 9) is an author, educator, and programmer extraordinaire. He's the author of Excel: The Missing Manual, Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual, and over a dozen books about .NET programming.

    View Matthew MacDonald's full profile page.

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Sanders Kleinfeld was the production editor and proofreader for Google: The Missing Manual, Second Edition. Marlowe Shaeffer and Claire Cloutier provided quality control.

The cover of this book is based on a series design by David Freedman. Marcia Friedman produced the cover layout with Adobe InDesign CS using Adobe's Minion and Gill Sans fonts.

David Futato designed the interior layout, based on a series design by Phil Simpson. This book was converted by Keith Fahlgren to FrameMaker 5.5.6. The text font is Adobe Minion; the heading font is Adobe Formata Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS.

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