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Google Hacks, Third Edition

Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information

By
Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, Tara Calishain
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Released:
August 2006
Pages:
544

Product Editions

  1. Google Hacks, Third Edition - August 2006
  2. Google Hacks, Second Edition - December 2004
  3. Google Hacks - February 2003
Description
Now that new features and services such as Google Maps, Google Talk, and Google Desktop have been added to the expanding Google universe, we've made the third edition of this bestseller into an infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones.
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Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Web

    1. Google Web Search Basics

    2. Full-Word Wildcards

    3. Special Syntax

    4. Mixing Syntax

    5. Advanced Search

    6. Quick Links

    7. Language Tools

    8. Anatomy of a Search Result

    9. Setting Preferences

    10. Understanding Google URLs

    11. Browse the Google Directory

    12. Glean a Snapshot of Google in Time

    13. Visualize Google Results

    14. Check Your Spelling

    15. Google Phonebook: Let Google’s Fingers Do the Walking

    16. Look Up Definitions

    17. Find Directories of Information

    18. Cover Your Bases

    19. Hack Your Own Google Search Form

    20. Compare Google and Yahoo! Search Results

    21. Cover Your Tracks

    22. Improve Google’s Memory

    23. Find Out What Google Thinks ___ Is

    24. Browse the World Wide Photo Album

    25. Find Similar Images

    26. Track Stocks

  2. Chapter 2 Advanced Web

    1. Assumptions

    2. Assemble Advanced Search Queries

    3. Like a Version: Search with Synonyms

    4. Capture Google Results in a Google Box

    5. Cook with Google

    6. Permute a Query

    7. Summarize Results by Domain

    8. Measure Google Mindshare

    9. SafeSearch Certify URLs

    10. Search Google Topics

    11. Run a Google Popularity Contest

    12. Scrape Yahoo! Buzz for a Google Search

    13. Compare Google’s Results with Other Search Engines

    14. Scattersearch with Yahoo! and Google

    15. Yahoo! Directory Mindshare in Google

    16. Spot Trends with Geotargeting

    17. Bring the Google Calculator to the Command Line

    18. Build Your Own Google Search Feeds

    19. Search Google by Link Graph

    20. Download Google Videos as AVI Files

  3. Chapter 3 News and Blogs

    1. Google News

    2. Google Groups

    3. Blogs

    4. Beyond Google for News and Blogs

    5. Scrape Google News

    6. Visualize Google News

    7. Map Google News

    8. Track Your Favorite Sites

    9. Scrape Google Groups

    10. Seek Out Blog Commentary

    11. Glean Blog-Free Google Results

    12. Find Blog Commentary for Any URL with a Single Click

    13. Track Topics on Blogs over Time

    14. Blog from Your Desktop

    15. Program Blogger with PHP

  4. Chapter 4 Extending Google

    1. Keep Tabs on Your Searches with Google Alerts

    2. Google Your Desktop

    3. Google with Bookmarklets

    4. Google from IRC

    5. Google on the Go

    6. Google over IM

    7. Googlify Your Browser

    8. Search with Google from Any Web Page

    9. Customize the Firefox Quick Search Box

    10. Build a Google Screensaver

    11. Add a Feed to Google Quickly

    12. Tame Long Google URLs

    13. Autocomplete Search Terms as You Type

    14. Refine Your Google Search

    15. Make Google More Accessible for Low-Vision Users

    16. Search for Lyrics on Google

  5. Chapter 5 Google Maps

    1. Think Global, Google Local

    2. Get Around http://maps.google.com

    3. Find Yourself (and Others) on Google Maps

    4. Build Your Own Google Map

    5. Add a Google Map to Your Web Site

    6. Map Flickr Contacts

    7. Fly Across the Earth

  6. Chapter 6 Gmail

    1. Signing Up

    2. Gmail Search Syntax

    3. Gmail Chat

    4. Additional Resources

    5. Create and Use Custom Addresses

    6. Import Your Contacts into Gmail

    7. Import Mail into Gmail

    8. Export Your Gmail

    9. Gmail on the Go

    10. Use Gmail as a Linux Filesystem

    11. Use Gmail as a Hard Drive

    12. Program Gmail

    13. Force Gmail to Use a Secure Connection

  7. Chapter 7 Webmastering

    1. Google’s Importance to Webmasters

    2. The Mysterious PageRank

    3. The Equally Mysterious Ranking Algorithm

    4. Tools for Webmasters

    5. Keeping Up with Google’s Changes

    6. In a Word: Relax

    7. A Webmaster’s Introduction to Google

    8. Get Inside the PageRank Algorithm

    9. 26 Steps to 15 KB a Day

    10. Be a Good Search Engine Citizen

    11. Clean Up for a Google Visit

    12. Remove Your Materials from Google

    13. Get the Most Out of AdWords

    14. Generate Google AdWords

    15. Scrape Google AdWords

    16. Add Search to Your Site

    17. Feed News to Your Web Site

  8. Chapter 8 Programming Google

    1. Signing Up and Google’s Terms

    2. The Google Web APIs Developer’s Kit

    3. Using Your Google API Key

    4. What’s WSDL?

    5. Understanding the Google API Query

    6. Understanding the Google API Response

    7. Beyond Web APIs

    8. A Note on Spidering and Scraping

    9. Program Google in Perl

    10. Install the SOAP::Lite Perl Module

    11. Program Google with the Net::Google Perl Module

    12. Loop Around the 10-Result Limit

    13. Program Google in Java

    14. Program Google in Python

    15. Program Google in C# and .NET

    16. Program Google in VB.NET

    17. Program Google with ColdFusion

    18. Program Google with PHP 5

    19. Program Google with VBScript

  1. Appendix 1 Track News About Google

    1. Google Sources

    2. Outside News Sources

    3. Google Employee Blogs

    4. Grassroots Sources

  2. Colophon

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Product Details
Title:
Google Hacks, Third Edition
By:
Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, Tara Calishain
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
August 2006
Ebook Release:
February 2009
Pages:
544
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-52706-8
| ISBN 10:
0-596-52706-3
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-10610-2
| ISBN 10:
0-596-10610-6
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About the Authors

  1. Rael Dornfest

    Rael Dornfest is Chief Technology Officer at O'Reilly Media. He assesses, experiments, programs, fiddles, fidgets, and writes for the O'Reilly Network and various O'Reilly publications. Rael is Series Editor of the O'Reilly Hacks series and has edited, contributed to, and coauthored various O'Reilly books, including Mac OS X Panther Hacks, Mac OS X Hacks, Google Hacks, Essential Blogging, and Peer to Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies. He is also Program Chair for the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. In his copious free time, Rael develops bits and bobs of freeware, particularly the Blosxom weblog application, is Editor in Chief of MobileWhack, and (more often than not) maintains his Raelity Bytes weblog.

    View Rael Dornfest's full profile page.

  2. Paul Bausch

    Paul Bausch is an independent web developer living in Corvallis, Oregon. When he's not hacking together web applications, he's writing about hacking together web applications. He is the author of Amazon Hacks for O'Reilly in 2003, Yahoo! Hacks in 2005, and co-wrote Flickr Hacks in 2005. Paul also helped create the popular application Blogger (http://www.blogger.com), maintains a directory of Oregon blogs called ORblogs (http://www.orblogs.com), and co-wrote a book about blogs called We Blog (Wiley). When he's not working on a book, Paul posts thoughts and photos to his personal blog onfocus (http://www.onfocus.com).

    View Paul Bausch's full profile page.

  3. Tara Calishain

    Tara Calishain is the creator of the site, ResearchBuzz. She is an expert on Internet search engines and how they can be used effectively in business situations.

    View Tara Calishain's full profile page.

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