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Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, 3rd Edition
- By Michael Miller
- Published Oct 29, 2008 by Que.
- Copyright 2009
- Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
- Pages: 744
- Edition: 3rd
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- ISBN-10: 0-7897-3820-1
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3820-2
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- ISBN-10: 0-7686-8675-X
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7686-8675-3
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Michael Miller has written more than 80 nonfiction how-to books over the past twenty years, including Que’s Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource, iPodpedia: The Ultimate iPod and iTunes Resource, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, YouTube 4 You, and YouTube for Business. 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.
Googlepedia® Third Edition
The all-encompassing book about everything Google. Not only will you learn advanced search techniques, but you also will learn how to master Google’s web and software tools. It’s all inside!
Google Chrome
Google’s new web browser
Google Gadgets
create your own gadgets
Google Gears
turn web applications into desktop applications
Android
use Google’s phone
Blogger
create your own personal blog
Gmail
Google’s web-based email service
Google Web Search
the most popular search on the Internet
Google AdSense
put profit-making ads on their own website
Google AdWords
buy keyword advertising on the Google site
Google Product Search
find hot deals without ever leaving your office chair
Google Calendar
a web-based scheduling and public calendar service
Google Desktop
search documents and emails on your PC’s hard drive
Google Docs
create and share web-based word processing and spreadsheet documents
Google Earth
a fun way to view 3D maps of any location on Earth
YouTube
view and share videos over the Web
Google Groups
a collection of user-created message forums
Google Maps
maps, satellite images, and driving directions for any location
GOOGLE MAY BE THE INTERNET’S MOST POPULAR SEARCH SITE, BUT IT’S ALSO MORE THAN JUST SIMPLE WEB SEARCHES.
• Use Google developer tools and APIs
• Create MySpace and Facebook applications with OpenSocial
• Use Google Gears to turn web-based applications into desktop applications
• Use Google to search for news headlines, scholarly articles, and the best prices on the Web
• Read and respond to blog postings and create your own blogs with Blogger
• View the latest viral videos with YouTube
• Use Android, the new Google phone
• Use Google with the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch
• Create maps and driving directions with Google Maps
• Use Google’s free web-based email service Gmail
• Create your own custom Google Maps mashups–and put customized Google search on your own website
Michael Miller has written more than 80 nonfiction how-to books, including Que’s Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, YouTube for Business, and Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource.
Category: Internet
Covers: Google
User Level: Intermediate to Advanced
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Antidote to Google Burnout,
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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 ...
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Comprehensive and High-Level Bird's Eye View, By
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... Read more
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very useful book,
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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.
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Table of Contents
I: Getting to Know Google
1. Inside Google
2. Google Labs: How Google Develops New Applications
3. Creating a Personalize Home Page with iGoogle
4. Creating a Custom Workspace with Google Desktop
5. Using the Google Toolbar
II: Searching with Google
6. Getting the Most Out of Google Search
7. Saving Your Searches -- and Signing Up for Google Alerts
8. Searching the Google Directory
9. Searching for Products -- and Bargains
10. Searching for Blogs and Blog Postings
11. Searching Books and Libraries
12. Searching for Scholarly Information
13. Searching for Specialty Information
III: Communicating with Google
14. Sending and Receiving Email with Gmail
15. Instant Messaging with Google Talk and Gmail Chat
16. Forming Communities with Google Groups
17. Blogging with Blogger
IV: Working with Google Applications
18. Using Google Docs
19. Using Google Spreadsheets
20. Using Google Presentations
21. Using Google Calendar
22. Using Google Reader
V: Viewing Images and Videos
23. Searching for Pictures with Google Images
24. Using Picasa and Picasa Web Albums
25. Viewing Videos with YouTube
VI: Working with Google Maps
26. Using Google Maps
27. Creating Google Map Mashups
28. Getting the Big Picture with Google Earth
VII: Using Other Google Services
29. Keeping Up-to-Date with Google News
30. Tracking Your Portfolio with Google Finance
31. Organizing Patient Information with Google Health
32. Selling Products and Services with Google Checkout
33. Creating Web Pages with Google Page Creator
VIII: Using Google on the Go
34. Using Google on Any Mobile Phone
35. Using Google on the iPhone and iPod Touch
36. The Google Phone: Understanding Android
Part IX: Making Money with Google
37. Optimizing Your Site for Google Search
38. Advertising with Google AdWords
39. Profiting from Google AdSense
Part X: Google for Web Developers
40. Adding Google to Any Website
41. Analyzing Your Site Traffic
42. Using Google's APIs and Developer's Tools
43. Creating Custom Search Applications
44. Creating Social Applications with OpenSocial
45. Creating Google Gadgets
46. Using Google Gears
Appendixes
A. Google's Site Directory
B. Google's Advanced Search Operators
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