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Google Search has always been about finding the best results for you. Sometimes that means results from the public web, but sometimes it means your personal content or things shared with you by people you care about. These wonderful people and this rich personal content is currently missing from your search experience. Search is still limited to a universe of webpages created publicly, mostly by people you've never met. Today, we're changing that by bringing your world, rich with people and information, into search.

"If you missed Power Searching with Google a few months ago or were unable to complete the course the first time around, now's your chance to sign up again for our free online course that aims to empower our users with the tools and knowledge to find what they're looking for more quickly and easily. The community-based course features six 50-minute classes along with interactive activities and the opportunity to hear from search experts and Googlers about how search works. Beginning September 24, you can take the classes over a two-week period, share what you learn with other students in a community forum, and complete the course assessments to earn a certificate of completion. "

Don't miss this Google Search class!!! 

Welcome to Under The Hood Dive into search and learn more about what happens behind the scenes of Google Search. Play with our Experiments Lab and get a better look at the technology behind Google.

Search Strategies and how to choose keywords from a questions

"Googleable. Definition:   being able to find information about something by using the search engine Google. For example, and from the video:  When was Custer's last stand? That's a Googleable question.  Questions that are "googleable" can be answered by simply doing a Google search.   Ask a question, the student types it into Google and bingo - the answer. Where do you stand with "googleable questions?"  Googleable assignments?  Appropriate, inappropriate, or it depends?"

Search for graphs on Google! 

An ebook search engine. Looks promising! 

Images search of European Explorers

Millions of students use EasyBib monthly to cite and document the best sources used in their research. We've now made these sources searchable. What you cite, others can search. It's a virtuous cycle that improves research for all. That's right: Welcome to Social Research.

"After using thatquiz.org yesterday to "pre-test" my students for an upcoming unit on rational numbers, I knew some basic number theory concepts were lacking.  So today, I took my first venture with Socrative, a free app that simulates using "clickers" in the classroom.  I searched through countless Word files for a worksheet I created at least a decade ago that presented students with True or False questions like:"

"| The life span of a Google query is less then 1/2 second, and involves quite a few steps before you see the most relevant results. Here's how it all works."

See how the World Searched with Google's 2011 Zeitgeist:

Fresh on the heels of adding discussions to Google presentations and the ability to edit within the Google Docs Android app, we've been hard at work on a few other new features to enhance your Google Docs experience. All your comments--in one tidy place We just added the discussions feature to Google drawings, and today we're making it even easier to see a log of all of the comments that have been made whether you're using drawings, documents, or presentations. Just click on the "Comments" button in the upper right corner of the editor to see a complete history of your discussions. You can reply in line, resolve or re-open comments, link directly to a comment, or change notification settings--without ever leaving the "Comments" menu.

Free Creative Commons images the Wylio way:

Thanks, Dan. I put in several searches and received hundreds of pictures. Great resource for digital storytellers!

Maybe I'll move beyond copyright-free clip-art!

Search Tool for kids