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"To create a filter Click the down arrow in your search box. A window that allows you to specify your search criteria will appear. Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, click the search button. Click Create filter with this search at the bottom of the search window. If you need to verify the search results, you can click the x to collapse the filter options. Clicking the down arrow again will bring the window back with the same search criteria you entered. Choose the action(s) you want the filter to take. To keep organized, many people like to have incoming messages automatically labeled and removed from their inbox until they can look at them later at a more convenient time. If you want to do this, make sure to select Skip the Inbox (Archive it) and Apply the label: when you create your filter. Click the Create filter button. Please note: When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected. Any existing messages that the filter applies to will not be forwarded. To use a particular message to create a filter Select the message in your message list. Click the More button, then Filter messages like these. Enter your filter criteria in the appropriate field(s)."

There's no denying the power and popularity of the Google search engine, and in comparison to other similar search engines such as Bing, where results are based on page rankings and algorithms, they excel. But there are other ways to search the web, using what are known as semantic search engines. Using a semantic search engine will ensure more relevant results based on the ability to understand the definition of the word or term that is being searched for, rather than on numbers. Semantic search engines are able to understand the context in which the words are being used, resulting in smart, relevant results.

"Do you need a new way for your students to express themselves or show what they know? Google Search Stories Video Creator may be the way. Students just type up to seven search terms and search types into a field. Then they choose the music and publish. The results are embeddable and linkable. "

"My frustration with Google Apps on iPads is well known, so I'm often asked how I go about addressing this given my use of both. Browsers. Browsers. Browsers. I'm constantly searching for browsers that work between the two. The good is that I can usually find one. The bad is that on any given day an update to either Google or the browser app could mean I'm searching again. Even worse, there is always a give and take on what actually works. Right now, the one I've been using most lately both personally and on our pilot iPads is the Rover browser app."

"In today's schools, most research is completed online, and Google is a great resource for combing the web. But at the same time, it's not always easy to find exactly what you want, given that there are usually millions of results - with varying degrees of accuracy. These tricks can help you find the best results, while saving time and making your life easier."

"Create your own with the Search Stories Video Creator'."

KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.

Glogster page showing all the Google apps that are out there...

Great for teaching google strategies to teachers or upper school students.  

Some obvious but many search ideas to help us all search smarter!

More advanced search engines will meet you halfway, by providing forms for advanced searches, better interpreting your queries, suggesting keywords, or finding unusual context. In this article I introduce five search engines with such advanced features.

Love the image search tool!

A search engine that lets you see how hard/easy the website is to read

Neat Google glogster

Burn a weebly to dvd at end of year?!

Do you need a new way for your students to express themselves or show what they know? Google Search Stories Video Creator may be the way. Students just type up to seven search terms and search types into a field. Then they choose the music and publish. The results are embeddable and linkable.

ways to search beyond google