Chris Nolan - Search Engine Guru...

Even though I discovered today that I was the one lone Yahoo user I still have the resolve to stick to my old and trusty web surfing "board." Chris Nolan did lecture about a lot of cool Google features that seem very useful and before this lecture I didn't even know they existed. I thought that the feature of how you could type in Definition: and then whatever word you wanted to give you its dictionary meaning was useful, however, I'm still a loyal user of Dictionary.com which does the the exact same thing but gives you a more descriptive definition. The ability of a searcher to use the and's, or's, .edu's, .com's, and .gov's to narrow their search makes google very user friendly and increases the ease at which people may find information. There were two features Chris Nolan went over today that were new and surprising to me. Firstly, I did not know that google had a search feature that allowed you to search for academic articles, journals, and books relevant to whatever you were searching for. Lastly, I thought that the teacher/librarian sponsored web site Infomine seemed incredibly useful and reputable, which can be invaluable when your typing a research paper or any long essay that needs several credible source. Ultimately Chris Nolan's lecture was very useful and enlightening and even though I am not a Google convert yet he restored my faith in the search engine.



Thank you, Chris Nolan.