How to Search Like a Pro

Jeffrey Franklin and David Rakowski

Here’s what most of us do…

Most popularGoogle searches-2012

• Whitney Houston • Gangnam Style • Hurricane Sandy • iPad 3 • Diablo 3 • Kate Middleton • Olympics 2012 • Amanda Todd • Michael Clarke Duncan • BBB12

Interesting….but what does it have to do with law?

Search Engines

• Google, Ask.com, Bing, DuckDuckGo

Directories

• Dir.yahoo.com, Open Directory Project, Best of the Web

How do search engines really work?

KEYWORDS

Boolean Logic-George Boole

AND, OR, NOT

Which search engines are the best?

Google and Search Engines That “Think”

Managing Bookmarks

• Who still uses bookmarks?• All browsers have built in bookmark feature– Firefox (right click “Bookmark this page”– Chrome (CTRL +D)– Internet Explorer (right click “Add to favorites”)

RSS Feeds, Blogs and Podcasts (oh my!)

• Google Reader• Podcasts---iTunes (Doubletwist for Android)• Blogs– Wordpress and Blogger