Powersearching With Google

     The Power Searching with Google classes have been very helpful so far.  From the first class, two helpful things I learned were filtering images by color and finding text on a webpage.  To filter images by color, you click one of the colors in the bottom left hand corner of the image results page.  This is helpful because I can use it to eliminate pictures that I don’t want because of their color.  Finding text on a webpage is also extremely helpful because if I don’t want to look through an entire long page to find one piece of information, I can easily search for what I’m looking for.  You can search a webpage for specific text by using the command-F or control-F keys. 
     From the second class, some helpful things that I learned were how to find the definition of a word on Google and how to refine results by using different types of media.  The “define” feature is very helpful because it makes it very easy to find the definition to a word that I don’t know.  You can do this by typing “define” and then the word you’re looking for into a Google search.  Being able to refine results by using different types of media is also extremely helpful because if I’m only looking for images, videos, or news articles, I can see more of those as opposed to webpages that I don’t want to use.  You can find the options for types of media at the top of the results page or the top left of the Google homepage.  Overall, classes one and two of the Power Searching with Google course have been very useful.