Next to the web page listings, you’ll see a magnifying glass symbol appear:Ĭlick on this, and you’ll make a preview of the page for that listing appear:įor more about how this feature works, see our article below: Google provides a way to quickly check on this. Step 5: Preview Your AnswersĪs you review results, you’ll wonder if some of the listed sites are the best answer to what you’re looking for. Google also maintains a detailed guide to everything you’ll find on the search results page. That’s an overview of the type of results you’ll see, after doing a search. Google keeps the ads separated from those results and labeled with the word “Ad” or “Ads,” as the arrows point to in the example above. The main search results are not sold, and Google says they are not influenced by advertising. You may also see ads that appear above or to the right of the main search results. Google also has a guide to special searches like weather, stock quotes, the current time, sports scores and more than will trigger direct answers:
The article below has more about how OneBox answers work: For example, here’s the weather in Los Angeles: Sometimes, you’ll also get special OneBoxes that give you a direct answer, without requiring a click away from Google. The units that get mixed in are called OneBox results. This mixing is called “Universal Search,” and the articles below explain more about how it works: You might get news or image results mixed in, as you can see below: Some of these will be matching content from those subject-specific versions of Google that were mentioned above.
Some of these will be matching pages from across the web.
Step 2: Go To Google Via A ToolbarĪ faster way to use Google is to enter a search into the search box that’s built into most popular browsers. You’ll find a list of them here, under the “search” heading. If you’re interested in specific content like this, it may make more sense to search starting at one of these subject-specific versions of Google. Google also offers a variety of “vertical” search engines, which are versions of Google that let you search just for particular types of material like images, videos or news stories. You’ll find a list of country-specific versions of Google shown on this page. If you are outside the United States, you may prefer to go to the version of Google designed for your own country. That will take you to the main Google web site, which is designed to serve the United States plus the world in general. You can go directly to by typing in into your web browser. But did you know there are various ways to reach the site? In fact, that there are even different Google web sites? There are! Obviously, to search Google, you have to go to Google.
But while so many people use it, few actually get formal instructions on how to search with Google. Google is the most popular search engine in the world.