Download free ‘Googling for fun’ guide in PDF
Anyone who’s been online for very long has likely spent a percentage of the time browsing and searching for information — with varying degrees of success. Sometimes in the process of seeking one thing you’ve probably stumbled across something else of equal or greater interest. And your searching success rises as you learn more about a particular search tool and how to maximize its effectiveness in various ways.
If Google is your preferred search tool — a widely popular choice by nearly any measure — you’ve probably only scratched the surface of what you can find and do with it. On the other hand, Philipp Lenssen has spent several years discovering and chronicling some of Google’s less-known, but often useful capabilities. Since 2003, his “Google Blogoscoped” blog has been a source of all things about the many ways to harness Google’s multidimensional search powers. While many of the “55 Ways to Have Fun With Google” featured in his book are more silly than serious, Lenssen says that “behind many of the playful creations surrounding that giant Google toy, there are serious lessons to be learned. Of the 55 ways to have fun with Google presented here, some ways indeed teach us something; about life, Google, and how to become a better searcher.”
A printed version of the book — self-described as a “cabinet of search engine curiosities, riddles, games, and a little bit of usefulness” — can be ordered online. But a PDF version is available as a free download.
Launch Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader and you’ll soon be on your way to learning more about Googlebombing, Googlewhacking, Egogoogling, Googledromes and many other search tool applications and adventures.
