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Now that you are intimate with the range of Google operators to refine your research searches, it’s time to put the knowledge into practice in the real world. It’s also a good time to delve a little deeper into the essential features of the Google interface.

Here, in part three, we’ll apply the secrets of Google in a search for information about the food industry. Then, I’ll share the 20 essential features of the Google user interface—the virtual place where you spend most of your time interacting with Google—and apply those to our search example as well.

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If you’re like most of us, you use Google almost daily as a search tool. But Google is capable of so much more than simple search. You’d be surprised at what Google can do to make your work life more productive and easier on any number of levels. In the first installment of this article series, you learned several ways to refine your Google searches. Here, in Part 2, I will take you through 20 time-saving search operators. If you incorporate these shortcuts into a Google search session, you’ll both save time and minimize frustration.

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If you’re like me, you use Google every day to find things—news, technical support, events, tips, research documents and more.

Were you to master Google’s powerful search refinement operators and lesser-known features, over a year’s time you could save days scouring over irrelevant results. Perhaps even more enticing is the promise of elusive nuggets of market research and competitive intelligence out there waiting to be discovered. This five-part series will show you how to find what you need quickly and with laser-like accuracy

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What are some of the tools to measure the success of SEO? How do you get Googlebot to crawl your site more often? And answers to more questions follow!

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How do you know if your site is search-engine friendly? What is the best way to find out the number of people searching for a specific keyword? And 48 other questions answered here…

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Our favorite tips for online catalogers: automatic spell correction on search queries, breadcrumb navigation, keyword themes, top 10 lists, open source, 1-click ordering, and more…

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A competitor is eating your lunch. You know it. They know it. What you don’t know is how they did it. Welcome to the murky world of search engine optimization (SEO). Before you throw your hands up in frustration, I have good news for you: You can learn how to reverse-engineer your arch-rivals’ tactics and join them at the top of the search results heap.

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Many creative strategies are emerging to help merchants tap into this dynamic new search marketplace. As search becomes more embedded into consumer buying behavior, Google’s success provides both a framework and a reason for thinking about search engine friendliness as an integral part of Web design - rather than as an afterthought.

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If consumers find e-commerce appealing because it helps them find and buy products easily and in less time, then your Web site is no longer the shortest distance between points A and B: Google is. This means that the notion of an e-commerce site itself becomes entirely fragmented, as every page becomes a potential entry point and selling opportunity.

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When it comes to search engines and search marketing, what are the major engines for consumers these days? Of course there are quite a few search engines in existence but at this time the big players are Google, AOL, Yahoo, and MSN. These control 94% of all search.

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