Google Image Search

Searching within Google has changed over time to allow for images, real live data and instant data to appear within your search results without having to switch to Images, Maps, or another search area.  Google Image search specifically has changed over time to allow you to upload a picture, taken or url link, to be able to find information related to that picture that you want to know more about or find pictures similar to the picture to extend off of.

When you go specifically to www.google.com (do not search using the Google Toolbar) and then switch over to the Image search by clicking Images at the top of the web site, you will switch over to Google Image search.
You are still more than welcome to search for an image by typing in information
or
you can click on the camera at the end of the search bar and
Paste Image Url
or
Upload an Image

When you click Upload an Image you can either drag a picture into the search bar on the screen or Browse for the image on your computer.  Once you Upload an Image you can search for information related to that Image.

Pretty cool tool to use if you have a picture/drawing you created that you would like to see if it is similar to something else on the Internet, or if you have images/pictures/drawings that you have no clue who created them.

Also try out this web site: Unofficial Google Image Search by Drawing where you can draw a picture, take a picture or upload a picture to draw on and see if there are similar ones on the Internet.

Web Browsers : Search Engines "Boolean Searches"

Searching on the Internet can be a daunting task, sometimes, if you do not word your search words correctly or in the correct order.  Boolean searches have been around for quite some time and allow words/phrases to be searched separately, searched together, or not searched at all.  And it all stems from the uses of these three words:

or

and

not

Using the word "or" allows you to search for cats or dogs so at least 1 of the search words will come up with information.

Using the word "and" allows you to search for cats and dogs so both search words will come up with the information together, not separately.

Using the word "not" allows you to search for cats not dogs so cats is the only search word searched and search information on dogs will never show up.

Separating your search words using the boolean search words "or, and, not" will make a difference in the information that is searched and displayed correctly.  Also try using the characters:

+ (must search for this word) Such as Chocolate +cake

- (must NOT search for this word) Such as Chocolate -cake

" " (searches for phrases of words together) Such as "Hampton-Dumont Bulldogs"

Check out more visual diagrams with these search terms at: http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp

Check out more visual diagrams specific to Boolean Searches in Google at: http://www.internettutorials.net/basic-search-techniques.asp

Boolean search activity: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/5223.htm

Different Search Engines

A variety of Search Engines different than Google and Bing that can not afford to be as highly publicized.  Check them out.

http://bingle.nu/
Search Bing and Google together, at the same time.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Computational Knowledge Search Engine

http://www.goofram.com/
Search Google and WolframAlpha together, at the same time.

http://linkstore.ru/got/
Searches Google Blogs and Twitter Tweets together, at the same time.

http://www.kidrex.org/
Kids search engine

http://www.specra.com/
Weighted search engine

http://www.sperse.com/index.php
Enhanced meta search

http://www.spezify.com/

http://www.twurdy.com/index.php
Search for readable results