Google Brings Back Power Searching Class – Sign Up Now For Free [Updates]

Most Internet users know how to go to Google and type in what they are looking for and get some results. For most instances in daily life, this is perfectly acceptable. You will probably find the site you are looking for, and everything will be great. That being said, there are instances where you may need to use advanced search techniques to find exactly what you are looking for, and that is why Google is bringing back their Power Searching class.

Power Searching is a free program from Google designed to teach users how to use its advanced features to become better at finding things on the Internet. This is especially useful for people who need to search for things for school projects and the like. In these situations, not just any results will do, and advanced tactics are required.

Power Searching starts on September 24th. Interested users can sign up for the free classes right now. It is a community-based course that features six 50-minute classes and plenty of interactive activities designed to improve overall Google searching prowess. The classes are available over a two-week period and upon completion, all students will receive a certificate.

Anyone interested should go to the sign up page and join as soon as possible. Good searching can be a very useful skill to have, and gaining those skills for free is even better!

Source: Google


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  • Aung Thu Htet September 13, 2012
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    Thanks for your helpful information. I registered for it.

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  • Lee September 13, 2012
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    Is there anything taught that hasn’t been covered by tech blogs before? For example, I know most of the ways you can limit search results (like using quotes to search specific phrases and the minus sign to prevent words from being included), and I don’t want to take these “classes” if I wont learn anything from them.
    Normally I would say “just go for it anyway, you can always learn something” but my time is being taken up by college classes now, so I don’t really have much time to take more online classes.

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  • Raghu Chinnannan September 13, 2012
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    I too registered for it….

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  • Ahmed Khalil September 13, 2012
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    i already registered when it was opened first time, and i get my certificate it is very useful, i recommend it

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  • Darren Reynolds September 13, 2012
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    ive just registered, thanks

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  • Ahmed Khalil September 13, 2012
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    note that the timing is very important for this course as their is assingments to submit in time to pass to the next step

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  • nikhil agarwal September 13, 2012
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    I took this class the previous time it was offered. It introduced me to many techniques which I didn’t know.

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  • Kao Vang September 13, 2012
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    I signed up.

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  • Dimal Chandrasiri September 13, 2012
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    thank you very much man! this would help me in my degree! :)

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  • AP September 13, 2012
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    I was not aware about this, thanks for this information.

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  • Ashwin Ramesh September 13, 2012
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    I completed the course last time it was released. Good course content. If you’re a noob with searching on google, a must-register course :)

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  • ash0_9 September 13, 2012
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    Never heard of this before, pretty interesting. Signed up

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  • Vishal Mishra September 13, 2012
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    Thank you i just got registered.

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  • Umar Faiz September 24, 2012
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    I didnt get any confirmation of this course. so did somebody got any information about this course and if someone knows please can you tell me how to access the course. that would be really nice of you guys….

    Thanks.

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