O'Reilly Now Shipping "Google Hacks" Book

by , 1:00 PM EST, March 6th, 2003

O'Reilly & Associates has published a new book dedicated to improving internet searching, "Google Hacks". Written by Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest, the book is a tool designed to improve a readers understanding of how Google works, and how to get the most out of the popular search engine. According to O'Reilly & Associates:

The Internet delivers a wealth of information to your fingertips, and all you need to know is how to find it...which is not always as easy as it sounds.

But if you've wanted the sort of mastery you can only get from the experts, you'll find new inspiration (and valuable tools) in "Google Hacks" by Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest.

"Google Hacks" is a unique collection of one hundred tips and tools gathered from expert users of Google, as well as developers who are excited about Google's new API. The book offers a variety of interesting ways for power users to mine the enormous amount of information that Google has access to.

Readers will be amazed, if not amused, by what they can do in Google, including:

Use special syntaxes in Google's search box to filter results

Explore Google's special services: The Google Director, Google Images, Google News, Google Groups, Google Catalogs, Froogle, and other interesting experiments from Google Labs

Improve your own web site or weblog by integrating Google applications

Write information retrieval programs that use the Google Web API in Java, Perl, PHP, Python, and .NET

Enjoy unusual games built on top of Google's huge database

Gain a clear understanding of how Google looks at your site, and learn more about Google's famous PageRank algorithm

You can find more information about the "Google Hacks" book at the O'Reilly & Associates Web site. The book is available for US$24.95.

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