Googling for $$$
03/10/07 08:02
So everyday I Google, you Google, your mom and maybe your grandma Google's. It kind of makes me giddy to think about it. Anyway, the point is all the worlds a Google'n. Well, I am SearchMashing, but the point is we spend a lot of time doing it and get a lot of value out of it. So what does it mean to be good at it?
We have all had colleagues who can't Google. Its uncomfortable for all involved. Its like finding your buddy drunk and crying or catching an adult picking their nose. Not cool, back away, never speak of it again. That's just like being bad Googler. Some people are criers, some pickers, some not Googlers.
At any rate, thinking along the lines of the front line folk asked to do the dirty work on the interweb I wonder if Googling could ever be prerequisite as a job skill. Just like typing speed, abstracting concepts to tags becoming a critical function of your job. Yes, yes, semantic web, blah, blah, its a long way off but Google productivity needs are here. We need to optimize our workers not just our web.
So in an effort to find out about Googling I Googled.
And found GoogleGuide.com. This link will take you to the special character query list. I quickly learned I am the search equivalent of a blubbering drunk. Sigh. It would be fun for someone to develop a little game of "How good are you at Google?"
Google Labeler could be like basic warm up for the mind.