GOOGLE-NOT JUST A SEARCH ENGINE-Messaoud, Fakoube, Hjour, Bailloux, Azif

MESSAOUD LEILA
FAKOUBE CELESTINE
HJOUR HASNA
CAROLINE BAILLOUX
LAILA AZIF

WORKSHEET

topic : Google not just a search engine

Google is known to be the most popular search engine in the entire world, but search for information is not the only thing it is able to do; indeed, you can create mail box via Google, you can translate anything with Google Translation,  or find your way to anywhere with Google Maps, and a lot more.

1. Besides its use on the computer, Google provide a system for mobile which you can also access the internet services with.

- What are the services that Google offers ? give 3 examples.

(http://www.google.fr/mobile/)

2. Google suggests many functionalities. in the main page (www.google.com), go in the toolbar up the page and click on "more", then click again on " even more". here you can find several options just like Groups, News, Translate...

-can you explain the use of the following examples?

-Did you use any of them before?

3. Google Labs offers to try out even more options, which are actually prototypes that are being developed by Google engineers. Among those, the most popular is Google Transliteration.

-What is the use of this application?

http://www.googlelabs.com/

4. Google also provide a shopping service.

(http://www.google.com/Top/Shopping/).

there are different ways of purchasing : products are classified in categories (clothes, housing, hi-tech...) or you can directly type whatever you are looking for in the search bar .

 - we need to purchase a couple  of stuffs ;  help us find a 12 megapixels Sony camera, and a brown Prada bag between $150 – $350.

5. Google Books is a branch that’s offers a lot of headings of different themes, such as classical, philosophy, political, sciences... we can also read some books online. there is a search bar where you type the name of the book you are looking for.

-for example, I would like to cook something for my mother in law who's coming this week. can you help me to pick up a book ?

(http://www.google.fr/search?tbs=bks:1,bkv:p,vw:g&tbo=p&q=+subject:"Cooking"&lr=lang_fr&source=gbs_lp_bisac)

-how many headings exist in this page ?

(http://books.google.fr/bkshp?hl=fr&tab=Tp)

CONCLUSION:

to conclude, we can say that Google is not just a search engine, it is actually more than that as  it suggests a lot of functionalities. plus, we get direct access to useful tools ( videos , shopping) in a click away. it is just as easy as going on YouTube or eBay. finally, we personally think that Google is quiet complete and a good engine to work with.

in 3 words: clear, fast and handy.

mini GAME : get directions on Google Maps

we, students of LEA, are keenly interested in History and tourism. we would like to go visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

In the main page of Google, click on" Maps" in the toolbar and on " get directions". 

(http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl)

enter the addresses from the University of Cergy to the Eiffel tower in walking mode ( yes, we got to move our butt people, its healthy !!) and let us know how many km and how many time it takes to get over there !