Friday, December 2, 2011

The question is king.

If most content is digitized, then the answer to most every question is somewhere on the web.

We had a part wear-out on our  TV. A Google search confirmed the problem including instructions on how to replace the part, and a place to order the part.  The part cost about $150. We watched a short, but complete video on the part replacement and "whoa nellie," we were back in TV business. A house call for this type of activity would probably have cost $700.

Last week, two switches broke on my clothes washer. I headed for Google. I saw a video on how to replace the switches. I purchased two switches and with a simple screwdriver I replaced the switches. I probably saved $200 by doing it myself.

I am sure you have your own examples.

Google search is not just about ads and search returns. Content, how to fix something, how to do something, is available to all of us. Digitized content made available to everyone is a life changer.

The answer is available for the right question. The right question is now king. There are several different ways to ask for Google to search things and understanding the right away to request that search is important.

Congratulations to any school that offers classes in understanding search technology and how to ask the right question so that the power of digitized content is at your finger tips. Google search should be a mandatory course in high school if not earlier.

Do you know of any schools that offer courses in Google search?

1 comment:

  1. A quick google search provides:

    http://www.google.com/educators/p_websearch.html

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