Google is a popular internet search engine. Watch the video below (2:19 mins) to learn more about what happens when you do a Google search, courtesy of Google!

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Search results

Blogs and discussion forums on your topic
Company & organization websites
News
Government Info

Quality of search results

Variable: No review for most information published on the web

Results are good for...

Quick answers to specific, factual questions
An overview of a topic to start your search

Be careful of...

Commercial information
Poor quality information

Adapted from The University of Manchester Library: Getting started with Search Tools: https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/learning-objects/mle/search-toolkit/

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