\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{deepernetorg} \pdfinfo{ /Title (search-engines.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (deepernetorg) /Subject (Search Engines Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{750624} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{FAF7F8} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Search Engines Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{deepernetorg} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/9356/cs/1232/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}deepernetorg \\ \uline{cheatography.com/deepernetorg} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 9th September, 2013.\\ Updated 12th May, 2016.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.24425 cm} x{3.73275 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Standard Search Engines}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Crawler based & crawls Web pages to build lists of words that are then indexed and stored into a searchable database \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Examples & Google, Bing, Yandex \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Purpose of a search engine}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{For the same reason you need a card catalogue in a library, people use a search engine when browsing the Web. There is a lot of great and useful information but when it is not physically possible to examine all sources personally, a search engine assists the resesarcher in sifting through the near endless and constantly changing information on the Web.% Row Count 8 (+ 8) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.23965 cm} x{2.73735 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Search Engine Features}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Refinement}} support & ability to use Boolean, Phrase, and Field searching \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Wild Card ({\bf{Truncation}}) suport & ability to subsitute part of a word or a whole word with the " * " \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Stemming support & ability to find variants of terms such as, tense, plural \& singular form \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Size of {\bf{database}} & how large the search engine's database is \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{feel}} and {\emph{*look}} & uncluttered and easy to use interface \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{These are only a few features of search engines.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.9908 cm} x{2.9862 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Customization}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Search Filters}} & filter out inappropirate content \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Number of results}} & how many dispayed per page (SERP) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Instant search}} & predications while you type \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Where {\bf{results open}} & new tab? same tab? new window? \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Language}} & ability to translate \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Your search engine may have many other customization options, however, these seem to be standard among the majority.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{0.94563 cm} x{4.03137 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Math Calculation/Conversion support}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} + & addition, {\bf{978+456}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} - & subtraction, {\bf{978-456}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} * & multiplication, {\bf{978*456}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} / & division, {\bf{978/456}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{convert} & {\bf{convert 2 miles to inches}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \textasciicircum{} & raise to a power of, {\bf{237\textasciicircum{}3}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Phrase your query}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Check your {\bf{keywords}} & put more important terms in the begining \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Forget about {\bf{case}} & use all lower case (excluding Boolean operators) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Avoid {\bf{stop words}} & common stop words include: a, are, as, be, for, has, that, will, was, to, is, it... \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Use {\bf{refinements}} alone or in combination with others & Boolean operators, Phrase searching, Field searching \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Advanced Search Features}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} term1 {\bf{AND}} term2 & returns results that include both query terms \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} term1 {\bf{OR}} term2 & returns results that include either of two query terms \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{ + }} term & results must INCLUDE the term \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{ - }} term & results must EXCLUDE the term \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{"}} this is a phrase {\bf{"}} & returns results that include the exact phrase \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{inurl:}} term & returns results that include the term in the Web page URL \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{filetype:}} document extension (pdf, doc) & returns results that are only the specified document type \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.4885 cm} x{2.4885 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Instant Answers}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Get a map & {\bf{map}} portland or \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Get local weather forcast & {\bf{weather}} 71115 \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Define a term & {\bf{define}} onamonapia \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Get movie showtimes & {\bf{showtimes}} 71111 \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Find area gas prices & {\bf{gas}} 71047 \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Learn sports scores & packers {\bf{scores}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} See current market data for a given company or fund & enter stock ticker, e.g. {\bf{goog}} (for Google) \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} See he time in many cities around the world & {\bf{time}} london \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Find precise times of sunrises and sunsets & {\bf{sunrise}} new york \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Not all search engines support instant answers or the same ones.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.09494 cm} x{3.88206 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{MetaSearch Engines}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Search tool & sends user request to other search engines then displays the results in a single list \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Examples} & DogPile, MetaCrawler, Mamma \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sites to explore}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{SearchEngineWatch.com}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{provides tips and information about searching the web and analysis of the search engine industry} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{MalekTips.com}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{search engine syntax, advanced search engine features, filtering results} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{TheFilterBubble.com}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{website and blog about filter bubbling, what search engines are hiding from you} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{SearchEngineColossus.com}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{international directory of search engines across 314 countries, since 1998} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{SearchEngineLand.com}}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{news and information site covering search engine marketing, searching issues and the search engine industry} \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 3) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{LinkedIn.com}}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 1) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{connect with industry professionals to learn about and discuss topics} \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.74195 cm} x{3.23505 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DeeperNet}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Facebook & Facebook.com/DeeperNet \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Twitter & @deepernetorg \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Our Site & www.deepernet.org \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{NEW}} LinkedIn group & Discuss Internet Research, Security, News http://linkd.in/17lIidL \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Amanda Deason \newline Internet Researcher, DeeperNet \newline Instructor, LSUS-CE \newline P: (318) 995-4868 \newline E: adeason@deepernet.org} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DeeperNet classes at LSUS-CE}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Advanced Power Searching with Google}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Gain a deep understanding of complex Google searches to become better at Internet Research.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Internet Research Optimization}}} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Focus on strategies of online research to effectively and economically access specific information from the Web.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Register for classes at {\bf{ce.lsus.edu}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}