Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Google Wonder Wheel - Mind Mapping for Your Research

On May 2009 Google released a new feature called “Google Wonder Wheel,"   Google Wonder Wheel is a wheel (of wonder) which shows related search terms to the current searched query and thus enables you to explore relevant search terms which might be the ones you originally wanted to search for, or simply give you more options to gain more information
The wonder wheel is meant to provide a more visual display of relevant search terms and keywords for the user.
Did you say mind mapper? This tool is a built in mind mapper with the intention to sort out search results in a logical way of relevancy creating a visual wheel of terms that can make your searching enjoyable and time effective at the same time.  Don’t attempt to build your website and plan your next school project without taking a look at the terms relevant to the ones you intended to use.

THE BASICS . . .
  • Enter your key word or phrase and perform a search.
  • After submitting the key word or phrase you would like to search for, click on the “show more options” link on the top left side.  

  • Clicking on the Wonder wheel link will now create a sun shaped circle of terms, all related to your original  search. 
  • Like the mind mapping picture above.

Need MORE???

The following is a step by step guide on how to use the GoogleWonderWheel tool:
http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/google-wonder-wheel-step-by-step

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