The following six steps in greatly increase your invention effectiveness by using Google:
1 - Narrow the search and find prior art and solutions.
2 - Postulate a design or system solution
3 - Look for design elements in the Web.
4 - Design and redesign.
5 - Find other people with similar interests with whom you can communicate.
6 - Organize notes and source material.
Google can be very important for stimulating your imagination at the beginning of a project. It can be a powerful tool for the creative person, not only to gather information, but also to channel the creative mind into unique imagination space that could not be found by simple day dreaming.
