A Tips Collection for Google Users
Some idiom, like “ask uncle Google” or “just Googling!”, had became a daily sentences for internet users. Those sentences refer to a popular search engine: Google.
Google came from word “googol”, used by Milton Sirotta, a nephew from Edward Kasner (mathematic scientist), he used it to mention a numbers that started with number 1 followed with 100 zero number behind it. Google used this term to explain their mission to organizing all information in the internet and all over the world.
Started by two Ph.D student from Stanford, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, found and build Google in 1998. In june 1999, this personal corporate claimed to having a financial source as big as US$25 million. That financing source came from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequioa Capital Corporation.
Google using PageRank technology that guaranteed, the most important information to be first to displayed. PageRank shows objective measuring about webpage level and measured with an equation that consist of 500 million variables with more than 2 billion conditions. PageRank using very wide link structure like in an organization structure.
The main is, Google interpretating a link from page A to page B as a ‘voice’ by page A for page B. Google see the web page’s importance by how many ‘voices’ that web page got. And Google analysing too, web page which give ‘voice’.
Google search methods is automatic, and disabling the disrupt from human. Unlike other search engine, Google builded so that no one can buy ‘higher place’ in search result or changing search results for commercial purpose. Google search is a honest and objective in searching qualified websites in easy way.
And if you think that Google had did the maximal job, then read this special tricks for more optimizing your Google experience. Google is not only about searching. Learn how to integrating Google search engine to your browser, using Google translator engine, blocking pop-ups, all of that need only Google. The best search engine in internet.
Standard Search
Every browser actually had its own search engine. But this default search engine could be changed to Google basic search with a simple way. First, for Internet Explorer users, go to download google.reg file from www.google.com/ie. Then double-click to that file to merger it. If merger registry process succeded, the column ’search’ display will same with google.com/ie page.
Toolbar
With fast installation, Google Toolbar will automatically installed to your browser. If Google toolbar installed, it automatically will show up with Internet Explorer toolbar. Then you don’t need to open Google homepage when you want to search a web page.
Note that Google toolbar only work on Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista and browser Microsoft Internet Explorer v.5 or latest.
Pop-up Blocker
If you have installed Google toolbar, you can grab additional function, beside toolbar for searching. This additional function is a pop-up blocker. This function will automatically runs after the toolbar installed successfully. With this feature, pop-up can be blocked so that browsing can be more save.
Blog help tool
For bloggers, Google toolbar provided a special tool. This tool will automatically open a browser that can enable you to linking directly the active website in your blog. This tool, which showed in blogger.com icon, can help bloggers to arrange their link, without editing template. Automatically, html tag will show up, and you just need to add necessary words and pressing “Post and Publish” button to save the blog.
Other language in Google
You can restrict search result with certain language. You may choose your language in ‘language tool’ menu or ‘preferences’ in Google homepage.
Google News
This feature runs special search for news and sorting all news that Google can get, basic on certain subject. This feature which located in news.google.com will showing the most accessed news by internet users in the world. All news have been categorized, so that easy for users to choose news depend on their needs.
Notification Mail
Google can send email containing notification about a news that you want, related on certain topic. If you want, go to google.com/newsalert, fill the subject/topic you want and notification period. Insert your email and click button below it. Notification period means how often do you want to receive this email notification. Automatically you will receive email every time Google detects available news related to subject that you want.
Google Set
A feature that people rare to open, it is Google Set (labs.google.com/sets). When you open this page, you will find 5 empty columns, where you can fill it in two first column only. Example, you fill it with ‘audy’ and ‘BMW’. When you press ‘large set’ or ’small set’ button, Google will search other words that tipical to your choice, in this case, car brand. Of course with links to Google search result to your keywords about car brand you choose.
Translator Engine
Google is not only search engine, but it is a translator engine too. Even the translated language is limited, but this thing is something. Google can translate per sentences or translate a web page at once. It’s easy, go to ‘language tool’ page and fill available column depend on your needs, whether you want to translate one page from a website or translate per alinea from an article.
Google Answers
With this feature, Google bridging answer needs from an ‘asker’ to an ‘answerer’ team. This team developed by about 500 experts from internet. Submitted questions will showed in a special forum. This feature (answer.google.com) will help your time and your work. Example, you want to know how to burning two video file on a DVD that work in standard DVD player. Then you could ask this and offering payment about US$2,5 for fast reply. Payment commit with credit card. Submitted question with the answer will became public consumption and displayed in a special page.
Calculator
Google can used for aritmatic search calculation result in a simple way. Just type the mathematics sentences in Google search input an then click ’search’ button just like when you searching another words, the result will displayed. Or go to google.com/help/calculator.html for further detail information about this feature.
Not only that, Google search engine can converting a unit into numeric data. For example, feet measurement to metre, or other different measurement units. Of course, Google use international standard unit. Like, kilogram, metre, cubic, feet, etc.
PDF File
Sometimes, Google search result pointing to a pdf file. Most of users lazy to download this, maybe because it can slowing down the computer, or having a slow connection. There are another way, you can open the HTML version or the ‘cache’ page. The link available in every search result item. With this way, your browser will load it more faster compared if you open the pdf page. Besides, if you choose ‘cached’ link, your keyword will highlighted in a special colors.
Add or Remove URL
You can add a new URL into Google directory, so that your page will be included in search results. Go to google.com/addurl.html and follow the procedure. But there is a link that contained certain tags that you can copy into your web source, if you won’t your site included in Google directory. The consequent is, your site will not included in every Google search results.
Google Wireless
Google wireless can used by a mobile user that support WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). This feature located in google.com/options/wireless.html, can be activated on mobile ware like GSP, Palm, and HandSpring. For supporting WAP ponsel, Google provided special page for searching, it is google.com/wwl or google.com/imode for i-mode.
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