Focus on Google
Sophistica
Hi everyone,
Here's a great message about Google services, listing services that you
may not have tried out yet.
Have a look at the ones below:
Instant Messages
http://www.google.com/talk
Call or send instant messages to your friends for free - anytime,
anywhere in the world.
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com
Create and join searchable discussion groups and mailing lists.
Personalize Your Homepage
http://www.google.com/ig
See information you care about on your Google homepage.
Gmail
http://gmail.google.com
Free web-based email service with 2527 MB capacity, searching your
mail, email forwarding and more.
Google News
http://news.google.com/
Search and browse 4,500 news sources updated continuously.
Google Images
http://www.google.com.au/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q=
Search for images on the web.
Google Alerts
http://www.google.com.au/alerts?hl=en
Get automatic email updates of search results based on your choice of
query or topic.
Google Answers
http://answers.google.com/answers/
More than 500 carefully screened Researchers are ready to answer your
question for as little as $2.50 -- usually within 24 hours.
Froogle
http://froogle.google.com/shoppinglist
Keep track of things you want to buy, sort by price, item or date
Google Maps
http://www.google.com/maps
View maps, get driving directions, and search for local businesses and
services.
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com
Focus on any point on the globe, zoom in and out, pan to the east or
roll to the west.
Google Video
http://video.google.com
Search TV programs and videos.
Google Print
http://print.google.com
Search the full text of books.
Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
Search scholarly papers.
Personalized Search
http://www.google.com/psearch
Get the search results most relevant to you.
My Search History
http://www.google.com/searchhistory
Easily access and manage your Google search history from any computer.
Google Destop
http://desktop.google.com
Search your own computer, and the web, if you like.
Google Sidebar
http://desktop.google.com/features.html
Add a sidebar to Google Desktop, for news, email, scratchpad, weather,
photos, stocks, links, RSS and more.
Google Deskbar
http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar
Search using Google without opening your browser.
SafeSearch
http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Tick the SafeSearch box on this page to filter out sites with adult or
offensive content.
Language Tools
http://www.google.com.au/language_tools?hl=en
Search pages written in a specific language or located in a specific
country. Translate text or a webpage.
Below are some tips on how to enhance your use of the Google Searchbox:
+ If you put a "+" sign in front of a word, that word must be included
in all search result.
- If you put a "-" sign in fornt of a word, that word will not be
included in search results.
" " If you put quotation marks around two or more words, this exact
phrase will be included in search results.
~ If you want to search not only for your search term but also for its
synonyms, place the tilde sign ("~") immediately in front of your
search term.
OR To find pages that include either of two search terms, add an
uppercase OR between the terms.
.. Numrange searches for results containing numbers in a given range.
Just add two numbers, separated by two periods, with no spaces, into
the search box along with your search terms.
cache: If you include [cache:] in the query, the words you enter on
the dots in [cache:......] will be highlighted.
link: The query [link:] will list webpages that have links to the
specified webpage.
related: The query [related:] will list web pages that are "similar" to
a specified web page.
info: The query [info:] will present some information that Google has
about that web page
define: The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you
enter after it, gathered from various online sources.
stocks: If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will
treat the rest of the query terms as stock ticker symbols, and will
link to a page showing stock information for those symbols.
site: If you include [site:] in your query, Google will restrict the
results to those websites in the given domain.
intitle: If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict
the results to documents containing that word in the title.
allintitle: If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will
restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title.
inurl: If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict
the results to documents containing that word in the url.
allinurl: If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict
the results to those with all of the query words in the url.
P.S. This message was first posted at NEW, a list at Topica with well
over 16,000 members.
http://topica.com/lists/new