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Make Faster and Accurate Search: Top 5 Google Search Tips

Posted by max On July - 20 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS

Google is the most widely used search engine and these days people search engines are popular and everything is searched on Google. Google’s home page is the most opened web page and due to its vast database searching the exact stuff you are looking for has became more and more difficult.

At times even I found it difficult for what I was looking for, so I compiled a list of Top 5 Google Search Tricks to make searching easier, efficient, accurate and faster.

Trick #1: Looking for Product Reviews

If you are looking for a product review then type, “product name”sucks. You’ll get the best reviews. It worked well for me.

Google Trick Product Reviews

Google Trick Product Reviews

Trick #2: Get copy of Book Electronically

If you are looking for a copy of an book electronically then type “title of book” filetype:pdf

Google Trick Book Finder

Google Trick Book Finder

Trick #3: Mass of a substance

If you want to known the mass of Moon, then type mass of moon

Google Trick Mass Finder

Google Trick Mass Finder

Trick #4: Movie Timings

If you want to know the movie timings in your city, the type “movie title” “your zip code”. Well I searched for Inception.

Google Trick Movie Timings

Google Trick Movie Timings

Trick #5: Time Finder of a particular City

If you want to know the time of a particular city then type, time city. I searched London and got the exact time.

Google Trick Time Finder

Google Trick Time Finder

These were the Top 5 Google search tricks. I hope these will reduce your search time and provide you accurate results.

How to Personalize Google Homepage Background Image on Your Account

Posted by max On June - 4 - 2010 3 COMMENTS

Google has come up with yet another modification in its homepage by providing every user to select its own background image. Everytime you open Google’s Home page, you can expect something new from them. Changing of Google’s logo was common and everyday users find a new one either dedicated to someone or making the world aware about some happenings.

Bing Background Image

Bing Background Image

Bing a Search Engine from Microsoft is unique and different from other with its mind blowing background images. Google has not copied their initiative but have come up with a totally different idea. According to their plan, every user will have a different background image integrated with its account.

Google Background Image Wizard

Google Background Image Wizard

You’ll find a link on the bottom left of the Google’s home page with an anchor text “Sign in to see your background image”. After clicking on it, you’ll be asked to select an image from Google’s selected images or from your Picasa web album. You can even upload an image from your computer and you’ll find that image as the background of Google’s home page everytime you login to your account.

Personalized Google Homepage Background Image

Personalized Google Homepage Background Image

The best part about this is that you will find that background image on the Google’s homepage when you login to your Google account. It doesn’t matter you are on your personal computer or accessing web through some public computer in a cyber café. Lets see what else Google is planning to do after this.

Top 5 important Mozilla Firefox Add-ons (Plugins)

Posted by max On April - 21 - 2010 2 COMMENTS

Mozilla Firefox is one of the most widely used internet browser. Being an open source browser it is available for free with the condition that one cannot modify its code to create a new browser. It can be downloaded from the official Mozilla website. The thing that has made Mozilla Firefox one of the most trusted browsers is the huge number of plug-in it offers. These plug-in are also known as Add-ons and are small programs that run with the main program.

By default Firefox comes without any add-on and one has to install the add-ons that are required. Though there are some important add-ons that have to be installed in your Firefox browser because browsing the web can be a whole lot easy with these add-ons.

Top 5 Mozilla Firefox Add-ons are:

Adobe Reader:

There are many web pages that have content in .pdf format and viewing such content in your browser is not possible by default. So for this you need to have Adobe Reader Add-on for Mozilla Firefox.

Get Adobe Reader

Adobe Flash Player:

Adobe flash player enables you to view flash videos online like on YouTube. If you don’t have a flash player installed on your browser, it may ask you to install it just as you open the web page containing the video. After installing Flash Player add-on you can enjoy watching videos and live matches without having to download them.
Get Adobe Flash Player

JAVA Add-on:

Java is one technology that has been growing at a rapid pace and more and more websites are using Java in them. Some websites require Java plug-in or Java runtime environment installed on your system to function properly. So it is necessary to install this Java Add-on for Mozilla Firefox.

Get Java Add-on

Windows Media Player:

Windows media player is manufactured by Microsoft. As we all know there are hardly few things that Microsoft provides for free, and luckily this is one of them. Windows media player add-on will let you play streaming audio, video and multimedia presentations on the web. So this add-on is as important as any other when you need a fluent flow online.
Get Windows Media Player Plugin

QuickTime Add-on:

QuickTime player is just like Microsoft’s Windows Media player but it is manufactured by Apple Corp. Both these plug-in fulfill the same purpose, so you can choose any of these.

Get Quicktime addon

Better and Faster Google Searching using I’m Feeling Lucky Button

Posted by max On March - 19 - 2010 1 COMMENT

Google searching and Google search tools are considered to be the most affective searching tools today. The searching algorithms used are superb and they provide you with the most efficient results. Due to its efficiency and the accuracy of results, Google is the best search engine at present.

However there are many Google search tools that provide you with efficient local Google search. Google desktop search is one tool that helps you search the contents online as well inside your computer. If the file you are looking for is present in your PC then it’ll be returned first else Google desktop search tool will look for that file online in Google’s search file in its database.

How to use I’m Feeling Lucky Button to reduce Search time?

Almost all of us have accessed Google’s homepage and may have noted that there is a button “I’m Feeling Lucky”. Well most of you may not have used it as you don’t know the exact usage of this button. When we make a query in Google, it returns its results as a SERP. Most of the times the very first result is the best suited for our query and we select it. To reduce this search time, Google provides this “I’m Feeling Lucky” button.

Enter the string you need to search in the Google text field. Now press the I’m Feeling Lucky Button. Now the next page that you’ll find in the browser is some webpage but now the result from Google. What actually happened is that Google automatically opened the first result to your query. This reduced the time to search and you get more time looking at the actual content rather than looking for actual content.

Google I'm Feeling Lucky Button

Google I'm Feeling Lucky Button

The “I’m Feeling Lucky” button automatically takes you to the first web page returned for your query.
An “I’m Feeling Lucky” search means less time searching for web pages and more time looking at them.

So if you are looking for something today, use the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button and reduce your search time. If you like the post, do give your feedback and make it popular.

Determining Your Web Hosting Budget

Posted by max On December - 26 - 2009 1 COMMENT

Web hosting is an important part of creating a website. There are hundreds of cheap web hosting companies that are available on the internet within different price ranges – therefore, you are able to find something to suit your budget – but how do you know how much you should be spending on the web hosting services in the first place?

There are many ways that you can determine your budget when it comes to web hosting. First, take into account the importance of the website. You may want to consider a larger budget for web hosting services if you are seeking a website for your business, or professional appearance, rather than personal use. When visitors come to the website, this provides them with a glimpse of your services or products that are being offered and therefore a professionally designed website can go a long way.

A large budget when it comes to web hosting will often allow you access to many other amenities in the package and therefore means that you have customized templates, logos and product placement throughout the website, which can gain you more customers.

In the case that you are creating a personal site, you may want to start out with a smaller budget and upgrade as your space requires. This is a great way to get started on the internet.

Google’s Holiday Postcard Logo wishes Happy Holidays to all Users

Posted by max On December - 22 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Google have always been coming up with amazing logos on its homepage. The habit of Google making its users aware of happenings around the world has been appreciated in the past and people find this stuff interesting. Previously Google have made logos about Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday, Google’s 2016 Olympic Logo.

Google did celebrated the great Solar Eclipse of the century with its amazing Google solar eclipse logo. And now as the new year is round the corner and Christmas holidays are on in most part of the world, so this time Google has came up with one of its best logos which is the Google Holiday Postcard logo to wish all its users a wonderful holidays. This concept of Google has gained popularity and now its users expects new logos here and now. Even when I open Google’s homepage I expect a new logo every time.

Google Holiday Postcard Logo

Google Holiday Postcard Logo

BSNL Launches WiMAX in Rajasthan: India’s Fastest Wireless Broadband

Posted by max On December - 16 - 2009 1 COMMENT
BSNL WiMAX Service

BSNL WiMAX Service

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched the fastest wireless broadband service WiMAX in Rajasthan with speed up to 7 Mbps. WiMAX is the latest technology for wireless data transmission and is replacing most Wi-Fi in many institutions and government agencies.

The aim of BSNL by launching this service is to empower rural India with high speed broadband Internet. BSNL WiMAX will offer 24×7 high speed wireless Internet connectivity enabling Video conferencing, tele-education and tele-medicine services too. WiMAX will enable the residents of village to make payment of utility bills, submit or collect land records, online vehicle registration, issuing birth certificates and many more through Panchayat Samiti (Block Headquarters).

BSNL has introduced WiMAX service at very cheap rates with Rs.140 rent per month and will initially erect 200 WiMAX BTS in Rajasthan, U.P, Punjab, M.P and Chhattisgarh. This service is launched form Ajmer and will offer high speed Broadband Internet speeds up to 7 Mbps over a range of 15 KM.

How to Update Intel Graphics Driver Automatically

Posted by max On October - 13 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Most of the times you may have to reinstall Operating System on your PC and then you may have found some of the drivers missing on your system. You need to install drivers like VGA Graphics Driver, Audio Sound Driver, USB Drivers and many other hardware devices. If you are using an Intel based computer you may have faced problems with Graphics after reinstallation of OS as the Video driver may not be properly installed and people keep on blaming the LCD.

Well instead of looking into your System > Device Manager you should directly check out the Online Drivers Checkup Utility at Intel.com which will automatically scan your computer for Installed drivers and what should be downloaded which can be a perfect tool if you feel your PC is missing something.

Intel Driver Update Utility

Intel Driver Update Utility

You can check your system’s status by clicking on button that says: “Check your system for Latest updates”.  Your graphics need to be updated and Intel Driver Update Utility does that job. It automatically detects all the relevant graphics drivers and helps you install the drivers easily and quickly. You may also be asked to install Active X as an add-on in IE but it may work only in IE. Then this Utility will scan your system for the Video drivers and then will give you the option to download and install them.

Intel’s Anti-theft technology can help you recover your stolen laptop.

Google’s Rio de Janeiro Logo for 2016 Olympics

Posted by max On October - 9 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

As we all know the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be hosting the 2016 Olympics which are expected to be absolute extreme. The place is really superb and is among the few most beautiful places of the world. Coming to the point about Olympics, as Google is expected to create new logos for every event that they feel is important so how can they miss this big thing? Yes Google made a logo for 2016 Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. Keep expecting a new logo whenever you open Google’s home page.

Actual Rio de Janeiro Picture

Actual Rio de Janeiro Picture

Google 2016 Olympics Logo

 

Google 2016 Olympics Logo

More Google Logos:

Google Celebrates Solar Eclipse 2009 with Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google celebrating its 11th birthday with New “Googlle” Logo

Google celebrating Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday with yet another Logo

Google’s Amazing Barcode Logo

Google’s Amazing Barcode Logo

Posted by max On October - 7 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

On this date barcode was invented. Oh you didn’t know about it, well neither do I. Thanks to Google’s new Barcode Logo that informed me about it. Google has made this habit of changing their logo now and then. Every day you expect something different from Google as the Google Logo on their home page keep on changing and informing us about some major events and importance of that very day.

 

Google's Most Amazing Barcode Logo

Google's Most Amazing Barcode Logo

Today Google has come up with one of the most amazing Google logo which is a barcode denoting Google. It has come up with Google’s Solar Eclipse Logo, Gandhi’s Birthday Logo and Google’s 11th Birthday Googlle logo but none has been as amazing as this barcode one.

Salute to the God of search engines Google for this initiative to make us know the importance of every day.

Google Wave Video: The New Web Revolution

Posted by max On October - 6 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

The web has evolved from a bunch of simple HTML pages to fully functional Web2.0 with integration of multiple technologies. One major giant who has contributed the most to this web is no other than Google. Google is worshipped as god and has produced remarkable applications for this web including Google Earth, Google Translator Toolkit, Google Latitude for Google Maps, Gmail Applications and a whole lot more.

Google Wave

Google Wave

As Web 2.0 is enhancing with Social websites and forums increasing in number, Google just can’t stay out of it for long. Google has introduced Google Wave, which seems to be the next level of Web. A single place where you can where you can talk, share files, learn and may be much more.

Till date only certain people have been allowed to join Google Wave and even I have applied for it with a request. I will share its features with you as soon as I get to access Google Wave but in the meantime you can watch this Google Wave Developer Preview Video.

TATA DOCOMO Cheap GPRS Plans

Posted by max On October - 4 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

TATA DOCOMO, the TATA GSM service has become really very popular due to various reasons. TATA DOCOMO offers value to its customers as they will have to pay only for the time they talk because TATA DOCOMO charges per second and not for a pulse of 60 seconds. Tata CDMA Pay per call plan is also a great plan ti have as it offers a call puse of 600 seconds of Re.1 per every local call and Rs.3 per STD call.

TATA DOCOMO offers cheap call rates and has established itself in many states of India now. Although there is some network problem in some areas but the network is expected to get better as time progresses.

These days everyone access internet through one mode or the other. Many like to carry their world with them and access internet on mobile phones via GPRS. TATA DOCOMO offers attractive GPRS plans for you to access internet on the move through your mobile phones and that to with reasonable charges.

TATA DOCOMO GPRS Plans

Tata Docomo is presently providing 2 plans to access internet.

Rs.15 Pack for 3 days

To get this pack you will have to go to your nearest TATA Docomo dealer and ask him to make a special EVD recharge for GPRS/Internet use and after this you will get 20MB of internet access valid for 3 days.

Rs.95 Pack for 30 days

You need to follow the same steps as in above plan with the only difference of getting the recharge amount of Rs.95 and you will get 100MB free data access valid for 30 days.

After the free usage you will be charged 1p/1kb as the default rate and charged 10p/10kb on roaming. So now go and get your access to internet through your TATA Docomo. You can also access internet with your laptop or computer via a USB cable or Bluetooth. These are one of the best internet plan to have these days.

Settings for TATA DOCOMO GPRS

Tata Docomo Gprs Settings

Tata Docomo Gprs Settings

Tata Docomo GPRS Settings Advanced

Tata Docomo GPRS Settings Advanced

Google celebrating Mahatama Gandhi’s Birthday with yet another Logo

Posted by max On October - 2 - 2009 3 COMMENTS

Google has make this a habit now to celebrate special days or events by changing their logo on the Google home page. Today is a major day in Indian history as today is the Birthday of India’s Father of the nation, Mahatama Gandhi.

Mahatama Gandhi played a major role in India’s Independence and his photo is placed on Indian currency too. However the Google Logo on Mahatama Gandhi is visible on Google.co.in and not on Google.com as this day has importance in India and not in other parts of the world.

Google Logo for Mahatama Gandhi

Google Logo for Mahatama Gandhi

Google also celebrated Google’s 11th Birthday with Googlle logo and the major solar eclipse that happened in India nearly 2 months back with its Solar Eclipse Google Logo. Google does make its users aware of the happenings and the importance of the days by moderating their logo on the Google Homepage.

This trend from Google is really good and more good logos with useful information is expected from Google’s side to its users.

Google celebrating its 11th birthday with New “Googlle” Logo

Posted by max On September - 27 - 2009 2 COMMENTS

Google the greatest search engine also worshiped by professionals and Google is famous for celebrations special days and occasions by creating new Google Logos and putting them on Google Home Page. Now Google has turned 11, I mean Google is Celebrating its 11th birthday with a new “Googlle logo“, in which the double “ll” is denoted by 11.

googlle_11th_birthday_logo

Google's 11th Birthday Logo "Googlle"

Google has celebrated various occasions in the past like The great solar eclipse that occurred last month. Here is that Google Logo of the Solar Eclipse Celebration.

Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google Solar Eclipse Logo

Google or I may say Googlle is doing a really great thing in reminding or making people know new happenings around us by placing it directly on its home page. Hope they will continue it in future and keep informing us about the latest happenings through Google Logo.

How to Check who is Online on Yahoo?

Posted by max On September - 19 - 2009 2 COMMENTS

yahoo_merrengerFrom most of the people using internet do use some chatting softwares like Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, AIM and lot more. These softwares allow you to chat, send files, call and even have a Video Chat with people all over the globe.

You have the option to show yourself or hide yourself from others as your status. In Yahoo Messenger you can become invisible to others by selecting “invisible” as your status. But you can still be caught that you are online or you can catch others trying to hide themselves from you by using this tool.

Yahoo Invisible Detector is a tool that lets you know who is online but pretending to be offline or being invisible. You just need to type their YIM Id in the bar and press enter. It’ll return the result as either “Online“, “Invisible” or “Offline“.

yahoo_invisible_detector

Yahoo Invisible Detector Result

Yahoo Invisible Detector Result

Try Yahoo invisible detector

How to Block Websites in Your Browser?

Posted by max On August - 18 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

website_blockerThere are times when we want to block website at home or office for some purpose or the other. At home you may want to block websites that are not for children to watch or at some institutions which are to be restricted to be used.

Mozilla Firefox is simply the best browser as it offer multiple Add-ons like Image block and take complete Screen shots and it also has an Adblock. Adblock is a content filter extension. This Adblock is for Mozilla Firefox and Mozila application Suite based web browsers.

This Adblock is mainly used to block advertisements. It also lets users to prevent page elements from being downloaded and displayed. An improved version of the Adblock of Mozilla Firefox is Adblock Plus. Adblock Plus has grown to replace the old Adblock.

Website Block Plugin for Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox also allows you to block websites using the Block site plugin. There are some parental control softwares available on the internet to block websites. You can download such softwares and block websites.

Download Website Add-on Plugin

Tips to Increase Internet Browsing Speed

Posted by max On August - 17 - 2009 1 COMMENT

speed_up_internetFor all those who are using DATA Cards or Mobiles to use Internet will be worried about the Slow speed they get and the amount of Data they have downloaded and has it exceeded their downloading limit as not many Internet Service Providers offer Unlimited Downloading Plans.

So if you want to Increase your Browsing speed then Firstly block the Images to be loaded in your browser. There are times when we visit blogs or websites for the content but it takes time to load due to the images in the background or along with the text. This consumes lots of time and bandwidth and reduces the loading speed.

To increase internet browsing speed you need to block un-necessary material like background images, audio files, videos etc that consumes large bandwidth.

Image Blocker

This can be done within the browser itself by adjusting the options or the same job through a Firefox Add-on called Image Block 3.5. Image Block Add-on displays a button which would allow you to block/allow loading of images on websites.

So follow this and speed up dial up connection and enjoy fast speed internet connection.

Download Firefox Image Block Add-on.

Amazing Images of Moon,Mars and Space from Google Earth

Posted by max On August - 7 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Almost everyone have accessed Google Earth to view a site on Earth but it has gone too far now. Now you can even visit moon, mars and outer space from Google Earth. The toolbar on top of Google Earth Allows you to select various options and you can even select the option among Earth, Moon, Sky and Mars.

So now you can even make a tour, not just a world tour but even outside our world with the help of Google Earth just by sitting at your home. So download the latest version of Google earth and enjoy this amazing experience.

Surface of Moon in Google Earth

Surface of Moon in Google Earth

Landmarks on Moon

Landmarks on Moon

Day and Night on Moon

Day and Night on Moon

Sky view

Sky view

Constellations in Space

Constellations in Space

Sun Signs

Sun Signs

View of Mars

View of Mars

Surface and Landmarks on Mars

Surface and Landmarks on Mars

Spot on Mars's Surface

Spot on Mars's Surface

Google Worshipped by Google God Aarti

Posted by max On August - 4 - 2009 4 COMMENTS

google_aartiAarti is a combination of sentences mainly in a rhyming form made by the devotees to worship Gods in India. Aarti is a tribute to God, its similar to prayers but the difference is that mostly Aarti is performed with Lights, mantras and Fire.

But the impact of technology is on this thing too as IT guys are performing an Aarti. Well the difference is that their God is “Google” and why not, its the best search engine and also provide multiple helpful applications from Gmail, Google Translater Toolkit, Google Latitude, Earning Opportunities and many more.

Here is the Aarti about Google:

Om Jai Google Hare !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare
Programmers ke sankat, Developers ke Sankat,
Click main door kare!!
Om Jai Google Hare !!

Jo Dhyawe vo pawe,
dukh bin se man ka, Swami dukh bin se man ka,
Homepage ki sampatti lawe, Homework ki sampatti karave
kasht mite work ka,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Tum puran search engine
Tum hi internet yaami, Swami Tum hi internet yaami
Par karo hamari Salari, Par karo hamari apprisal,
Tum dunia ke swami,
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Tum information ke saagar,
Tum palan karta, swami Tum palan karta,
Main moorakh khalkamii, Main Searcher tum Server-ami
Tum karta dhartaa !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Din bandhu dukh harta,
tum rakshak mere, Swami tum thakur mere,
Apni search dikhaao, sare reasearch karao
Site par khada mein tere,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Google devta ki aarti jo koi programmer gaawe,
Swami jo koi bhi programmer gaawe,
Kehet SUN swami, MS hari har swami,
Manwaanchhit fal paawe.
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Google Aarti Words

Google Aarti Words

How to Use Free Internet on Airtel Mobile

Posted by max On August - 3 - 2009 8 COMMENTS

airtelNowadays everyone has a mobile phone and most people access or surf internet with their mobile phones by either Pay per use plan or some monthly plan with fix charges but now you can use free internet with your Airtel connection.

For using Free Internet with Airtel GPRS we make use of two mobile browser softwares,Teashark and UCweb . Teashrk is Sony Ericsson’s native mobile browser , but can be used in almost all Java supported mobile devices . UCweb is another popular mobile browser .

How to use Free GPRS on Airtel

  • Now you need to download and install Teashark and Ucweb browsers.
  • Now on settings , select access point as Airtel live.
  • The normal rates of GPRS through Airtel live is 30pisa/50 kb. But amazing thing is that when browsed through these browsers, Airtel GPRS is completely free and you won’t be charged.

If there is any problem with Teashark browser, use UCweb. Airtel GPRS works perfectly on UCweb browser . If you experience any difficulties on page load , clear you browser cache and try again. But do check the balance after few mins as a precaution.

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