Setting Google Preferences

Whenever a new program is installed on our computer, there is usually an option that allows us to see the tools available for modification. We go to something like Tool/Options or Apple/Program Preferences. We make a couple changes from optional ways for the software to run and the program becomes more useful than it was before. Google also has preferences that we can set. As long as the machine we use has cookies turned on, we can tell Google exactly how we want it to run on our computer. To explore some of the possibilities read the article "Setting Google Preferences."

Let Google Alerts Track What Interests You

Google Alerts is a tool provided by Google to help you conduct searches even when you're not online. It does this by tracking the changes in sites that might be of interest to you. If there is some topic that you would like to track 24/7, Google Alerts will do it for you. For a brief description and strategy for using this Google application, read: "Get Latest Results With Google Alerts." If you want to jump right into it go directly to Google Alerts.

Google Labs--Google Technology of the Future

Google does more than just keyword searches for sites on the Internet. It searches for images, is the parent company of Blogger where this site is located, provides free software like the photo-editing software of Picasa, and a whole lot more. Many of these Google offspring have their start in a Google engineer's mind. Google is smart enough to allow its employees a place to test their ideas. This place is called Google Labs. For an overview of what's in Google Labs read Google Labs--Home of New Google Apps. Then go to Google Labs and see the current set of experiments going on today. Then visit again next month and see what's still around and what has gone away. Be certain to read instructions for using these experimental applications.

Searching for Specific File Formats with Google

Using Google to find information about a particular subject is old hat. But what about using Google to search for a particular subject and a file on that subject in a particular file format? That's the topic of the article: Google Filetype Command, written for Suite101.com. There's a storehouse of files out there on the Internet: Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, even Flash video files. Learn how to find them in this article. http://internet.suite101.com/article.cfm/google_filetype_command