Thanks to a unique algorithm that produces most relevant results
to any given query, Google has become, indisputably, the best
search engine on the Internet. On the last count, Google has
indexed over 4 billion pages and tackles around 200 million
searches a day! A cluster of 100 thousand servers are used to
store, crunch and spew out the query results with lightning
speed that you are so accustomed to see.
This phenomenal growth has made Google from a garage startup to
an Internet behemoth faster than any company has done before.
The prodigies behind this unique search engine, Larry Page and
Sergey Brin in the process already got enlisted themselves in
billionaire club.
Google is no longer a mere search engine! It is increasingly
broadening its offerings to include great new services and
excellent tools. Among these services, most notables are
News - a news aggregation and searching service,
Blogger - an online journal-keeping solution,
Froogle - a marketplace for comparison shopping,
Groups - online discussion groups, Answers - a place to get
hard-to-find information for a price, etc.
Google also recently unveiled two more programs.
Orkut - a social networking service and Gmail - a free web
mail service. Orkut is an online community, where a person
can participate in it by invitation from a member only.
If you constantly frown over limited space of your hotmail
or Yahoo accounts because they get filled up with junk mails
and force you to delete old messages frequently, you will
love Gmail with its 1 GB of storage capacity. There are
several great features available in Gmail system too.
One of them, dubbed as Conversations, allow you to view
all exchange mails with somebody, once you select one of
the mails. Sorting and searching emails also become much
easier with Gmail. The only catch is Gmail displays
relevant ads - based on the keywords found in your
email - on the right side of the screen when you view an
email, much like Google displays ads when you view search
results.
Although, Google is constantly adding new and extremely
useful features, most of us unfortunately do not use all the
capacities of the search engine itself. The following tips
will make your Internet browsing more effective if even
you are an avid net user.
Choose most specific search words
Google returns web pages that contain all the words in your
query. If you would like to see the most relevant pages on
the first page of your search result, be very specific with
your choice of words. For example: if you would like to
research on former NHL hockey player Makarov, you should
start your search with Makarov not hockey player. Even better
if you search for the words: hockey player Makarov. Because
just the word Makarov will show web pages on “Makarov” a
Russian-made handgun and numerous other people and products
with the name Makarov. Refining your query in Google means
adding more specific words to your initial search. In this
example you will hit the right web pages if your search
contains: NHL hockey player Makarov.
Sets - a new feature
What if you are looking for a pair of Valentino designer
jeans but can’t recall the name of the designer? Query on
Italian designer jeans may bring you the right result; however,
there is a better tool that Google is planning to implement
soon, called “Sets”.
Fill up the names of some designers that you remember in the
given form such as Levis, Wrangler, Versace and click either
of the two buttons and voila! You will get a list of
designers name and probably, Valentino will be there. But
bear in mind that this feature is still at Beta stage.
Calculator
The other day, I was sitting in a colleague’s office. She
needed to calculate some basic stuffs and looking for her
calculator on her desk. Much to her dismay, she could not
find the calculator and started to fumble through her
computer programs in her attempt to find Microsoft calculator.
I noticed that she was online and the browser was open.
I, politely, asked her whether she knew that Google could
actually calculate most common mathematical expressions.
It came out to be, she did not! She was just amazed after
trying it herself. Google is even capable of unit conversion!
Give it a try!
Definition
If you are looking for a definition of a particular word or
a phrase, Google is the best place to get it. In Google search
box, write “define: the word or phrase” without the quotation
marks and click search button. If there is a definition
available for your search term you will, most certainly,
get it. It’s a very useful feature for students and people,
those who write research papers.
Synonyms
You may think that search engines are too dumb to show
query results of the synonyms of your search term. It’s
not so! At least, in the case of Google! If you use tilde
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What’s up with Freedomsixteen & Freedom115.com?
Q: What are Freedomsixteen, Freedom115.com, and other internet websites like those you’ve mentioned that I hear advertised on the Television and Radio.
In a way they seem very closely related.
A: I get so many questions like this that I’ve set up a separate Question and Answer category called Television and Radio Ads. As an example, in addition to the internet websites you’ve talked about you could talk about many others that you haven’t seen or heard of yet.
It’s frequently true that these internet websites are used by home business opportunity Lead providers or home business opportunity distributors running co-op advertising and rotating internet websites. Also, It’s frequently true that internet websites like the ones you’ve mentioned are used in order to ascertain what advertisment produces what result or at times they are used to track revenue-share deals with Television & Radio stations running the ads.
As an example they might assign a Television station or Radio Station to each website to see which advertising source produces the best result.
For example:
Freedomsixteen - Radio Station WBVX - Number of leads generated: 250 Freedom115.com - Radio Station WZBY - Number of leads generated: 60 Other internet websites - Radio Station WLMU - Number of leads generated: 5477
Here’s to your success.
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Copyright 2005 Paul Jesse
There are thousands of online auctions on the internet. People love them because they can usually find great bargains. If you have an online business, you can use them to increase traffic to your web site.
You could create an electronic book or report that relates to your online business, then auction it off at an online auction. You could increase traffic to your web site by placing an ad for your web site in the electronic publication. Some online auctions will even allow you to link directly to your web site.
Electronic publications won’t cost you anything to ship. You could send them via e-mail or allow people to download the electronic publication from your web site. You can also auction them off for a lower price. When they visit your web site you could offer them a higher priced product.
You could also get traffic from people who don’t bid or don’t get the winning bid. You could direct them to your web site to download and read a free sample of the ebook or report before they bid. If they want more detailed information about the ebook or report, you could also direct them to your web site.
You can also get traffic to your web site by auctioning a physical product. Print your web site advertisement on a flyer or brochure then insert it into each product package you ship.
Before you start auctioning any product at an online auction, read the terms and conditions. Some auctions may not allow the auctioning of electronic products or directly linking to your web site where you have other products for sale.
About the Author
Paul Jesse is a a retired government employee and the author of several articles on home based business. Visit his site and subscribe to the free Marketing Tips newsletter. http://www.sheamarketing.com
