Google Gets A Facelift - Here's A Video Tour
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Within the last day or so, Google has been announcing all sorts of new search goodies, including a facelift and new tools available on their general results page.
To help you get you acquainted with some of the new stuff available to you, here's a great video tour I discovered:
Enjoy!
To help you get you acquainted with some of the new stuff available to you, here's a great video tour I discovered:
Enjoy!
Google Desktop Version 5
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Like the Web wasn't enough...
You can now download Google's latest temptation - which puts them in charge of your computer's desktop and files (searching, that is).
It's called Google Desktop v.5.
I just installed it on my new Vista laptop, which bumped the default Vista sidebar (which was nice, but not 'Google-nice').
Enjoy this latest freebie from Google.
You can now download Google's latest temptation - which puts them in charge of your computer's desktop and files (searching, that is).
It's called Google Desktop v.5.
I just installed it on my new Vista laptop, which bumped the default Vista sidebar (which was nice, but not 'Google-nice').
Enjoy this latest freebie from Google.
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A Thank You To Google...
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As a way of kicking off 2007, and as a way of countering some of the nonsense people have been unfairly posting about Google lately ('they're evil', 'they're a mega-corp who's just out to make money', and other associated nonsense), I'd like to take a few minutes and say something thankful and gracious to a company who I owe a lot of gratitude to, for the reasons you'll see below.
As a matter of fact, I encourage all of you with a blog to join with me today (the 1st business day of 2007) in sending out a shout of thanks to Google. Let's let 'em know how grateful we are for all the things they do for us each and every day. Let's create a buzz!
Dear Google,
Thank you for the following:
As a matter of fact, I encourage all of you with a blog to join with me today (the 1st business day of 2007) in sending out a shout of thanks to Google. Let's let 'em know how grateful we are for all the things they do for us each and every day. Let's create a buzz!
Dear Google,
Thank you for the following:
- Thank you for allowing me to find practically anything I want - for FREE!
- Thanks for allowing me to find pictures and photos that interest me - for FREE!
- Along the same lines, thanks for the awesome photo organizer you provide - for FREE!
- Thank you for giving me all the news that's important to me - for FREE!
- Thank you for letting me view and travel the world virtually - for FREE!
- Thank you for hosting all my bandwidth-guzzling videos - for FREE!
- Thank you for hosting my less bandwidth-guzzling, but equally important, photos - for FREE!
- Thank you for providing the means for me to share my thoughts with the world via my Blogger-based blog - for FREE!
- Thank you for giving me one of the best email applications on the planet - for FREE!
- And thanks for the Gigabytes of storage that goes with it - for FREE!
- Thanks you for giving me calendaring, word-processing, and spreadsheet tools - for FREE!
- Thanks for the RSS reader that allows me to easily keep track of the information I'm interested in - for FREE!
- Thank you for helping me find local businesses when I need them - for FREE!
- Thank you for giving me the tools necessary to get from Point A to Point B in the most efficient manner - for FREE!
- Thank you for allowing me to create discussion groups and hosting them - for FREE!
- Thanks for you totally customizable, extremely useful toolbar that you give me - for FREE!
- Thanks for helping me manage my bookmarks easily - for FREE!
- Thanks for giving me a way to clip and store content I find on the Web - for FREE!
- Thanks for allowing me to create custom search engines that not only help my users find what they're looking for faster, but you give me a cut of the advertising profits!
- Thank you for giving me a way to easily monetize my content, and for paying me regularly!
And while we're at it:
- Congratulations for becoming one of the most successful companies in history
- Congratulations for making billions of dollars each year
- Congratulations for dominating your market in a way that most companies can only dream about doing
- Congratulations for having tons of incredibly smart, creative, and innovative people in your fold - their hard work continues to not only amaze me, but benefit me tremendously!
- Congratulations on all your success, you deserve it, and I hope 2007 is even more spectacular for you.
Your friend, and devoted fan,
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Google Launches New Patent Search Engine
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Some may find this extremely useful, while others may simply find it interesting.
Google has just launched a U.S. patent search engine. It includes full-text search as well as each patent's supporting images.
If you're inventor, you'll love it.
If you're just wanting to waste a bit time, check out the patent for the toy skunk (some people have waaaaaaay too much time on their hands).
