Google has recently introduced so called Search Options to their search engine which are hidden by default on any search page but can be activated with one click. The Show Options link is placed directly beneath the search form on search result pages and will open a small sidebar menu with several choices that change [...]
Wolfram Alpha Is Live
There has been a lot of talk about this new search engine by Wolfram which many called a Google killer. The strange thing was that this happened without anyone being able to test the search engine. It finally is live now and anyone is able to test the search engine and compare it against other [...]
Spice Up Google Search With Google Fx
Google Search has always been using a minimalistic design. While this serves several purposes like offering distraction free web searching and fast loading times it does fall a bit short for some users who prefer to access additional information right in the search interface.
Google Fx is a Greasemonkey Script which means it works in all [...]
Google Flagging Every Website As Malware
If you perform a Google search at the moment you will notice that Google is flagging every website that it returns as malware. The sentence “This site may harm your computer.” appears below the title of each website in the Google index including sites like google.com, whitehouse.gov, yahoo.com and yes, even ghacks.net.
There is not even [...]
Read Magazines At Google Book Search
Google began to include magazines to their book search engine. The search is currently limited to selected magazines with plans to expand it in the future. One could probably assume that only older or outdated magazines have been scanned by the Google Book Search team. This is apparently not the case. Several December 08 issues [...]
Google Multi-Column View
Google Multi-Column View is a Greasemonkey script that can display Google search results in two or three different columns instead of the default display. Doing that can be extremely useful for users with widescreen monitors who want to use all of the screen estate when working with Google. A test on a 1920×1200 LCD monitor [...]
If Google Went Down What Would You Do?
Most Internet users rely heavily on Google. They use Google to search, Google Mail for emails, Google Reader for feed reading, Google Adsense or Adwords in their business and various other Google services. That got me thinking about the consequences of a Google downtime. What would you do if Google went down completely for a [...]
