Google Public DNS
The majority of Internet users has not probably come into contact with DNS, the Domain Name System, although it is one of the cornerstone technologies of the Internet. DNS is basically a […]
Google Webmaster Tools Site Performance
Google and Microsoft have recently published several posts that indicate that they are going to put more emphasize on a website's performance in regards to Google Search and Bing search results. This […]
Speed Up Google Analytics
Several webmasters that I have talked to in the last year expressed their concern about Google's website traffic analyzer Google Analytics. Once of the complaints was that the Analytics script would slow […]
Google Directions
Google Directions is a service by the Google Maps team that can be used to get driving, transit or walking directions directly in the maps application. Update: the most recent version of […]
Test The New Google Search Interface Right Now
Update: Google has modified the search interface in the meantime, and the method below won't work anymore because of it. The company displays a bar atop the search results now that you […]
Google Analytics Intelligence
Google has added a new module to Google Analytics called Intelligence. The new module, which is in beta currently, displays custom and automatic alerts that are created from website traffic operations. It […]
Google Translate Interface Updated
Google Translate is one of the most popular automatic translation services on the Internet. It is not only available at the official Google Translate website but also as a mashup in various […]
Google Rolls Out New Search Interface
A recent post over on Search Engine Land suggests that Google will be rolling out a new search interface - or more precisely search result page design - to selected users later […]
Google Chrome OS: My Concerns
Now that the source code of Chrome OS is in the open, the project has entered the second stage of the development phase. I suggest to read the Chrome OS announcement article […]
Google Image Swirl
Google Image Swirl is a new Google Labs project that uses Google Images to display relations between images found by the image search engine. Google's image search engine is a very comprehensive […]
Google Me
Have you ever "googled" yourself? Chance is you found at least a few websites and resources about yourself, and even more if you have deliberately added information about yourself on websites across […]
Lock Safe Search In Google
Safe Search is a filter of the Google search engine which may filter certain results from appearing in the search results. By default, moderate filtering is applied to all search results which […]
Google Drops Extra Storage Prices For Gmail And Picasa
If you visit your Google Mail account you can look at the footer of the mail service's homepage to see how many free space is still available for that account. The current […]
Get Ready For Caffeinated Google Search
Google set up a search sandbox a while ago showcasing and testing the company's new search algorithm. The public demo of the new search algorithm served not only to show the world […]
3 Faster Less Obtrusive Google Search Engines
There are two main reasons for switching to one of Google's alternative search interfaces: speed and usability. The following three Google search engines use the same search index and parameters that the […]
Google Dashboard Offers View Of Google Account Usage
Google today launched a new service for Google customers called Google Dashboard. Google Dashboard is a all-in-one dashboard that gives you an overview on your usage of Google services. The dashboard lists […]
Google Sidewiki Firefox Add-on
Update: Google Sidewiki has been discontinued. The Firefox add-on is of no use anymore. Google introduced a new service called Google Sidewiki some time ago which gives Google account owners the opportunity […]
Google Docs Adds Zip Document Export
Data storage in the cloud offers several advantages over storing data locally. This include access to the data from any system that can connect to the cloud storage and making documents available […]
GoogleCrashHandler.exe Removal
If you have Google software installed on your computer system chance is that you may see GoogleCrashHandler.exe running on the system if you open up the task manager. GoogleCrashHandler.exe is one of […]
Google Docs Adds Shared Folders And Batch Upload Feature
The Google Docs development team has finally added one of the most requested features to the document management service. The ability to share folders - and with those the documents contained in […]
Orkut Login
Update: Please note that Google has announced that it will retire Orkut on September 30, 2014. This means that Orkut won't be available anymore after that date. Google has posted suggestions on […]
Google plans to make more changes to Google Search
Google's latest changes to the company's search engine were not welcome by all users. The increase of the font size was a shock to many who used to work with the same […]
Perform Plain Google Searches Without Video, Image And News Results
If you perform a Google search nowadays you get mixed search results. Google not only displays the first ten pages that is has in its index for the entered keyword but also […]
Google Implements Cross-site Request Forgery Protection
Cross-site Request Forgery attacks are carried out from a computer system or user that is trusted by a website. Cookies that do not expire after a user closes the website or web […]
The Data Liberation Front
The Data Liberation Front is Google's attempt at making it easier for users to export data out of Google products. Here are a few scenarios where it might make sense to export […]
Google Search New Custom Search Options Added
One of the latest trends in the search engine market seem to be custom search options, search filters and specialized search parameters. Google has introduced the search options in the main Google […]
Google Translation Service For Websites
Internet users have the choice between several machine translation services that can automatically translate a given text or website to another language. Google Translate is one of the most popular services of […]
Google Docs OCR Demonstration
One cannot really deny the fact that Google is constantly working on new features for their popular online services like Gmail or Google Docs. The latest feature is currently available as a […]
View Documents Online With Google Docs Viewer
Update: Google Docs Viewer is no longer available. When you try to open the page it was hosted on you are redirected automatically to the main Google Docs entry point. The only […]
Google Sidewiki
Several companies have tried to create a universal tool to allow Internet users to write comments about websites and read those comments independently from the sites. The main idea behind a feature […]
Check Multiple Gmail Accounts With Gmail Notifier
It is not that easy to check multiple Gmail accounts regularly. Gmail itself only allows one login per user. There are a handful of ways to circumvent that. Probably the most popular […]
Published Google Docs Documents To Appear In Google Search
How would you announce a major change to a product that is likely going to affect a large userbase? Probably not in the same way that Google announced upcoming changes to their […]
Google Fast Flip
Google and Microsoft are constantly working on new services and features to add to their search engines. Microsoft introduced a visual search option in Bing yesterday which allowed search engine visitors to […]
Bing Visual Search
One of the new improvements that Microsoft introduces in their search engine Bing is a Silverlight driven visual search engine. Visual search meaning that pictures will be used to display and navigate […]
Google Real-Time Search
Google Search offers several options to limit the search results by a selected time frame. One is available as an advanced search parameter that you append to the search URL on Google […]
Play Google Voice Messages In Gmail
Google Voice is a relatively new Google service that can probably be best described as the hub for all phone numbers a user, family or company uses. The main benefit of a […]
Did Google Just Increase The Font Size Of Google Search?
It is not often that Google changes something on the front-end of Google Search. The only element that the Google developers change regularly is the logo that adds a little bit of […]
Google Adds Holidays, Sport Schedules And Contact Birthdays To Google Calendar
Google Calendar is an online calendar that can be used to keep track of events and important dates. The calendar application can be integrated into various Google services including Gmail which is […]
Why Google Search Results Can Be Different
The results that Google search is displaying to a search engine user can be different depending on several factors including the web browser, geographic location, web history or or data center that […]
Gmail Website Connection Problems
Many Gmail users who tried to access the Gmail web interface today were greeted with the error message "Server Error The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request" […]
