Google was founded in 1998 as a privately held company but soon grew to be one of the most successful corporations in the world. It was initially created as a project by two Stanford University students. They wanted to improve existing search techniques by analyzing the relationships between websites; therefore, producing better ranking results.
The Google search engine attracted many followers from the growing number of Internet users at the time. As a result, it is the most used search engine on the Web and because of its laid back approach to business it was listed in 2007 and 2008 by Fortune Magazine as one of the top 100 best places to work.
By using text-matching techniques to find web pages that a user needs, it has become an integral part of many people’s lives. These techniques are pretty straight forward. Enter a phrase or keyword and get results immediately. What a lot of people do not know is that there are some tricks that can be used on the search engine that makes getting information even easier.
Google Calculator
Google search can be used as a calculator. It can calculate whatever you put in the search box by entering certain functions.
+ add- subtract* multiply/ divide
ex. 48*2+67*3-82 click search and you get the answer : 215
Google Dictionary Definitions
To get a definition of a word type "define" in the search box followed by the word. Google will display a list of definitions for the word.
ex. define placebo
Google Weather Updates
Google search engine makes it easy to know the weather condition of a specific place. Enter the place name followed by "weather".
ex. Berlin weather
Google Time Anywhere
To know the time in a certain location type in "what time is it" followed by the location.
ex. what time is it in Hong Kong
Google Flight Status
Track a particular flight by entering the airline name and flight number. The arrival and departure time will appear.
ex. Continental Airlines flight 243
Google Images
To view a specific image of something all you need to do is type in "image" and the name of what you would like to see.
ex. image grapefruit
Google Currency Converter
To convert currencies type in the amount of money you would like to convert then the country followed by the name of the country you are converting the money to.
ex. 10 US dollars in Mexican money
Google Word Exclusion
To exclude a word from the search type a – (minus) after the word you would like to search and before the word you would like to exclude.
ex. ecards –free
With these features, Google has become more than a simple search engine, and a really useful tool for the internet-savvy generation.
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