Friday, December 10, 2004

Better Googling: Things You Didn't Know Google Does


Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:04:19 -0500
From: "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [CPI-UA] Better Googling: Things You Didn't Know Google Does

George Lessard wrote:

Better Googling: Things You Didn't Know Google Does
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Power tips for getting the most from the Google search engine,
from toolbars to using Google as a calculator or to look up phone
book entries. Includes tips for journalists on using Google to
research stories. From Sree Sreenivasan, "Tech Guru" for New
York's WABC-TV.
http://www.sreetips.com/google.html

The above says:

   If you are using a Windows PC, you should download the free
   "Toolbar," which installs a search box on your Web browser, speeding
   up the search process - and now offering a pop-up ad blocker
   http://toolbar.google.com . Only works on Explorer - a great reason
   to switch from Netscape. (Once you install it, you can use *ALT+G*
   to access the search box instantly, without using the mouse).****
   ****

More recent information is available at: http://googlebar.mozdev.org/

Of course there is also the recently released Mozilla-Firefox, which provides good Google access.

http://lii.org?recs=024154

This merely advertises the one above.

Google is great but its news is US centred, even if one selects an "English" site (Canadian-English, UK, India, Australia, New Zealand).

The news for other languages seems to be less American. Although, under Science/Tech one finds:


   Configs PC.com

   *Firefox à la conquête d'Internet*
   <http://www.01net.com/article/259932.html>
   *01net -** Il y a 7 heures*
   Novateur à plusieurs égards avec, entre autres, son interface
   personnalisable, le logiciel libre veut détrôner le navigateur phare
   de la Toile. Pas moins. Après plusieurs versions intermédiaires,
   Firefox *...*
   10 millions pour Firefox 1.0 <http://www.ckoi.com/news.php?n=2238>
   CKOI FM
   Logiciel de messagerie Thunderbird 1.0 fr
   <http://www.liens-utiles.org/xoops2/modules/news/article.php?storyid=602>
   Liens-utiles.org
   Mes Nouvelles
   <http://benefice-net.branchez-vous.com/actu/04-12/08-353303.html> -
   Echosdunet
   <http://www.echosdunet.net/dossiers/dossiers.php?id_dossier=405> -
   Journal du Net
   <http://solutions.journaldunet.com/0412/041209_thunderbird.shtml> -
   ZDNet
   <http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/internet/0,39020774,39191010,00.htm>
   - *et 37 articles connexes >>*
   <http://news.google.com/news?ned=fr&hl=fr&ncl=http://www.01net.com/article/259932.html>

There is a translation facility but it's still somewhat prinitive. The above is rendered as:

   Firefox with the conquest of Internet 01net - 7 Novateur hours ago
   in several connections with, inter alia, its interface
   personnalisable, the free software wants détrôner the navigator
   headlight of the Fabric. Not less. After several intermediate
   versions, Firefox... 10 million for Firefox 1.0 CKOI Software FM of
   transport Thunderbird 1.0 Fr Bonds-utiles.org My News - Echosdunet -
   Newspaper of the Net - ZDNet - and 37 articles related > >

There is a good phone lookup but they link to whitepages.ca and not to http://www.canada411.ca/

They former has a better presentation but the latter seems to have a more complete database.

Colin W.

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