THIS SEARCH ENGINE PLANTS TREES
Posted on March 9th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
TIME TO FIND ALTERNATIVES TO BALKY BROWSERS
Posted on February 22nd, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS
Posted on February 9th, 2016 by Joy Schwabach
Tips on Web searching have been around as long as the Web itself. But all you really need to know is this: Start typing whatever is on your mind. The more specific you get, the better. For instance, we Googled “British pronunciation of pasta.” If we’d Googled “British pronunciations,” it would have taken a long time to find what we want. (Incidentally, the British pronounce “pasta” to rhyme with “fast-a.”) Don’t bother with the complicated search tips you read from time to time. They involve colons, minus signs and other unnecessary symbols. Just type in your query. This works especially well when someone sends you an extremely outrageous political quote. Take the first sentence, copy and paste into a search […]
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GOOGLE FOR PRESIDENT
Posted on August 24th, 2015 by Joy Schwabach
Here’s a wakeup study for election time: Recent research shows that we trust the Internet — maybe too much. In a test of undecided voters, the name and favorable information about any candidate that came in at the top of their search results, made them likely to switch to that candidate.
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APP SEARCHES DIVORCE RECORDS AND MORE
Posted on December 28th, 2014 by Joy Schwabach
InstantCheckmate.com turns you into a private investigator, like Paul Drake in the old Perry Mason TV shows. Besides a person’s address and phone number, you can get police records, which include everything from speeding tickets to sexual offenses, background reports, marriage and divorce info, and a history of lawsuits. You pay $23 for one month, $59 for six.
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HOW DO YOU FIND ANYTHING?
Posted on December 10th, 2014 by Joy Schwabach
QUICK WAY TO SEARCH CRAIGSLIST
Posted on October 12th, 2014 by Joy Schwabach
BIG USER TIP
Posted on February 18th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach
If you type almost any computer problem into Google’s search box — just literally type it in — you will almost always get a solution. This also works for searching newspapers and magazines online. Google’s search works better than most publications’ built-in search function.
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YOUR OWN SEARCH SCREEN
Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
ShinySearch.com used to be called “PimpMySearch.com.” What it does is change the look of your Google search page. Put your own name at the top, or any other text, and choose some nice graphics. One of the examples was a Mickey Mouse screen; looked great.
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WHICH SEARCH ENGINE MAKES THE BEST CONTESTANT ON JEOPARDY?
Posted on January 26th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
IBM is building a computer to challenge the best contestants on the TV show “Jeopardy.” But how would ordinary search engines do in comparison? Stephen Wolfram, founder of the company that makes Mathematica software and the calculating site WolframAlpha.com, did an analysis of 200,000 Jeopardy clues to find how quickly and correctly the leading search engines find answers. As you can see from the chart, Google wins by a nose, except against Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings, who blows them all out of the water. You can read Wolfram’s analysis here.
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