Posts Tagged ‘Picasa’

Google Search Changes Bring Great New Features

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Google has and (hopefully) will always be primarily a search engine.  Sure, Google has an insane amount of tools and applications for everything from your computer to your television, but searching the web has always been it’s primary function.  It all started with a simple site and a box.  No advertisements.  No sports scores.  No world news.  Just a text entry area and a few buttons.

From The Original Search Page Until Now

Over the years, that main Google page has not changed much, but now there is much more going on behind the scenes.  “Googling” something has slowly evolved into a very intelligent, yet simple, way to find information on any topic imaginable.  Over the last year, Google has introduced new search technology like Social Search and Location Aware Mobile Searching.  And now, almost entirely under the radar, some new features have emerged from the Google Labs to further “enhance the experience of searching and help you find exactly what you’re looking for.”

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Google Social Search is Coming! Are You Prepared?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

So, you have a question about… anything.  Depending on who you are or how you operate, you are probably going to do one of two things.  You are going to ask friends, family and co-workers for the answer or you are going to go directly to the internet (specifically Google).  Sure, there are other options like phone books and ….. well, I don’t know.  I think the vast majority of people in the world will use one of these two options.  Now, thanks to Google Social Search, these two methods might begin to merge into one very useful solution.

Google Social Search is a new way to search the web.  You simply Google as you always did and a new section will appear in the results, aptly titled “Results from your social circle.”  These results will include more relevant, personal web content from your friends and online contacts.  These links, images, blogs, etc. are taken from the social networking sites that your friends are part of, like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, etc.  We could explain it further, but this video (by the amazing commoncraft) does it so well.

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