Smart Google Search Tricks That Will Make Life Easier!

Google Search is among the most widely used tools in the world. It’s used so often that the act of using Google Search has become its own verb. You can “Google” practically anything and the website is a popular provider. Here are some tips to search smarter so you can find what you’re really looking for.

Search Exact Phrases

If you’re looking for an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the keywords to view results containing that exact phrase. For example, “how to dual boot ubuntu and windows 10”

Exclude a word

If your search terms contain a keyword with several meanings, you can exclude one of the meanings by adding a hyphen (-) before the keyword. For example, "avengers -movie”

Search a specific domain

You can search within a particular URL by including the term site:example.com before or after your keywords

Generate similar content

To generate content like what’s found on a URL you already know, use the related: operator before adding the URL.

Search for words in body copy

To retrieve pages where all the keywords appear in the body of the page, type allintext: before the search term.

Perform calculations on Google Search

You can simply type in the equation and get the result instantly. You can use either the letter “x” or “*” as the multiply symbol on your PC, while “/” is the division symbol.

Convert between units

Whether it’s meters to centimeters, feet to yards or any other Google has you covered. Just type convert followed by the numbers and units you want to use, and hit Enter.

Find pages that link to specific URLs

Type link: before a URL name, and you’ll be shown all the pages on Google that link to it. This is particularly useful for SEOs who are searching for back-links to a specific page.

Search by file type

If you’re looking for a specific file on the Web, you can use the filetype: operator to specify the document type you’re searching for, and Google will restrict results to pages containing those document types.

 Find your public IP address

Need your IP address? type my ip/ my ip address. Simple.

 You don’t need a dictionary, just ask Google

Type define followed by the word you want to know the meaning of.

 You can view flight schedules on Google

To find out flight schedules, simply use the keyword flight origin to destination. For example, flight bangalore to delhi.

 Translate from one language to another

You can either visit Google Translate to get your translation done or just use the translate keyword in Google to translate the text to another language.

 Use Google as a countdown timer

This is handy. Just search timer for x minutes and Google will automatically start the countdown for you.

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Google Maps Brings Real Time Location Sharing Feature

Google Maps users will soon be able to broadcast their movements to friends and family, the latest test of how much privacy people are willing to sacrifice in an era of rampant sharing.

The location-monitoring feature began rolling out on Thursday in an update to the Google Maps mobile app, which is already installed on most of the world’s smartphones. It will also be available on personal computers.

 The process seems pretty simple: Open the navigation drawer and press the new "Share Location" button. You'll be able to send a sharing permission to a Google contact or send a link over a messaging app, and you'll be able to pick how long you want to share your location for—permanently or for a set time. Anyone you share to will get a notification from Google Maps, and they'll be able to see your location on the smartphone and Web versions of Google Maps. There's also a "share trip" button you can activate while navigating somewhere, so rather than sending someone an ETA, they can just see you drive around on the map.

This feature existed years ago, in Google Maps—it was called "Google Latitude" and was great for friends and family. Latitude was killed by the Google+ Monster, taking your contacts' locations away from the primary map interface—Google Maps—and shoving them into an unwanted social network app. Now contact locations are back in the most logical place.

Google says that the feature is "rolling out soon worldwide," but we've yet to see it show up on any device. If you don't have it yet, keep waiting.

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Your Gmail will be a little more secure from Feb 13: Gmail Blocks JS attachemnts

Google will be pushing a new update to its mail service Gmail that will prohibit users from attaching JavaScript files in to their mails. Starting February 13th, you’ll no longer be able to attach .js files as they are increasingly being used as a form of malware. If a user downloads a malicious JavaScript file, hackers can use it to gain access to their PC to steal data or perform other damaging functions.

As reported by Android Police, JavaScript joins .exe, .bat, and .msc as file types that are restricted from being shared as a direct attachment on Gmail. You won’t be able to get around hiding them in compressed forms, such as .zip, either. To send or share .js files, you can still upload them on Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage or other storage solutions and then turn on sharing on that file.

Several file types are already restricted on Gmail, like the .exe, .msc, and .bat files for security reasons and .js joins the outcast party for the same. These files are easy carriers of malicious software that can hidden inside them an once downloaded, can be used by hackers to gain control of the computer, steal data, or damage the operating system.

Javascript files have been a staple for transporting malware through email. It doesn't even need a user to click and open the file and wait for the infection to spread.

Though the malware attack though .js files was never difficult, but it now has been adopted frequently as a medium. JavaScript is used by 93.6% of all the websites and it is a fast and easy medium to reach millions of users at once.

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