5 Truths About Google You Didn't Know

Google, the popular search engine has become one of the fastest growing companies of all time and diversified into so many sectors. Users can search for the information they desire through the use of keywords and operators. In March 2007, Google was noted as the most visited website with over 528 million visits for the month. Since then they haven’t looked back. People use Google on a daily basis but there are so many hidden features and useful hacks in the Google verse. Now let’s take a look at five features that are useful and unknown to many.

Useful Hacks You Didn’t Know About:

In order to enhance the searching capability certain search techniques are being used. If users want to get accurate information, here are few features to improve the search technique in the Google. For a search you want specifically from a certain site, just type your term and then ‘site’ with the desired outlet. If you type in the word ‘related’ then the website, it will return results that include similar type of websites. You can also use ‘define’ in the same way and Google will give you a dictionary term for the word, its usage in speech, and more. Sometimes a memory lapse leaves you searching for the right word. Instead of guessing, put an asterisk in the vacant spot and have the search engine figure it out for you.  Type in ‘set timer’ for followed by a number of minutes, or a specific hour you’d like an alert, and Google will graciously comply with an obnoxious beeping once the moment has arrived. Just make sure the volume’s on.  These additional search tools are incredibly useful and streamline the whole search process.

Google Has Enhanced Image Features Many Don’t Know About:

To get an image, go to the search bar, type a name and search the persons face, images, clip art, or any number of things by clicking on search tools and selecting a choice from the drop down menu. You can search specifically for animations or line drawings. It will reveal the length and width of the photo pixel size, so the quality of the photo is shown before you download. Google can also take you to the website from where the photo came from so that you can make a purchase. It also has a feature called auto enhance, an editing tool for photos and a feature called auto awesome that can help make photos and video look better.

Get rid of the Calculator and Conversion Charts:

Skip doing math in your head and punch in the units you want to convert. Google has a built in calculator, you can do basic arithmetic, logarithms, metric and English conversions for weight and volume, to know about weather reports, type in a city name followed by the word ‘forecast’. It can also tell you the time, location of any place in the world. It can track packages for the major package shipping companies. Instead of slogging through your airline’s website, just type in your flight number and get an easy look at all the important stuff, flight status, times, terminal, and gate. These tools are not only efficient for personal use, but they can also be used for professional use. Google tools to calculate financial ratios, manage workflow, and calculate their investment portfolios with ease. One can use these tools to make presentations both online and offline. Google can consume so much of human’s time with all these creative efforts and has made life so easy and convenient.

Google has a creative, Interactive Personality:

For an easy toggle between languages, Google has one of the best translators around. Type in “translate” along with your desired phrase and language to get the translation and phonetic guideline right in front of you. There is google doodle that daily displays a theme like holiday or an international event. You can do a lot with Google; on Google Earth you can hit, CTRL + Alt + A, select a jet, and fly around the map a little. You can also use Google as a proxy server and to translate into many different languages.

Google’s smart move

Google started out with a system that placed a site at the top of the search results based on popularity and how many sites legitimately linked to that site. It is this that the company strived for, a fair and accurate assessment of what people wanted to know about and find.

However, people misused and started to make bogus websites with backlinks to increase traffic to their sites. Now Google strives to come up with new and mysterious ways to keep the system secure. Google had to do things like eliminate AdWords accounts and take other measures. Still users benefit from intelligent, legitimate and reliable search results.