| Google, one of the most powerful search engines on | | | | Users will see the relevant book page of their query. |
| the planet, has turnedinto a household name. Founded | | | | Clicking on a titledelivers a Google Print page where |
| in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey | | | | users can go through the full text of publicdomain |
| Brin,this site covers eight billion web pages, which | | | | works and brief excerpts and/or bibliographic data of |
| make it the largest searchengine ever. | | | | copyrightedmaterial. Library content will be displayed |
| Google comes from the word "Googol," a | | | | in keeping with copyright law. |
| mathematical term for one followed by 100zeros. | | | | Voice search |
| Certainly the site has lived up to its mathematical | | | | This is truly a remarkable service from Google, but is |
| derivative, for itcontains a wealth of data that has | | | | still in its pilot phase. |
| turned it into the most popular search engineof our | | | | If you are tired of hitting the same key over and |
| time. However, Google isn't just a search engine. | | | | over again for your search,this feature is definitely |
| Innovators at Googledevote 20 per cent of their | | | | for you. Through this service, Google will provide |
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| aresult, the site is continuously upgraded with various, | | | | search words and astate-of-the-art program will |
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| Let's take a look at these features - many of which | | | | way you would. |
| are currently running onbeta mode. Nonetheless, they | | | | Results can then be seen on your desktop. So far, it |
| could possibly change the whole process ofsearching. | | | | cannot recognize who youare, but engineers at |
| For scholars | | | | Google are trying to make that work also. Of course, |
| An novel approach for scientists and scholars, Google | | | | itwould be extremely difficult to design a personal |
| Scholars is specificallydesigned for academic literature, | | | | voice search engine for allusers. However, this tool |
| including theses, books, peer-reviewed | | | | could come into its own as mobile computing and |
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| areas of research. | | | | Personalized search |
| Just like its web search, Google Scholar indexes your | | | | Google is well-known for its famous page-ranking |
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| useful reference appears on the top. This | | | | evolutionary step in this regard. The goal is to |
| relevanceranking takes into account the full text of | | | | gettailored results according an individual's search. For |
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| only appears from openingaccess journals and | | | | This feature could be more useful than casual search |
| preprints. | | | | and may be an importantstep towards developing |
| Web quotes | | | | search engines of the future. |
| A few search engines (like Teoma) already provide | | | | IT Training/ Educational search |
| suggestions or recommendationsfor the websites | | | | Search engine provide the best it educational search |
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| This service is still running as a beta version, but it | | | | site which is the best and most reliable solution for |
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| WebQuotes intelligently farms sites for themost | | | | find out searching on the net. |
| relevant comments. | | | | Sets |
| Compute | | | | Every one is aware of mathematical sets in |
| Donate your PC's spare resources for serious medical | | | | secondary schools, in which wearranged things |
| and scientific researchlike SETI@home, by | | | | according to their similarity. Google Sets work in the |
| downloading Google's Compute tool bar. You can | | | | same way. |
| receive datapackets which can help you find a cure | | | | First, you type in a few related search terms, which |
| for Parkinson's disease or givescientists the power to | | | | enables the search engineto look for related |
| simulate protein synthesis. | | | | keywords in its database and show you the answer |
| One of the beneficiaries of this effort is | | | | with links. |
| Folding@home, a non-profit academicresearch project | | | | I typed in "earthquake" and "volcano" and Google |
| at Stanford University that is trying to understand | | | | Sets returned with tornado,thunderstorm, flood and |
| thestructure of proteins, so they can develop better | | | | avalanche. |
| treatments for variousdiseases. | | | | Why is this service so important? Well for starters, |
| Google's interest in this service is not entirely selfless. | | | | our keywords never returnwith the results that we |
| The company wants touse distribution computing to | | | | want. Try creating a Google Set to catch those |
| improve the search engine - which itself canoperate | | | | resultsyou may have missed. Google Sets can also be |
| in a vast distribution network. Till that happens, of | | | | used as an impromptu thesaurus. |
| course, you canjoin hands with researchers to fight | | | | Alternatively, you can use it just for fun, when you |
| against some of the more lethal ailments. | | | | have lots of time and cantype in random words to |
| Desktop search | | | | see what the search result brings. |
| Desktop search offers you multi-purpose full text | | | | It is the simplest of ideas that have the most |
| search of email, computerfiles and the web pages | | | | interesting applications - Google |
| you may have viewed. After installation, | | | | Sets' apparent simplicity combine with a few |
| Google'sdesktop search can look for your personal | | | | algorithms for organizing data. |
| items through all file types in your | | | | Video |
| PC. It can also search chats from AOL messengers. | | | | Google hopes to index information throughout the |
| Currently, it is available for | | | | world. It is perhaps for thisreason that the company |
| Windows XP and Windows 2000 updates and above. | | | | introduced Google Video, an amazing service in which |
| After downloading this feature, you can search your | | | | youcan search and organize thousands of TV |
| personal items as easily asyou look for information on | | | | programs every day. Google video helpsyou search |
| the internet through Google. Unlike | | | | for a growing archive of televised contents - |
| traditionalcomputer search software that updates | | | | everything, fromcricket matches to documentaries |
| once a day, Google Desktop Search | | | | and from talk shows to news or |
| updatescontinuously for most file types, so that, for | | | | MCSE Videos are one of the most searchable phases |
| instance, when you receive newemail in Outlook, you | | | | on the net. |
| can find it within seconds. The index of | | | | Just type in your keyword or the name of the |
| searchableinformation created by Desktop Search is | | | | program and Google Video willsearch the closed |
| stored on your computer. | | | | caption text of all the programs in its archive for |
| Libraries | | | | relevantsearch results. Click on the programs and you |
| Towards the end of 2004, Google announced that it | | | | can read a short introductionabout it with a still image |
| would provide details ofdigital books, so that | | | | of the show. |
| worldwide users can look them up through the | | | | A side panel, entitled "about this show" will provide |
| searchengine. Working in collaboration with Harvard, | | | | you with details about aparticular show, for example, |
| Stanford, the University of | | | | when it will air next. |
| Michigan, Oxford University and New York Public | | | | Google is just testing this service right now, so you |
| library, the Google printprogram helps publishers put | | | | can find limitedprograms from a few channels such |
| their books and information in a searchable mode. | | | | as, Fox News, NBC and PBS. You can alsoenter your |
| On the other hand, Google is working with the | | | | zip code to customize showtimes to your local area |
| world's major libraries tointegrate its contents on | | | | as well. Atpresent, Google is asking content owners |
| Google's index, making it searchable for users | | | | to add their contents to Google Videoand its pages |
| worldwide. | | | | are expanding rapidly. |