HOW DO I GET THE BEST OUT OF MY GOOGLE SEARCHES?

For many of us, any sort of internet search starts and ends with Google. However, there's one small problem - sometimes, what you really need may be on the 2,64,568th page. Smarter Google users will point out that you can use the minus/plus sign, inverted commas (double quotes) or the star (*) symbol to search better. But sometimes, search alternatives can give you better results with less work.

For instance, try http://search.io which offers a simple, Google-like search page - except that you can choose from various search engines for different types of files from a dropdown menu.

You can use Imagery (http://elzr.com/imagery) to search for images instead of Google Images.

When you don't know exactly what you're searching for, use Quintura (www.quintura.com) - it will throw up results with a visual tag cloud, which you can use to refine or alter your search.

Moosearch (http://moosearch.com) lets you choose between various different categories before entering a search term.

The PDF Search Engine (www.pdf-search-engine.com) lets you search for books and magazines

while Yoozila (www.yoozila.com) will segregate your results according to type.

A handy tip: if you find any of these search tools helpful, just press Ctrl + D on your keyboard to add a bookmark for later use.

Source: www.economictimes.com

HITESH RAJ BHAGAT is ET’s resident geek

Google Launches Transliteration Services.

Google has also launched Transliteration for Indian
languages.

Google Transliteration is a Major Milestone in easing the communication in the vernacular language. It will help bridging the gap between rural and urban people. It will also help save the languages from dyeing.
It is very simple to use. It translates as you type!

How it works?

Just Click on the Language below to see the live transliteration as you type the words.

Gujarati Transliteration.

Hindi Transliteration.

Visit http://www.google.com/transliterate/ for transliteration in other languages.