Tuesday, March 20, 2007

The mother of all search engines: Google

Google Logo

http://www.google.com/

Everybody who surfs the internet, for whatever reason it might be, they most probably know about Google. It is one of the fastest search engines available to humans.

Google has a wide range of services other than search engine. But many people probably do not know about them. Being an avid user of Google services (Search, Email, Blog, etc) I can tell almost all Google services are better than others, faster, and innovative. Google comes up with so many services that for the first couple of months it releases the BETA version only. And to top it all – all Google services are free. Here is list of Google services.

Gmail (Google’s Email)
Google entered the email world with a blast by providing 1 GB (currently 2.6+ GB) of space for email and the fastest web based email service - Gmail.

Google News
Google News searches news from almost all major news publications. Fast and organized.

Google Earth
With Google Earth one can literally zoom into any city and get a satellite picture of the earth. Believe it or not but you can actually see the buildings, parks, roads, etc for real.

Google Talk
Google’s answer to Yahoo Chat, MSN Messenger, MIRC, and AOL.

Google Desktop
The fastest search engine you can install on your computer. Google Desktop indexes all the files on your computer, which makes the search process fast. Displaying of search result is also amazing and very creative.

Blogger
Google’s blog web site

Hello
Google’s photo management web site.

Picasa
Google’s photo management software.

Google Alert
Receive news and search results via email

Google Answers
Ask a question, set a price, get an answer

Google Blog Search
Find blogs on your favorite topics

Google Book Search
Search the full text of books

Google Directory
Browse the web by topic

Google Groups
Create mailing lists and discussion groups

Google Images
Search for images on the web

Google Labs
Try out new Google products

Google Mobile
Use Google on your mobile phone

Google Scholar
Search scholarly papers

Google Special Searches
Search within specific topics

Google University Search
Search a specific school’s website

Google Web Search Features
Do more with search

Google Translate
View web pages in other languages

Google Toolbar
Add a search box to your browser

Google Code
Download APIs and open source code

Google Pack
A free collection of essential software

Google Pack Screensaver
Photo screensaver

Google Toolbar
Search toolbar

Want to know more or use the above mentioned Google services? Just type the name of the Google Service you want to know more or use at http://www.google.com/ and hit the search button.

A Google user
“There is not a single day when I do not use Google for any of my needs. How do you think I reached Deewane Mastane? Through Google. How do you think I found all those sites where you can hack passwords and awesome stuff? Through Google. Google has many unknown features too (HINT: try clicking on the ‘more’ option at the top when you visit the site). There are also parameters you can place in the search box to help you search better. Go ahead and experiment my friends.”

Posted by: Kuldip Garhwal

Resolve Query - All problems solved

Resolve Query

http://www.resolvequery.com/ has been designed to provide reliable information to students and young professionals quickly. ResolveQuery.com believes that students are often faced with numerous choices and taking a correct decision becomes imperative for their long-term success. At these critical junctures, one needs expert advice quickly. Usually, much time is spent in finding the person with the right information. This is where ResolveQuery.com steps in. It immediately brings you in contact with a large set of people from various fields; some of them would be just the right person that you were looking for, your real world role model.

Simple 3 Steps and you are done:-

1) Register
The user needs to do a quick or a detailed registration to use our service.

2) Send your Query
After registration, the user can log into our site, search for experts and submit queries to them.

3) Get the Answer
After a few days, the user can log in again and check the responses sent by the experts.

Posted by: Yogesh Goel

Translate text and webpages- Altavista Babel Fish

AltaVista Bable Fish Translation

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

AltaVista Babel Fish Translation enables you to translate short passages of text or entire Web sites among 19 pairs of languages.

As an automatic translator, Babel Fish works best when the text you wish to translate uses proper grammar. Slang, misspelled words, poorly placed punctuation and complex or lengthy sentences can all cause a page to be translated incorrectly. Expect Babel Fish to allow you to grasp the general intent of the original, not to produce a polished translation.

To Translate Your Own Text

  • Type or paste text into the “Translate a block of text” text box.
  • Select the language pair from the list (for example, English to French).
  • Click the Translate button.

Babel Fish translates text up to about 150 words at a time

To enter special characters
To enter accented or Russian characters, click the World Keyboard link. An on-screen “virtual keyboard” will appear. You can add characters to the text box by either clicking on the keys or typing with your physical keyboard. The World Keyboard link turns your physical keyboard into the international keyboard of your choice. To return your physical keyboard to normal operation, just click the close box on the virtual keyboard. After you close the keyboard, press Control-k to use it again.

Tips
To enter accents, click first the accent and then the character it appears with. To type capital letters, click the Shift key and then the letter.
Be sure your Windows control panel keyboard is set to English. The World Keyboard does not run on Macintosh computers.

To Translate a Web Page

  • Enter the address of the page you wish to translate into the “Translate a Web page” text box.
  • Select the language pair from the list (for example, German to English).
  • Click the Translate button.

Babel Fish translates individual Web pages up to 10K. When you click a link, the linked page is also automatically translated.

Posted by: Vivek Toshniwal

Ads of the World

Ads of the World

http://www.adsoftheworld.com/

‘Ads of the World’ is an advertising library. This website also allows visitors to comment or rate the advertisements posted. ‘Ads of the World’ is open to everybody to post their advertisements and let the world criticize your work.

The ads are organized in three different ways for you to browse:

  • Media (Print, TV, Radio, Online, and Ambient)
  • Region (International, Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe)
  • Industry (Agency, Alcohol, Automotive, Clothing, Confectionary, Education, Electronics, and the list continues…)

Normal and advanced search is also available for you to search through the advertisement. The latest posts (ads) are displayed on the front page of the website. You need QuickTime to view the TV Commercials.

Posted by: Kuldip Garhwal

What say about Kiss-O-Mania? VirtualKiss

Virtual Kiss

http://www.virtualkiss.com/ is a website totally dedicated to the famous, passionate and desirable thing called KISS. Come on, don’t become a naive. You always wanted to give one to the person you liked or loved the most. Isn’t it. This is a website which allows ou to send a kiss via the net. What if you cannot be there to give a real life kiss or are afraid of doing so. Here you get a chance to express yourself and go ahead!!! Well, it has all types of kisses in store for you. From wet, passionate to dry, sad kisses. You have them all.

Make your custom kiss and send. Kissing booth, gear, tips, games, chat, astrology……the list is endless. It is ideal thing for Romance, passion & love. Just get it friends. And hey, if any girls reading this likes this website then don’t forget to send my share of a sweet, sultry, hot, passionate kiss. Am I becoming a mischief!!!

Posted by: Yogesh Goel

iLoveLanguages - Quality links of the great translation wesbites

I Love Languages

http://www.ilovelanguages.com/ is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The more than 2400 links at iLoveLanguages have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer. Whether you’re looking for online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, or just a little information on a language you’ve heard about, iLoveLanguages probably has something to suit your needs.

Formerly known as The Human-Languages Page, iLoveLanguages is still your biggest and best guide to language-related Web sites.

I really like this website because it has almost the best links which you need for the translation or language oriented needs. Fabulous website with very easy interface and quick search up for the links. So go ahead and express your mind to the world in the language they understand.

Posted by: Yogesh Goel

The 1st mother of Bollywood - IndiaFM

India FM

http://www.indiafm.com/ was the first website ever related to the issues and things of the Bollywood.High Quality wallpapers have always been its USP. I used to see the high quality wallpapers from this website in almost every homes desktop. Now it has developed a lot.

It now provide with excellent latest features like:-

  • Wallpapers
  • Movie Reviews
  • Ringtones
  • Star Birthdays
  • Previews
  • Hottest & Latest news of happenings in Bolly
  • Music and etc….

To sum up, the tagline says it all ‘India’s premier Bollywood Portal.’ A great place to be in, a place which has been the pioneer on the net for Bollywood.

Posted by: Yogesh Goel