| I am an avid user of a variety of | | | | videos, songs and even your own hard disk and |
| applications ranging from simple web browsers | | | | desktop! |
| to music programs to the most sophisticated | | | | |
| of games and applets. Apart from web browser | | | | One generally has to navigate the Google's |
| I use and the operating system, the | | | | home page every time a search is performed |
| application is like and utilize the most is | | | | using the Google search engine. Here is a |
| the Google Toolbar. It may sound weird, but | | | | great technical page With Google Toolbar, |
| Google Toolbar is surely one of the most | | | | you can bypass the Google home page and yet |
| helpful software for me. | | | | be able to perform the searches. Just |
| | | | download and install the Google Toolbar and |
| Initially when I started with the web, the | | | | you will see it integrated with your browser |
| search engines were very inefficient. There | | | | appearing just below address bar. Go and type |
| was a fierce competition among search engines | | | | the keyword you are searching and hit Enter. |
| to be the best. Some focused on finding more | | | | You will have the results displayed directly. |
| number of pages while others looked for | | | | |
| relevant results. Very often the same search | | | | With the menu provided, you can search Google |
| on three different search engines would yield | | | | Images, Google Groups, Google News, Froogle |
| three different results. | | | | (The shopping search engine from Google) and |
| | | | even the site you are currently visiting. |
| Google then came into the market. Few years | | | | There is even a pop-up blocker that is more |
| after this Google became the most popular and | | | | effective than any of the existing ones which |
| reliable search engine in the entire web | | | | prevents any ads appearing and annoying you. |
| world. The reason ease that it gives results | | | | Highlight option is another feature that can |
| that are very relevant to your search. Google | | | | be used to highlight the search term on the |
| took full advantage of their position and | | | | page displayed. Helpful particularly if the |
| diversified. Currently, Google can be used to | | | | site is a text heavy site. |
| browse and search full-text books, images, | | | | |