Plain old Web searching doesn't do the trick anymore: It yields too much random data, or not what you need. Here's how to get what you want when you want it—sometimes before you ask for it.Nobody "surfs" the Web anymore. Some 80 percent of all online sessions now begin with a search.
But only about 1 in 10 users really know how to leverage the Google search facility to zero in on high - quality search results on what they are looking for. In this short piece, I'll focus on some known and not so well - known techniques you can use to make your Google searching not only more productive, but more fun and useful.
Tip # 1:
Use Google Groups. Google has the most complete archive of usenet and other news posts going back over 20 years. By simply switching tabs from Web to Groups, your search term(s) will be repeated on the Groups archives. I cannot stress how valuable this can be- many, many times when I have not found a proper result on the web, by simply switching to Google Groups I've been able to find exactly what I was looking for.
Tip # 2:
Tailor responses. The Internet makes more wrong information available to more people than ever before. Google now invites you to promote items from your search results (that is, move them up in the search ranking), or remove them altogether, by clicking the gray icons next to each returned link. As you repeat this action in different searches, Google's software learns to deliver results that are more reliable for you—more in line with what you tend to look for. So, for example, you might get recipes when you search on "chicken," while Farmer Pete gets items about the care and feeding of laying hens. In addition, Google now tries to deliver "personalized" results by taking into account what you've clicked on in the past, so your own past search habits could affect the results you get as well.
Tip # 3:
Use the Asterisk (*) As a WildCard search term. Yes, you can insert an asterisk in your search phrase and it will act as a wild card matching any word in that place in the phrase. Not only that, but you can insert more than one asterisk in place of more than one word in your search phrase, up to the limit of ten search words - and the wild card markers are not counted toward this ten word limit.
Tip # 4:
Use Quotation marks to force finding a specific phrase. When you surround your phrase with quotation marks, the search engine will only return results exactly matching the entire phrase. This is an extremely powerful search technique, and yet it is not used by the majority of web searchers. If you search on the two words George and Washington, you will get over 8 million results. If you put quotation marks around the entire name, your results will be restricted to about 3 million. And if your search is on "George Washington" "Cherry Tree", you will only get about 12,600 results. You get the picture. This is especially important if your search contains what are called "stop words" - words that Google is designed to ignore, such as "and" "of" and "the". By including these inside your quoted phrase, you will get more targeted search results.
Tip # 5:
Use the Advanced Search Page. Fortunately, you don't need to memorize all of the above tricks, since they are conveniently offered to you in various combinations in the Advanced Search option which is always available from the main Google search page.
Five Super Tips for Super Searching
How to solve low virtual memory problem?
What is Virtual Memory?
Virtual memory, or a page file or swap file as it’s otherwise known, is a file on your hard drive that Windows and other applications use in addition to physical memory (your RAM) on an as-needed basis. The usual size of this file is 1.5 times the amount of physical memory or RAM your machine is running. Virtual memory is the sum of physical memory and the page file, so if your system is running 512 MB of RAM, it will have a 768 MB page file by default, for a total of 1.25 GB of physical + virtual memory. In other words, Windows creates “virtual memory” when it doesn’t have enough RAM to run the applications and/or processes you’re using at the moment.
Reasons for low Virtual Memory.
There are several reason you would receive an error stating your system is running low on virtual memory, but most likely it’s because of two main culprits. The first being the simplest- you don’t have enough RAM on your system to keep up with the work you’re doing. In this case, you can simply upgrade your memory, which is a cheap proposition these days, or simply buy a more updated computer. The second reason is more common, and involves faulty and buggy software that more or less hogs your memory until Windows doesn’t know what else to do, thus giving repeated “your system is running low on virtual memory” errors.
Problem Solving Trick
Normally this warning message shows when you run many programs same time than the RAM installed on your computer is designed to support. Your can solve this problem by increasing the system paging file size also called as virtual memory. Using this virtual memory windows moving information to and from the paging file for fast processing. This will free up enough RAM for other programs to run properly.
To increase the system page file follow the give path:
Control Panel > System > Advanced > Click on Settings (Under Performance) > Advanced > Change
Here under Drive (Volume label), you have option to select any of your hard disk drive, but the best choice is, select any drive other than C drive for virtual memory.
Set the double Initial & Maximum Size of your Virtual Memory. Here set initial size 700 MB and maximum size up to 1000MB; you can change this size according to the free space available on your hard drive.
Windows XP Mouse Snap To
Enable the "Microsoft Windows XP mouse Snap To" feature to automatically focus on dialog box buttons. Enabling this feature will automatically move your mouse cursor to the default button on any dialog box that appears on Windows. This is a great way to save a little time and not have to move you mouse cursor to the "Ok" button each time a dialog box appears. To enable this feature follow the below simple steps.
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
How to Speed up Computer?
If you have not had yet the experience of working on a PC that moves like a snail, you are a unique, rare human being. Your computer is indeed filled with hidden functions and services whose existence you may barely know. Most of the times, such a large number of unnecessary background programs is likely to slow down your computer to a crawl without any valid reason or necessity to do so.
Oh,..Oh Don’t Worry Man, By following a few simple guidelines, you can maintain your computer and keep it running smoothly.
· Free up disk space
· Learn all about Ready Boost
· Detect and repair disk errors
· Speed up access to data
· Protect your computer against spyware
Free up disk space
By freeing disk space, you can improve the performance of your computer. The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk. The utility identifies files that you can safely delete, and then enables you to choose whether you want to delete some or all of the identified files.Use Disk Cleanup to:
Remove temporary Internet files.
Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets).
Empty the Recycle Bin.
Remove Windows temporary files.
Remove optional Windows components that you don't use.
Remove installed programs that you no longer use.
Learn all about Ready Boost
If you're using Windows Vista, you can use Ready Boost to speed up your system. A new concept in adding memory to a system, it allows you to use non-volatile flash memory—like a USB flash drive or a memory card—to improve performance without having to add additional memory.
Detect and repair disk errors
In addition to running Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter to optimize the performance of your computer, you can check the integrity of the files stored on your hard disk by running the Error Checking utility.
As you use your hard drive, it can develop bad sectors. Bad sectors slow down hard disk performance and sometimes make data writing (such as file saving) difficult, or even impossible. The Error Checking utility scans the hard drive for bad sectors, and scans for file system errors to see whether certain files or folders are misplaced.
If you use your computer daily, you should run this utility once a week to help prevent data loss.
Speed up access to data
Disk fragmentation slows the overall performance of your system. When files are fragmented, the computer must search the hard disk when the file is opened to piece it back together. The response time can be significantly longer.
Disk Defragmenter is a Windows utility that consolidates fragmented files and folders on your computer's hard disk so that each occupies a single space on the disk. With your files stored neatly end-to-end, without fragmentation, reading and writing to the disk speeds up.
Protect your computer against spyware
Spyware collects personal information without letting you know and without asking for permission. From the Web sites you visit to usernames and passwords, spyware can put you and your confidential information at risk. In addition to privacy concerns, spyware can hamper your computer's performance. To combat spyware, you might want to consider using Microsoft Windows Defender, which is included in Window Vista, and is available as a free download for Microsoft XP SP2. Alternatively, there are other free anti-spyware software programs available.
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