The Google Search- How it Works

I wanted to submit a minor project in my college so I searched on Google and saw the circuittoday results on top. This made me question myself that how circuittoday was on the top of the results. Are more people searching for this link than other website? Did they recently update their website or something? Then I thought why not Google to get the answers surf.

          
Most of us take it for granted that results on Google are all valid even without cross checking them. But is that so? Are all the results true? If you own your own business or work chances are that you may want to know how all this works. So, let us take a look behind the curtains.

From the Beginning:

Google search was created in 1997 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and today it performs more than three billion searches daily. These searches are done across trillions of web pages that Google reports to be around 95petabytes in size approximately.

According to Google they use special software known as Googlebot running on a large number of computers to crawl the web. It starts from the last status that it crawled and looks for new sites, updated current sites and invalid links. Google don’t accept money to favour one page over the other by crawling it more often. Now that the pages have been crawled the crawlers report the pages that they have visited and thus the 95petabyte index is updated. Google search doesn’t just visits the pages and shows result but there are several other factors that are kept in mind before showing relevant results in search. Some of the factors are known while others are kept confidential as unfair means may be tried to unfairly rig the system.

Some of the known factors are:-

• Type of content (Relevancy of Data)
• Quality of content
• Freshness of the content
• Authenticity of the site
• Name and address of the website
• Social media promotions
• Number of link points to a particular web page
• Value of those links.

The last two processes involve an important process known as “Pagerank”. These rates the web pages based on a score. Sites are assigned these scores based on where their links come from i.e. which authority, traffic, authenticity and well established pages. The sites with higher page ranks are presented in the search results list at a higher region.

Click here to see something awesome that you'd love about Google Search.

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A New Website from Google - Google Tips

Google has launched a website that hosts a ton of helpful tips and less-known features of various Google products.

It shows you a bunch of stuff that can do with Google. All you have to do is to find a card you like and "flip" it over to learn more. :)

Isn't this amazing? Give it a try! Click here or go to the following link to visit the website:

www.google.com/get/googletips

You can also search for tips by product name or suggest your own ideas for new cards.

Have a better Googling experience. :)

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3 Useful Mobile Applications

With millions of apps out there, your smartphone is as nifty as Batman's utility belt, which always had an unbelievable number of nifty things stored. There is seemingly no limit to what one can do with his or her phone these days . The apps mentioned below will add a whole new dimension to your smartphone. 

PREY ANTI-THEFT : If your phone does not have theft protection built-in, Prey is a neat app that can help retrieve your stolen phone back. Prey for Android can silently send SMS to predefined number on SIM change. You can also set an admin password to prevent uninstallation of the app. Whereas in i OS, the app takes pictures using the front-cam and uploads them.

uTORRENT REMOTE : uTorrent is pretty popular BitTorrent client for computers. With the remote app, you can control the activity of your files sharing on the move. You can check the progress of your downloads, stop or resume them. You can even add new downloads remotely.

CLEAN FILE MANAGER : Clean File Manager is a good choice in the endless array of file management apps for Android. It does basic task manager duties like renaming, cut/copy/paste, delete.

SPEED TEST : Internet companies love to advertise about speed. May be you are wondering whether you're actually getting what was promised ? Having the Speed Test app handy will give you clarity. Test can take from a minute to a few, depending upon your connection.

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Google Santa Tracker

This article is about just another amazing website brought to us by Google - Google Santa Tracker.

The Google Maps Santa Tracker is created and developed by Google, with a little help from Santa’s elves. 

Have a look on this amazingly designed interactive website here or go to the following link:

www.google.com/santatracker

On Christmas Eve Google will be showcasing a preview of Santa’s dashboard -- the technology that powers his sleigh during his around-the-world journey. They've received this special preview from one of Santa’s many developer elves, who are hard at work in the North Pole helping Santa prepare for his big day. Santa’s dashboard - featuring the latest and greatest in Google Maps technology and sleigh engineering - will allow you to follow his progress around the world, and also learn a little about some of his stops along the way.

Here you can also explore Santa’s village while Santa gets ready for his journey. So go ahead and explore his village, you might just find some fun activities and meet some interesting elves.

If you need help or you have another question? Visit the Help Center to learn more about Santa Tracker.

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Improve Your Laptop Usage

When it comes to using technology there are some guidelines you should actively follow. Below are some important pointers for you to take a note of while using your laptop.

SHORTCUTS: For ease of use, group programs into folders depending upon their type or make shortcuts for the programs that you use often. This not only saves time but also makes it easier to work.

BOOT FASTER: To make the laptop boot faster, remove unwanted programs from start up. For this -  "Press Win+R > type : msconfig > Press Enter > select Startup tab". Here uncheck all the programs that you do not need or use at startup, like Adobe etc and when you are done press OK.

UN-INSTALLATION : Uninstall any application you do not use anymore.

BACKUP : Occasionally, take a backup of your data on a portable hard drive.

CLEANLINESS : Cleaning your laptop occasionally, especially from the ports will prevent it from heating up.

POWER MANAGEMENT : Turn off Bluetooth and WiFi when not in use and even decrease brightness to save more power.

DISCONNECT : Remove external devices like optical drives and pen drives when you do not need them.

SHUT DOWN : When the laptop is not in use it is better to shut it down rather than putting it on sleep mode.

CARRY SAFE : It is better to buy a good laptop bag instead of risking it getting drenched or falling down.

Try these tips to have a better experience with your laptop. :) 

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