Showing posts with label Google Maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Maps. Show all posts

How To Use Google Image Search to Find Faces, Clip Art, Line Drawings and Photo Content

Monday, January 5, 2009

Google Image Search is new and improved with different types of image searches like Faces, Clip Art, Line Drawings and Photo content. News content and general web search of Google Images can are still prevalent.

Google Image Search homepageImage via Wikipedia

I tested out the Google Image Search categories by searching the keyword 'Google' to see what eye-candy I can find.

Here is my findings for How To Use Google Image Search to Find Faces, Clip Art, Line Drawings and Photo Content...

  1. News content: Gives me some relevant images about Google in the news world.

  2. Faces: Gives me photos of individuals with Google logos mixed in the image or on the individuals' T-shirts.

  3. Clip Art: Graphical representations of Google in the form of clips art images are prominent, as expected!

  4. Line drawings: Architectures, patents, flow-charts and algorithms are depcited as line drawings when searching for 'Google' in the 'Line drawings' category.

  5. Photo content: Photos of people, Google Maps

  6. Any content: Gives an aggregated output of all the above image content types and are prioritized by relevance to the search term, query or keywords used.


I hope you contribute to this wonderful system called Google Image Search by using the Google Image Labeler as discussed in my previous post. This way we can enjoy a service as well as contribute to it's integrity for future generations of web-users to enjoy fully!

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How To Get The New Google Toolbar 5 BETA Add-On For Firefox

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Image representing Google Toolbar as depicted ...Image via CrunchBase
The new, improved Google Toolbar 5 (BETA) for Firefox comes as an add-on (.xpi). It has search suggestions as well as a history as you type in the search box. I also love using the Bookmarks button to easily save a page in my Google Bookmarks.



The Google Toolbar for Firefox allows me to set Gmail as default mail handler for 'mailto:' links which is super-handy!

Google PageRank is visible on the toolbar at every page you visit, which gives you a heads-up as to where the real activity is taking place.

You can add more buttons to the Google Toolbar, like a Google Blog Search, a Gmail and a Google Calendar button.

Furthermore, there is a send to button which allows you to send the page you're on, to Google Blogger, Gmail or by Google SMS.

Many more options like Google Docs, Google Image Search, Google Maps and Google Toolbar Layout settings are available via the Google Toolbar Settings and Options area.

Google has updated the PageRank of sites for the New Year so be sure to get the Google Toolbar and check if your favorite site's PR has increased or decreased.

"Take the power of Google with you anywhere on the Web"


Google Toolbar for Firefox
Download Firefox® with Google Toolbar
Download Google Toolbar 5 BETA


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