Google, a Plethora of Popularity, Power & Pages

Jonathan Wurtzler

The world’s most popular search engine provides many useful tools at your disposal

Most people agree that Google is one of the powerhouses in the world of internet searching. What many people do not know is that there is more to Google than just searching through web pages looking for specific words.

Google has set up many key phrases to help us get to the information we need much faster, rather than having us sift through the possible thousands of responses we could get when doing our web searches. Here are a few examples of that.

Have you ever had the problem where you just don’t know how many centimeters are in 5 inches? Well, with the help of Google, the answer it just one simple search away. Simply type in: 5 inches to centimeters. The first find will be your answer of 5 inches = 12.7 centimeters. When you type in common pieces of information that relate to either calculating numbers or conversion, Google uses their calculator to tell you the answer.

Don’t know the meaning of a word? Add the word ‘define:’ in front of your word search, to get your definition in the blink of an eye. Type: define: world, you would immediately get the dictionary definition of the word ‘world’.

Google also has extensive road maps available for you to use to get directions to a new coffee shop or the best night club in town. You can simply type in the street address for any business or residence and receive a road map of the location. Once you put in the address, you will also have the option of putting in a starting address. This will allow you to get the full directions as to where to go.

Want to know the weather of the location of your next trip? Do a search with the word ‘weather’ in front of a city to get the current and future weather for that location. By typing in: weather Fargo ND, Google will tell you what the weather will be for today and the next three days.

There are many other useful tools that you can use to find the information you want faster. To learn more information on other Google search functions, please visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html.

Now I just need to do a google search for “define: plethora”.

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