Better Search, Better Results

Most of us use Google everyday; oftentimes, more than once a day. It’s not always easy to find what we are looking for—even when we know the information is there. Google does a great job giving the user relevant results for any given search query; however, Google users often search for very ambiguous terms.

The solution to this problem is “better search, better results.” Here, I’ve compiled a list of the most basic yet important search tools, called “modifiers,” that will help improve your searches and get you better results.

Google’s Milestones

While Google is currently one of the largest companies operating globally, its beginnings are humble and quite recent. Here’s a quick summary of the interesting past of the Internet’s search giant, as well as some of the milestones that made the brand famous.

Revolutionizing AirPrint

Every computer I’ve ever owned has been an Apple. I have dabbled in PC use at certain jobs, but I’m a Mac girl. On the list of things I’ve loved about Mac laptops is their magical (to me) auto-discovery of wireless printers in my vicinity and ability to let me print to them. No disc installation necessary. Not all drivers are included in that bit of fabulous convenience, but enough that they’ve saved me in a pinch or two.

Perks of an Algorithm Update

Caffeine, Google’s new web indexing system, has been the talk of the SEO world for some time.  Google began sandbox testing nearly a year ago, and blogs have been speculating about how this will affect SEO and SEM ever since.  This week it’s official, and Google’s Matt Cutts has given us the rundown of the algorithm changes and what it can really do.

Understanding the Cloud

Cloud computing is nothing new.  The concept of relying on a grid or network of online resources for computing needs has been around for decades without becoming mainstream because clouds are expensive to build and maintain.

The cloud movement gained serious traction this week as Netflix announced it will move most of its online resources to Amazon’s Simple Storage Service, or S3.

In Netflix’s case, user queues and a massive movie library will be moved over to Amazon’s servers for storage.  When you download a movie from Netflix, you will actually be receiving the information from an Amazon S3 server.

With such a high profile web-based business turning to a cloud for storage, what does this mean for the future of cloud computing?