Destination: Desktop for GoogleWritten by Jakob Jelling
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The deskbar features quick access to Google's results, no matter which application you're currently using. Researching a class report? Check facts and sources quickly. Working in Excel? Look up formula to calculate volume of a tube easily. Following breaking news? Check it from deskbar without leaving Photoshop! You'll be able to preview your search results with small "floater" window that will close automatically. From students to senior executives, from casual surfers to serious Internet marketers, Google Deskbar may add to your productivity and fun online. It's worth a look.

Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.sitetube.com. Visit his website for the latest on planning, building, promoting and maintaining websites.
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For example, a standard search for "restaurants" (without quotes), will return several large, well-known sites among first 5 results. These include restaurants.com, zagat.com, restaurantrow.com, official Subway corporate site, and Yahoo restaurants directory. But let's say you've selected Texas as a geographic area of interest in your personalization profile. Move personalization slide all way to right on same search, and now top 5 results are from guidelive.com , Landrysseafood.com, Houston Citysearch, and Austin360, followed by restaurants.com . Each of your personalized results are marked with small spheres of red, blue, and yellow. There are many personalization topics to choose from, including Arts, Business, Computers, Health, and many other categories which can be further narrowed.

Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.sitetube.com. Visit his website for the latest on planning, building, promoting and maintaining websites.
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