How to search your PC with Google Desktop

Written by Nowshade Kabir


In this era of Internet, most people are frequent users of computers. Many of us use computers through outrepparttar day, accumulating morasses of information in various formats, which include email, digital photo, word document, spreadsheet, presentation file, ebook, article, other downloaded files, music, visited web pages, and many others. We stuff them in multiple folders in our PC. Before we know it, our hard drives become a storeroom of misplaced items. As a result, finding a needed file of information some times become a daunting task!

The search function integrated to Microsoft Windows is not a big help either. It requires you to know, albeit vaguely, whererepparttar 118544 file could possibly be located. If your data storage is significant and you made a search on your whole hard disk, it might take ages to get search results and, then again, there is no guarantee that you will findrepparttar 118545 right file. Frustrating? Thanks to new Google Desktop Search this is about to change!

What is Google Desktop Search?

Google Desktop Search is a free downloadable small program, which will quickly and easily find your files no matter where in your hard disk they are stored. The great thing about this program is by making your computer searchable, this program frees you from having to manually organize and sort your files, emails, and downloads. You no more have to mull over where in your PCrepparttar 118546 information you are looking for is residing – in your email, files or web pages that you browsed recently.

At present Google Desktop Search works only withrepparttar 118547 full text in Outlook and Outlook Express email, text, HTML, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, AOL chat, and Web pages viewed through Internet Explorer. Other files like PDF will be probably added in future version.

How it works?

Google Desktop Search is fairly easy to download and set up. The address for downloadingrepparttar 118548 program is http://desktop.google.com. Once you installedrepparttar 118549 program, it begins initial indexing process of your hard disks. This may take several hours for an average size disk. The one-time indexing process only works whenrepparttar 118550 computer has been idle for more than thirty seconds. Indexing for Google Desktop Search is an ongoing process, new files and emails get updated automatically. The search index created byrepparttar 118551 program resides on your own computer.

On your system tray you will see a swirled icon in Google colors, by clicking on it you will openrepparttar 118552 regular Google search page withrepparttar 118553 addition of Desktop along side with other search areas. Oncerepparttar 118554 indexing is done, files are searched in under a second andrepparttar 118555 results are impressively precise. The top bar shows quantities of files found underrepparttar 118556 four categories, which include emails, files, chat and Web history. The results are shown in muchrepparttar 118557 same way as regular Google interface. You can choose to see relevant results from all or any ofrepparttar 118558 categories. You can also sort results by relevance or by date. By clicking on any result you open repparttar 118559 file in respective application software.

Successful websites don't set out to sell

Written by Glenn Murray


Successful websites don't set out to sell

By Glenn Murray - Copywriter *

What are websites? Are they sales tools for vendors and service providers, or are they electronic guidance for potential customers? Put simply, are you selling or are you helping?

Your answer to this question may determinerepparttar success of your website. So think carefully...

How we define what a website is all depends on which side ofrepparttar 118543 fence we're on. I suspect that most - if not all - vendors and service providers would say their website is a sales tool. But this is a fundamentally flawed perspective. Adopt this position, and sooner or later you'll pay for it.

To really understand what a website is for, we need to think about whorepparttar 118544 Internet serves. It's tempting to think cynically and argue that it serves commercial interests, but that's gettingrepparttar 118545 cart beforerepparttar 118546 horse. The Internet serves buyers and information seekers. That's what most people use it for.

What your visitors are really looking for is a website that helps them. A website that helps them buy when they want to buy. Helps them understand when they want to understand. And - most importantly - a website that helps them decide when they want to decide.

So if you really want to build trust, credibility, authority, and site loyalty, helping visitors isrepparttar 118547 way to go. Of course, that's not to say you have to do it for free. We're all in business to make money after all. In fact,repparttar 118548 main aim of many of your visitors will be to buy something. But it's important that you focus on them, not on you. For example, your visitors don't want to know what you have to sell. They want to know what they can choose to buy. If your primary focus is sales, your visitors will pick up on it.

To generate revenue from our websites - either directly or indirectly - we need to build them to help our readers. Don't start by asking "How can I sell?" Instead, start by asking "How can I help?" (Even "How can I help them buy?" is a step inrepparttar 118549 right direction.)

We need to build our websites fromrepparttar 118550 ground up to be a form of online help. Think of your website as a cousin ofrepparttar 118551 online help provided with Microsoft Office. (If you think of Microsoft's help asrepparttar 118552 slow-witted cousin, you're onrepparttar 118553 right track...)

I worked as a technical writer inrepparttar 118554 software industry for 9 years, writing and managing online help for software programs. Andrepparttar 118555 key to successful online help is to always try to answer one simple question: What doesrepparttar 118556 reader want to know? We knew they wanted help, but did they want reference information or how-to information? Did they want to know how to get started or how to get out of trouble?

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