To illustrate this point, just take a look at all online news services sprouting up on web like garden weeds.

With click of a mouse you can instantly search thousands of news sources for specific and timely information on virtually any topic you choose.

Heck, if you're a real news junky, you can even get up-to- the-minute news emailed straight to your desktop!

Now, I'm first one to say that nothing beats a good old-fashioned newspaper you hold in your hands.

Few things rate as relaxing as a cup of coffee, a quiet morning, and today's newspaper ready for my inspection. In fact, my day doesn't officially start until I walk to end of my driveway to retrieve paper (occasionally from under a bush).

But as much as I love paper, it rarely contains stories on highly-specialized subjects such as latest email marketing laws, html parsing, and search engine promotion.

Of course, it doesn't make sense for virtually any local newspaper to carry news about email marketing laws (other than how they affect consumers) because market demand simply doesn't exist on that level.

However, around world, thousands of people just like me want to know instant a news story breaks on latest "Can Spam" legislation, and that's where online news services come into play.

It seems like all great tricks and tips that make people exclaim "STOP! How did you do that?" never make it into any manual (at least where I can find them).

My father (and co-author of "Turn Words Into Traffic") calls it "reverse oral tradition" of computing, where children teach parents survival skills of PC life.

Well, if you want to look good to your kids or buddies around water cooler, check out following cool web tricks.

~^~ Cool Google Tricks ~^~

Virtually everyone knows that Google.com ranks at top of most people's search engine lists, but it does a lot more than just tell you where to find vitamins or information on George Washington's wooden teeth!

Need a map to a specific location?

Type in address, city and state of virtually any location in US, hit search button, and Google serves up several different map providers across Web.

Want to know what software application a certain file goes with on your computer?

Input file name into Google's search box and a number of reference sites will help you know exactly what purpose a file serves.

I actually used this to feature to identify a piece of "spyware" lurking on my computer.

Want to know who's calling you on phone in US?

You can just input phone number on your caller ID or cell phone display into Google search box and get information on listed numbers before your answering machine can even pick up!

Log on to http://www.google.com/help/features.html for more cool search features that harness search power of Google.