Google Chrome can easily be configured to completely block certain websites from one’s browsing experience. Blocking websites can be a safe and effective way to protect one’s computer from harmful content that may damage one’s computer or files. It can also be used to control one’s children’s browsing experience. To use the most common way to block a website on Google Chrome, one needs to know the website’s URL that will be blocked. Once the URL is obtained, follow these instructions: Open Google Chrome Click the Wrench icon in the Read More

Google Chrome is the official Google browser that allows Google users to manage their Google services, Gmail, and latest search history by signing into their Google account. While Google is ideal for Google users, even those who do not use Google services can still take advantage of the speed, efficiency, and organization that Google Chrome provides. How to Make Google Chrome Faster While Google Chrome is already extremely fast, some users may experience some difficulty accessing websites as quickly as they would like. This is usually because the user is Read More

Googlebot is the web crawler which Google uses to find web pages on the Internet. Googlebot is known by it’s referrer tag, which looks like this: Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html) The Google AdSense Googlebot The Google AdSense bot is confusingly named and therefore causes frequent confusion as webmasters mistake it for Googlebot. The Google AdSense bot crawls web pages which contain Google AdSense advertisements, in order to determine what advertisements are most relevant for that page. The Google AdSense bots referrer tag looks like this: Mediapartners-Google/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html) Being visited by the Google Read More

What is Google Earth? Google Earth is a compact program that Google created and provides for free. It allows users to visit nearly any location on the planet in a virtual environment. Google Earth is similar to Google Maps but has much more functionality and can be downloaded to the user's computer. By using multiple geosynchronous satellites combined with GPS monitoring systems and the Google Search Engine, Google Earth is able to locate and show the user a recent image of any location. For example, Google Earth can be used Read More

Google Chrome is a browser that Google created that allows users to manage Google products and services while browsing the Internet. Google Chrome is naturally fast, highly efficient, and provides users with a vast collection of plug-ins to choose from. By managing Google products via Google Chrome, users are able to check their email, stay logged into their YouTube and Blogger accounts, and easily trace their own history in order to visit previously accessed websites. Google Themes Google Themes is a Google Chrome feature that allows the user to change Read More

One of the many features that Google offers to users is their maps program called Google Maps. Similar to MapQuest, this service allows people to get directions from point A to point B as well as provides numerous different routes based on their users’ needs. Not only does Google Maps help users to get from point A to point B in car, they also provide information about using public transportation. Specifically, users can determine which train they have to take and how long it is going to take using that Read More

Google Plus, which Google sponsors, is a social networking service that allows users to communicate with friends, family members, and co-workers in ways that other social networking services such as Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter do not allow. For example, a Google Plus feature known as “Circles” allows users to place their friends into separate categories and only send status updates to friends in a specific Circle. Google Plus features also include Huddle, Talk, Hangout, and Sparks.   How to Ignore Friends on Google Plus Rather than completely removing friends from Read More

With Google becoming the most popular and most powerful search engine on the Internet, many people have wanted to make it their home page. However, with no link on the Google home page to click to make it one’s home page, it leaves people unsure on how to proceed. Fortunately, making Google your home page is one of the easiest things to do and requires only a few clicks of the mouse. Open up your Internet browser and allow it to load. Chances are, the home page that loaded is Read More

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Google Chrome users can personalize Google Chrome by adding themes, extensions, and applications. Themes allow users to personalize the browser’s look, extensions extend the browser’s functionality, and applications are programs that users can access from their browser without downloading them onto a computer. The Google Chrome Webstore offers an extensive variety of options for personalizing a browser.  Themes Adding a theme changes the way the Google Chrome browser looks. When a new tab is opened, the theme will be displayed on the Chrome homepage. On other webpages, the theme is Read More