Almost everyone at some point in time has heard of Google, and probably think of it as just a powerful internet search. It is indeed a powerful search engine that has revolutionized the way we look at and use the internet, but it is even more!In recent years Google has been adding more and more free and useful features. Users can create a free Google account which can be used in numerous places on the web. One of Google’s coolest offerings is Gmail, an excellent, speedy web mail client that currently offers around 7 gigabytes of space (with more added every day)! Gmail incorporates tags for messages (instead of folders) within a unique search and organization system that makes finding messages a cinch. Gmail accounts also provide free IMAP and POP forwarding, effective spam control, custom filters, chat, conversation-style messages, and best of all, no ads!
Google accounts also provide users with an optional RSS reader, Picasa web account, calendar, maps, videos, blogs, financial news, web pages, online word processor, and even a personalized start-page that can show e-mail, news, countless add-ons and widgets, weather, and whatever else! I especially enjoy my iGoogle custom home page and Google Docs, which I use to keep up with documents and assorted things that I want to access from any computer or mobile device with access to the internet. One of the newer additions to the company’s list of services is “Google 411,” a free 411 call redirection service from any phone (1-800-GOOG-411)!
Google ads were invented to be unintrusive and relevant to the interests of the user. They also provide a great way for webmasters to gain revenue (myself excluded) without ruining the experience of their viewers, and are simple to implement. Just another innovation from the company that is, in many ways, a champion of free, open-source software for everyone. Thanks Google!
The google 411 service is great. But have you heard of the free service by ChaCha? For those that don’t have the Iphone (like palmer…cough cough) to access the internet at any given moment, by texting ChaCha (242242) you can ask any question you’d like. You can ask for addresses, numbers, facts/info, even advice! and you’ll recieve a personal answer to you question. At first I didn’t believe it. I guess I didn’t believe it was free. I pushed aside my doubt and I tried it. It’s free and legit. Just you’re standard text messaging plan that you have for your phone applies.
I don’t take anything away from google. I like it too
Thanks for adding that info, Jordan. I hadn’t heard about that service but it sounds useful. For me the Google 411 is mostly an ‘in-car,’ on-the-go kind of thing when I can’t or don’t want to manually look it up, but obviously for a texter the ChaCha service could be a fun thing during some downtime or even an ‘emergency!’
I chacha it all the time!