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Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
A while back I wrote a post explaining how to delete your entire search history that Google has collected and stored since the moment you began using their service way back when.
Several of you have since written in and asked me if there’s a way to prevent Google from gathering and storing that information in the first place? Well, the answer to that question is yes.
Google has built tons of nifty features into their popular search engine that do a lot more than just help folks find things on the Internet.
A couple of great examples are their instant instant weather snapshot and their handy dictionary service (simply type define:word into the search box, where word is the term you want to have defined).
Another of my favorites is the Google Timer. Here’s how to use it: [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
When it was first released, Microsoft’s Edge web browser used Bing as its default search engine, and there was no way to change it.
Well, Edge still comes with Bing set as the default search engine, but you can now switch it to Google or one of several other popular search engines.
If you like using Edge but would prefer to search with something other than Bing, you can follow the steps below to change the default search engine to the one you like best. Just follow the steps that match the device you are using. [Read more…]
Are you a blogger who’s been wanting to try promoting your blog with Google ads but are afraid it’ll be too expensive for your advertising budget?
Well, now there’s a very easy way to give Google Ads a try and get Google to help pay for it.
Question from Emily: I just accepted a new job within my company that will require me to travel to various countries in South and Central America.
A couple of years ago I had a temporary (two week) assignment in Ecuador and Google insisted on displaying the search results in Spanish even when I typed my search query in English.
I read Spanish moderately well but it would benefit me greatly if I could always have Google display the results from my searches in English.
Is there any way to make that happen? [Read more…]