Google Hacks

Chapter 1. Web Google's front page is deceptively simple: a search form and a couple of buttons. Yet that basic interfaceso alluring in its simplicitybelies the power of the Google engine underneath and the wealth of informati...

Chapter 2. Advanced Web If you've just arrived from Chapter 1 and think you have more than enough information to Google yourself silly, hold on to your hat. It's time to put into high gear all you've learned about the ins and...

Chapter 3. News and Blogs Hacks 3646 The Internet is a worldwide conversation, and nowhere is that better reflected than in the flow of news coverage by quot;officialquot; news sources and bloggers alike, as well...

Chapter 4. Extending Google Hacks 4762 Google is of the Web, but this doesn't mean it's trapped in your browser. Google has become so much a part of the fabric of our everyday lives that it shows up just about eve...

Chapter 5. Google Maps Hacks 6369 Google revolutionized online maps with the release of Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) in February 2005, by offering a fast-loading, dynamic, and responsive map that you can z...

Chapter 6. Gmail Google's web-based email service, Gmail (http://www.gmail.com), isn't your ordinary web mail service. Maybe you're attracted to the slick, interactive, real-application-like Ajax interface. Or the command-line...

Chapter 7. Webmastering When the Web was younger, the search engine field was wide open. There were lots of major search engines, including AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, and Webcrawler. This proliferation of search engines had bo...

Chapter 8. Programming Google When search engines first appeared on the scene, they were more open to being spidered, scraped, and aggregated. Sites such as Excite and AltaVista didn't worry too much about the odd surfer using...