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Google Mobile Ads Based on Your Location with Maps Feature

by Chethan Thimmappa  July 30, 2010

After the Popular Click to Call Mobile ads, Google has gone one Step Ahead with a New Location Extension Ad Formats along with Map Features in Local ads for Mobile devices.. How Google Mobile Ads using Location Extension Work? Users Search on Maps for Directions Making Use of This Data, Google Pops Mobile Ads based [...]

Compact Image Search In Google

by Murugappan  July 22, 2010
Google images: before

Whatever maybe the thing, if we have Google as our home page it is obvious that we go to Google images if we want to search any images. When I was spending some time browsing images for a post in Chaaps, i came across a new compact Google images. What’s so new? Neat interface – Before Google image was not well [...]

3 Creative ways to Google!

by Murugappan  July 16, 2010

We all are google lovers and no one can deny to that fact. We love google and almost all their services, though they have been mere losers in social networking. <Credit> There are three amazing websites you must visit if you are a hardcore google fan: 1. Google gravity One of the experiments in MrDoob [...]

Get Better Images with Google Image Swirl (In Labs)

by Chethan Thimmappa  July 16, 2010

Google Image Swirl is Live from November 2009 and it is taking its own shape sitting in Google Labs… Google Image Swirl Looks like Google Wonder wheel, one of the differences is that the Same Wonder wheel is displayed with Images and you can navigate from one Image to other image using the Wonder wheels [...]

Set Google Over SSL (encrypted.google.com) as HomePage

by Chethan Thimmappa  July 13, 2010

The Much awaited Google SSL is now Live! Visit encryped.google.com to Experience the Enhanced Security of your Queries made on Google as well as the Search Results. Google Over SSL provides end to end encrypted search solution between your computer and Google which doesn’t allow any third party to Intercept, so you are always protected [...]

Lengthy Google Maps URL shrinks to goo.gl/maps Short URL [in Labs]

by Chethan Thimmappa  July 12, 2010

A Simple Feature introduced by Google Labs in Google Maps could save a lot of work of ours. How Hectic was it to Pass the URL of a Map location “Bengauluru, India” to your friend before? We measured the URL length for the Bengaluru position in Maps.. It is around 222 Characters and almost impossible [...]

Search Fail: Google doesn’t serve more than 1000 Results for any Query

by Chethan Thimmappa  July 11, 2010

Everyone Fakes! Google is not an Exception. The So-Called Google God , Search Engine Giant fakes its Search Results Count in a BIG way.. Generally, Any User who queries in Google Looks for upto 2 or 3 Pages of Search Results, At a Maximum upto 10 Pages…Yes, Of Course, It is right to Check the [...]

BREAKING: Google is back in China after License Renewal

by nandini  July 9, 2010

Finally Google can breathe a sigh of relief. China has finally agreed to renew Google’s license for operating in the mainland. Google always had to endure rough weather in China. It all started when Google was asked to regulate their search results in 2006. Though they had initially agreed to do so, later on, the [...]

Add Images to your Gmail Signature [Now default in Gmail]

by Murugappan  July 9, 2010
Google WYSIWYG signature

Just a couple of days ago, I had written an hack regarding how to add images and custom HTML to your gmail signature without the use of any extensions or add-ons. But now the gmail team themselves are allowing to add images in signatures. Here’s how to configure it: Head to your gmail settings Under Signature, [...]

Add custom HTML signature in Gmail [No extensions]

by Murugappan  July 7, 2010
Custom signature is composed

We all must be aware of Firefox and chrome extension WiseStamp used to add a signature at the end of any email. Here is another method to add signatures in Gmail: Head your address bar to Gmail labs Enable Canned responses and Inserting images Go to Compose mail and prepare your signature just as you compose any [...]