Learning tools powered by Google

Google has always been in the spotlight for the powerful search engine. Apart from being a search engine Google provides a variety of tools, to organize data online free of charge.
Top tools
http://groups.google.com
To share information in a group.

http://www.google.com/calender
organize your work using calender

http://images.google.com
Share pictures and images with your loved ones

http://books.google.com
Search online e-books and printed books online.

http://www.google.com/bookmarks
Bookmark your favorite websites.

http://www.google.com/ig
iGoogle
personalize your stuff using iGoogle

http://www.blogger.com
Blog your views with your friends and online community around the world.

http://www.google.com/reader
Read all your news and favorite websites in one place with Google Reader.

http://sites.google.com/
Design your own websites using Google.

http://docs.google.com
Share and view douments with friends world wide.

Professor Google

I am planning to research a new topic or some interesting information or facing problems related to any subject first thing that strikes my mind is “Google”. Quickly type in the key words and can get lots of related information or possibly solutions to my problems. I have thank God and the Google team for being so kind by helping lots of people like me.
Search engines are by themselves great sources of information with almost providing or implying to the resources needed in learning. From a student perspective I can say almost 25 percent of the students across the world rely on Google for their solutions. Its great source of information if tapped properly an individual can take maximum benefit from this vast store of knowledge.
Thanks again Google team for providing such a powerful search engine. Keep going with your good work.

Search Without Google

Found an intersting article on the PC Magazine website that deals with new search engines that are supposedly better. You will need to make up your own mind.



Here is an example:

http://www.adaptiveblue.com/

BlueOrganizer is a Firefox add-on by AdaptiveBlue that adds semantic browsing features to your browser. The add-on lets you directly share links on del.icio.us, Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook, but the really cool feature is its ability to find similar pages and sites to the one you're looking at. If you're reading a news article, for instance, and want to read more stories on the same topic, simply click on "Similar Pages on Google" and you'll be presented with a list of relevant search results to choose from.



There are many more examples at the following website. As I attend more and more classes, I can see where some of these search engines would be quite beneficial.



http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329942,00.asp