The Best Out Of Google Search

Posted: August 16, 2011 in General
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Google search engine is one of the most common and famous search engines in the Internet. Although we the users almost use it everyday yet we don’t use it to its best advantage. Internet is full of billions of pages and it is sometimes difficult to get a hold of the exact needed information.

There are some tips that I came across on how to get a more productive search using Google which I thought of sharing them with you.

Tips on Google Search Syntax

Google use a  special syntax to restrict your searches to  certain elements or characteristics of web pages. You might want:

  • To search for a specific file type, use the keyword filetype: file format. For example to find tutorials on PDF format about Linux you might want to type the syntax between the square brackets [Linux Tutorial filetype: pdf ].
  • To search within a website, use the format Info site:[website URL]. For example [war site: english.aljazeera.net] which will take you to my post about Linux.
  • To search an exact phrase, use the format “The Phrase”. For example ["Arabian Cuisine "].
  • To search about a web page title use the format intitle:”Web Page Title”. You can also combine this with site. For instance intitle:”Technology” site:edu.
  • To search about a body text in a web page use the format intext:”Body text”

That is all what I can think of at the moment, I will update this post if I find any more interesting tips ;)

Get busy and Be well
Cheers, OIA

Linux Or Windows

Posted: August 8, 2011 in Computer Science
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Howdy !!

Most people hear about Linux and CHOOSE not to have the guts to try it out! well I was one of those people and I used it by force in my study life. Yet there was a time when I needed to go out of the warm fences of my university for my internship.

The company that I worked at used only Linux and eventually I had NO CHOICE!. But along the way I started liking the way Linux operates. I am not saying this so you quit using your Windows or whatever operating system your machine runs, I am saying this because I kept my eyes closed from the fact that Linux can be any good.

Now I only use Windows when I have a need to use special softwares that I can not find an equivalent (or I feel lazy to learn a new tool :P ) in Linux. Come on open yours wider.. can not you see that you need to pay for software in Windows! or you prefer to go for cracked softwares!. This is not the only matter. I am familiar (not so much of a technical expert) with the two operating systems and I see windows performance degrade with time. Viruses can attack Windows machines but they can not harm Linux ones.

I have been using Linux for the past 6 months and I can tell you this, it is really worth it. If you are in a computer science filed, trust me most of  IT service companies use Linux.

At the end if you are not really convinced then have a Dual Booting System which allows you to use  Windows and Linux in the same machine. You can drop me a comment or an email if you have any doubts/questions. ;)

Get busy and be well ;)

Cheers, OIA