How To Really Use Google - Part Two
As promised, here’s the “juicier stuff”.
Google has some advanced search options which come in quite handy, depending on what items you may be searching.
TITLE SEARCH: Allows you to search for pages and sites that have specific words or phrases in their title. For example:
intitle: “spyware removal”
This search would only give you results of sites that have that particular phrase in their title.
SITE SEARCH: Gives you the opportunity to search pages ONLY within a specific site or domain (or using the “negative” results technique from Part One you can “exclude” results from a specific domain or site as well). For example:
“spyware remover” site:spyware.pcwash.com
This search would only provide results for the phrase “spyware remover” from the site: spyware.pcwash.com
URL SEARCHES: Allows you to search for pages or sites that have a specific word or phrase in their URL. For example:
inurl: “spyware removal”
This search would only give you a list of sites that have the exact phrase “spyware removal” in their URL.
To do a real power search, try combining a couple of the above techniques into one search like:
intitle: “spyware removal” -site: ebay.com
This search would give you results for your selected phrase, found in a tile, but not on ebay.com Neat, huh?
RELATED SEARCHES: Let’s say you want to search for sites (competitors ? ) to a specific site. Once again we’ll use our own site as an example: related: spyware.pcwash.com
This search will show sites that have related content and subject matter to the site which you typed into after “related:”
GOOGLE LIMITS: Google does have some limits and one of those is the actually number of keywords you can search on at the same time. That limit is (10). Type in anymore than (10) keywords and the subsequent words will not be included in your search and thus, are irrelevant.
Common words are ignored by Google such as: “a, about, an, and, are, as at, be, by, from, how, I, in, is, it, of, on, or, that, the this, to, we, what, when, where, which, with”.
You can override this limitation by putting a plus sign ( + ) in front of any of the above words when using them in a search phrase.
WILDCARDS: A wildcard search uses the asterisk sign ( * ) (the one above the #8 on your keyboard) to represent other non-specific characters or words. For example: “anti-spyware *” would turn up results for:
anti-spyware program
anti-spyware software
anti-spyware apps
(and a few more).
You can use the wildcard symbol ( * ) and override the Google keyword limit and actually search for MORE than (10) keywords at a time because the ( * ) is not counted as a word.
Now, go practice on Google using these advanced tips and meet us back here next time for Part Three when we offer tips about some MORE “advanced” and “juicier” features you can use to get the most out of your searches on the world’s most frequently used search engine: Google.com
In “Part One” we discussed some of the more basic Google search techniques. (If you missed it you can find it here: http://spyware.pcwash.com/articles_1.html)
When not on his soapbox, Andrew Wroblewski is doing battle with the thousands of spyware programs that can affect you via his anti-spyware and spyware removalwebsite: http://spyware.pcwash.com where you can get a FREE spyware scan of your computer system.
Tags: adware, anti spyware, Google, search engines, spyware, trojan horsesFiled by itbsuperrich on June 21st, 2008 under free-spyware-guide.info | Comment now »
How To Really Use Google - Part Four
In the previous three installments of this series, we covered a wide variety of different search features and strategies using the (currently) most popular search engine: Google.com
Today, I am going to take one of the earlier techniques of using the “wildcard” function “*” (the asterisk symbol, you know, the star like thingy above the #8 on your keyboard) and have some fun with it. Let’s begin.
According to Google: “A wildcard in a Google search query can be indicated by an asterisk and will match one or more entire words of text so that the query matches a contiguous sequence of words.” Here’s an example:
A search for [anti-spyware software *] will return searches for “anti-spyware software programs” and “anti-spyware software applications”. You could also search for [ * spyware ] which will return searches for “about:blank spyware”, “remove spyware“, “get rid of spyware”, “anti spyware” and many others.
You can also ask Google a question using a wildcard like this:
[how do I remove * spyware]
This query will return results about how to remove certain types of spyware like:
“how do I remove Kazaa spyware” and “how do I remove Xupiter spyware” etc..
If you really want to expand your search horizons, try using more than one wildcard. Perform the search [ how do I * * spyware] will return resulys such as: “how do I detect harmful spyware” and “how do I get rid of spyware”.
If you are real daring, use THREE wild cards like [how * I * * spyware] and Google will return back results such as: “how did I get infected with spyware”, “how do I remove nasty spyware” and “how can I get rid of spyware”.
Starting to see the possibilities? Now go get Googling!
If you missed any of the first three installments in this series, you may find them at: http://spyware.pcwash.com/articles_1.html
When not on his soapbox, Andrew Wroblewski is doing battle with the thousands of spyware programs that can affect you via his anti-spyware and spyware removalwebsite: http://spyware.pcwash.com where you can get a FREE spyware scan of your computer system.
Tags: adware, anti spyware, Google, search engines, spyware, trojan horsesFiled by itbsuperrich on June 3rd, 2008 under free-spyware-guide.info | Comment now »
HackAttack
P C. owners are constantly at risk from attacks by hackers.
Spy ware, viruses, trogan horses, and all sorts of other malevolent programs are all trying to take control of your computer.
What can we do about it?
How can we be sure that we are properly protected against them?
A hacker will generally not be interested in doing damage to your PC. His main interest is in gaining control of your computer so that he can use it to send out hundreds of thousands of e-mails in your name with the intention of crashing your mail server.
This can get you into very serious trouble with the server. This is something that you do not want. How are you going to prove that you were not to blame?
How do the hackers do it?
What tools do they use?
A port scanner.
What is a port scanner?
A port scanner can locate PCs that are on line and check for an open port.
A hacker using a program such as ‘Super Scan’ can find an open port to gain entrance to your computer. Once in, he can use your computer as if it were his own. The only difference is that to all intents and purposes it is you that is causing all of the trouble.
The main port that the hacker is interested in is port 80. This is the one that you use to log on to the internet.
I am not going to confuse you with all the various programs that are designed to show you what ports are open at any particular time. What you need to know is how to protect your computer against these attacks.
There are a number of programs designed to show you what is going on inside your PC. I will give you a short list of some that are recommended by some of the program makers.
The one that I would not be without is: www.testmyfirewall.com As its name implies it will test your firewall for flaws and scan for open ports and any other security problems you may have.
You do have a firewall, don’t you?
Another one is: www.pestscan.com This will scan for any nasties that are already on the computer.
Lastly, I use: http://www.security.symantec.com This will run a security check of all my systems.
Don’t put of what you should be doing today. Make sure that your protection is doing its job. Check that you have the latest version of whatever protection you are using. An out of date system is worse than useless. It gives a false sense of security and suddenly you find yourself in serious trouble with your ISP.
It is your responsibility to ensure that your computer will not cause problems for someone else. There are so many free systems out there that you have no excuse for not using one or more of them.
Be safe. Be happy. Be responsible.
All the best. Bob
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