Monday, December 22, 2008

Google Alerts and Google Translate

Google Alerts


Google alert alerts you about new information regarding the subject area in which you are interested. It updates your knowledge and ultimately you. Google alert helps to alert you about latest news regarding specific subject you are interested in, about new uploaded web pages, what are blogs and what they have, which are the group of that particular subject.

Google alert searches the latest information in all areas (web, news, blogs, group, etc) based on your choice of query or topic) and mails you all updates in your Gmail account for that you don’t have to create new account. You just have to create alerts of the subject of your interest.

Some handy uses of Google Alerts include:

  • monitoring a developing news story
  • keeping current on a competitor or industry
  • getting the latest on a celebrity or event
  • keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams

How to create Google alert: - Google > More > Even More > Google Alert

Once you enter in to Google alert you can define the topic on which you want your alert, how often you want alert and your email ID where you will get your alert and types of alert like video, web, comprehensive etc;

Google Translate

Google Translate is a one of the applications of Google. It helps to translate text as well as Web pages. Google has developed their own statistical translation system for the language pairs on Google translate. Google translate has four main options translate and web, translated search, Dictionary and tools.

Translate and web: - Translate and Web is again categorized into two options as a Translate text and Translate a web page. Translate text translates the text written or pasted in the given box where as translate a web page translates a whole web page once we past the address of link into given box.

Translated search: - It gives you already translated websites.

Dictionary:-Translate the meaning of words, gives related words and also provide web definition.

Tools: - Which has different options like gadget, Google toolbar which need to be downloaded. After creating Gadget you will get automatic translate. And after downloading Google toolbar, you just take mouse pointer over an English word, and the Word Translator displays that word's meaning in your own language.

How to create Google translate: - Google > More > Even More > Google translate

Google translate helps when someone wants information on particular topic and that information is available in other language.


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