Search YouTube captions with the YouTube Captions Search extension

Search YouTube captions with the YouTube Captions Search extension

Source: YouTube Captions Search – Chrome Web Store Here’s a pretty cool extension to help your students locate information in YouTube videos. Once the extension is installed, you can search for specific words in videos that have closed captioning or subtitles. It is especially helpful when you are looking for a specific piece of information…

Google search is getting new AI tools to find information faster

Google search is getting new AI tools to find information faster

With recent advancements in AI, we’re making bigger leaps forward in improvements to Google than we’ve seen over the last decade, so it’s even easier for you to find just what you’re looking for. Today during our Search On livestream, we shared how we’re bringing the most advanced AI into our products to further our…

A Google a Day

A Google a Day

Source: A Google a Day Here’s a fun Google search activity. When you visit A Google a Day, you are presented with a countdown timer and a question. The quicker you find the answer to the question, the more points you get.

Remove Pinterest from your search results with Unpinterested

Remove Pinterest from your search results with Unpinterested

Source: Unpinterested! – Chrome Web Store There are times that you find out a thing exists that you didn’t know you needed. Unpinterested! is one of those things. Pinterest is fine for a lot of things, but it’s usage diminishes for me when I’m looking for something. Unpinterested! is a Google Chrome extension that will…

Google like a hacker

Google like a hacker

An internet search is one of the most completed activities done on the internet, and the search engine of choice is usually Google. But, how can you get the most of Google? Here are some of the best tips I’ve found. Use quotes Put quotes around terms that should be together. Instead of searching for …

Query Wolfram Alpha from the Chrome toolbar with this extension

Query Wolfram Alpha from the Chrome toolbar with this extension

Source: Wolfram|Alpha (Official) – Chrome Web Store Wolfram | Alpha‘s tagline is computational intelligence. When you perform a query or calculation on Wolfram | Alpha, it works a little like Google. Wolfram | Alpha will find the solution to your problem. With the  Wolfram|Alpha extension, you can perform these searches by clicking on the extension…

A study in how Google affects search results, even in private mode and logged out of Google

A study in how Google affects search results, even in private mode and logged out of Google

Over the years, there has been considerable discussion of Google’s “filter bubble” problem. Put simply, it’s the manipulation of your search results based on your personal data. In practice this means links are moved up or down or added to your Google search results, necessitating the filtering of other search results altogether. These editorialized results…

Add your favorite sites or search engines directly to the Google Chrome address bar

Add your favorite sites or search engines directly to the Google Chrome address bar

Add your favorite sites or search engines directly to the Google Chrome address bar. You may have used some of the keywords to automatically search specific sites in the address bar. Google sets up several keywords by default. For example, if you type youtube.com into the address bar, Chrome let’s you know that you can…

Search the current site using Google with the Search The Current Site Chrome extension

Search the current site using Google with the Search The Current Site Chrome extension

Search the current site using Google with the Search The Current Site Chrome extension.   Search the current site Chrome extension comes it. The extension automates the task of using a Google search parameter to limit the scope of a google search. If you go to google, you can search for items on a particular site…