Prospective Employers Searching Web


Posted on April 5th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Google, Search Engine, Web Service.

Today I noticed this article on Yahoo News "Employers Looking at Web By New Hires"

Basically it states - Watch out what you put on the web - Be it MySpace.com FaceBook.com or even your own blog….



They are googling and yahooing you to see what you would be like as an employee and if you would fit into the mold..



Here is an excerpt of the article:

At issue is employers who discover a whole new side to the applicants
for whom they search. Whether it"s a photo of you with a beer in your
hand or perhaps something incriminating, employers say what you post
could preclude you from that next hire.
So before posting your drunken conquest either use a fake name or you might be shooting yourself in the foot


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Google SMS - A quick portable info finder


Posted on March 31st, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Computing, Email, GTD, Google, Hack, Search Engine, Web Service.

razrcellphoneI have been using this with my new cell phone and it is working great - How many times have you been out and about and not near a computer and would like to look up some basic info. Well now you can with Google SMS.

Google SMS enables you to send various queries in the form of SMS text message from your cell phone to google and fairly easily get a decent answer. It will not send you the web page or links - just the text. Yup like Joe Friday - Just the Text Mam, just the text.

Google SMS is pretty easy to use. on line they have a easy to cut out and put in your wallet Tip Sheet(PDF) but if your forgot it and need help you can send the text HELP to GOOGLE (46645) Yup Google with out the E. and depending on how busy your service is you should get a text message back with in a few minutes.

Some sample queries that I have use
PIZZA 15122 Get the listing of pizza places in the zip code.
PIZZA HUT, West Mifflin PA Where Pizza Hut is and Phone Number
JOHN SMITH, 15122 Tells me John Smith"s Phone Number from Zip 15122
From PIT to 500 Grant Street, Pittsburgh PA Gives me Driving Directions from Airport Code to Street (Pretty Accurate)
KING KONG 15122 Gives me movie times for King Kong playing around Zip Code
KING KONG Movie name by itself gives you Movie Running time MPA Rating, Critics Rating etc…
WEATHER 15122 Gives me Weather for that ZIP Code
WMT Gives me the latest Stock Quotes for Walmart (WMT)
PRICE 0596007779 Gives Price form book (ISBN) or UPC or Product Name
WHO WROTE MATRIX Gives basic answer - Great for settling bar questions (or cheating at bar trivia) Hehe
D CONDENSES Gives you the Definition of a word
PENGUINS Gives you sports updates on that team
1 MILE IN FEET Google Calculator help solve basic math problems - better then the built in calc.
19.95 USD IN GBP How much is $19.95 in British Pounds

Well the list can go on and on - But I find this to be a great time saver and nice to have this at hand at all times.


Some Cell Phones that Support SMS Messaging:
Motorola RAZR V3 TMO to Go Prepaid Phone (T-Mobile) Motorola MPx220 Smartphone (Cingular) Motorola PEBL Phone (T-Mobile)


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Way to Go Steelers - Google Posts the Ads


Posted on February 5th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Football, Google, Pittsburgh, Search Engine, Steelers, Super Bowl.

The Pittsburgh Steelers

Now we can watch the ad’s on Google Video.

As we all watched this exciting game and missed some of the commercials. (Bathroom Breaks, more beer and munchies)

It was just announced on the Google Blog that all the videos of the Advertisement can be found here.

By the Way - Way To Go Stillers - Way to go.

Official Google Blog: This Bowl’s for you


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Google Helping To Stop Spyware


Posted on January 28th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Computing, Consulting, Google, Search Engine, SpyWare, Web Service.

Well Google keeps getting better and better. Announced today via Official Google Blog was that Google will Co-Sponsor with Sun Microsystems and Lenovo, STOPBadWare.Org. StopBadWare.Org is a new initiative aimed at combating the growing problem of spyware and other deceptive software. This project is led by Harvard’s Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute. And Consumer Reports WebWatch is serving as an unpaid advisor to the effort.

According to their FAQ page: StopBadware.org is a “Neighborhood Watch” campaign aimed at fighting badware. We will seek to provide reliable, objective information about downloadable applications in order to help consumers make better choices about what they download onto their computers. We aim to become a central clearinghouse for research on badware and the bad actors who spread it, and become a focal point for developing collaborative, community-minded approaches to stopping badware.

Learn more here : Official Google Blog: Putting a stop to spyware


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CompletePlanet - Specialized Searches


Posted on January 24th, 2006 by Merlin.
Categories: Computing, Search Engine, Web Service.

Well here it is - A very comprehensive “Specialized” search engine - This will help you find those little hidden Gems you are always looking for. I find this site to be amazing in the info you can get out of it.

Complete Planet is a comprehensive listing of dynamic searchable databases or the Deep Web as some call it.

The deep web is defined as a vast repository of underlying content, such as documents in online databases, that general-purpose web crawlers cannot reach. Both qualitative and quantitative in difference, deep web content is estimated at 500 times that of the surface web, yet has remained mostly untapped due to the limitations of traditional search engines. (www.llrx.com)

Find databases with highly relevant documents that cannot be crawled or indexed by surface (Google, MSN, Yahoo) web search engines.

Make sure to bookmark it as I know I did and will be using it when you can not find something the normal way (Google, Yahoo, MSN)

CompletePlanet - Discover over 70,000+ databases and specially search engines


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