#webknowledge

For those who don't know much about Website hosting services, this is going to be a very thorough post explaining what they are and why they're essential for many individuals. 

Knowledge is power, and power usually comes with money. Website hosting services provide the means to have control over your Websites by offering an unlimited amount of space for websites or personal use. Whether you need a little bit of optimization or you want to develop a website from scratch, having access to these resources will make all the difference in your success.

Website hosting services can be thought of as a means of online storage, where your information will be saved and will always be accessible. This means that the more offline resources you have available to you, the more options you have to consider when building a website.

Beginners who are just starting might not understand why they need access to these resources, and even some intermediate users may not realize their importance. It's important to remember that keeping your website online is just the beginning of you working with it and improving it. Without those essential tools, you might have a hard time building and maintaining your website, doing anything from adding more content to making changes to the design. 

Google is a fascinating search engine with so many tricks and shortcuts.  It has become such a large part of life that schools are now teaching students how to better utilize the technology at the grade school level, to check it out visit http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/

The following are some interesting search functions:

1.    How would you search for an exact word or phrase?

Solution: Quotation marks are used to conduct this search.

      Example: [“the grass is always greener on the other side”]

2.    How would you search for something on a specific site?

Solution: To search for an item on a specific site, the notation “site:________” must be used.

            Example: [convocation site:ryerson.ca]        

3.    How would you correctly search for a definition?

Solution: Definitions can be searched for by using the “define:__________” notation.

            Example: [define:studious]

4.    How would you search for a specific product available within a specific price range?

Solution: To search for a product within a specific price range the product name and two price values (upper and lower) must be used.

            Example: [Casio EX-22 calculator $15..$30]

5.    How would you search for a specific filetype?

Solution: To only have specific filetype’s return from a Google search, use the “filetype:_____” notation.

            Example: [GPA calculator filetype:xlsx]

6.    How would you include or ignore words in your search?

Solution: To include words (common words especially put quotation marks around them in the search.  To ignore specific words in a search use the “-“ sign to designate that the word be omitted.

            Example – include: [“The” New Yorker]

            Example – exclude: [CN –tower]

7.    How would you find related pages?

Solution: To find related pages in a search use the notation “related:” and then a URL.

            Example: [related:bloomberg.com]

8.    How would you find a topic, searching all available synonyms of a word?

Solution: To search all available synonyms of a word use the “~” symbol before the word. 

      Example: [Art Nouveau ~movies]

9.    How would you find the time in another country?

Solution: To get the time in another country use the notation “time” and then the name of the country.

            Example: [time korea]

10. How would you find out how many Egyptian pounds you get for $20 Canadian dollars?

Solution: To convert currencies you type the name of the first currency then the word “in” and then the name of the second currency.

      Example: [20 CAD in Egyptian pounds]