Use Google as proxy

Many jobs and schools & colleges block access to certain sites. However, it is very difficult for anybody to block access to google. By using google with either of these two methods, you can gain access to blocked sites very easily.

Blocked web site, huh? Need a proxy?

I am not a big fan of chasing free, open proxies all over the place. I use google instead. Here I describe what I believe is an uncommon way for bypassing blocked sites using google.

1) The first and most common way of using google to bypass blocked sites is just to search for the site and then clicked the "cached" link that appears on google. Easy, simple, and frequently works for static information.

2) Passing the site through google translator works well as well. Here's the URL to use:

Code:

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=enen&u=www.blockedsite.com

(where blockedsite.com is the site that you wish to visit)

This translates the site from english to english and works because the ip address will appear as google instead of you. Here's a link to tech-recipes passed through the translator as an example. You can actually do this with any langpair. Change enen in the URL above to spanish by using eses and it still works.

3) Unique method that I have not seen described before is to search throughgoogle mobile. Google mobile will "convert as you go" very similiar to the translation method above.

Just search for your site with google mobile and click on the link it provides. Here's is tech-recipes brought up through google mobile search. Once again, this will allow you to bypass any blocks because the IP request comes from google not for you.

Like the translation method above, google will continue to "proxy" as you continue to visit links through the site. And ya it is also useful to retrive some information from net which is currently not available.

Gmail Fast Login useful gmail tip

Works in Internet Explorer, Opera & Firefox. 

For low speed connections logging in to gmail could becomes an irritating task.

You must have experienced gmail login problem especially on a dial up connection. Login in to gmail is comparatively slower because of its rich user interface, because of that sometimes the gmail login screens gives an error.

And in orkut also sometimes the login box does not appears and says “connection timed out” or “server not responding” kind of messages.

Following are some tips and tricks to login into gmail faster even with low speed internet connections.

Gmail login tricks

- Use HTML version of gmail instead of standard version. You can access to gmail’s HTML version directly from this url

http://mail.google.com/mail/h/

- Also try gmail mobile version

It is very lo-fi version of gmail but the speed of logging in really fast, it is opening instantly on my system. The mobile version of gmail login page is simple, fast and furious. So no more gmail login problems now.

http://m.gmail.com

Great tip for MP3 searching on google

Go to google copy and paste in

?intitle:index.of? mp3
and after mp3 put in an artist or album or whatever and hit enter… what you get is lists of downloadable mp3s

eg:
?intitle:index.of? mp3 shakira

enjoy downloading…………

20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches

For millions of people Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives. From work or school, research, to looking up movies and celebrities to news and gossip, Google is the go-to search engine.

But instead of just typing in a phrase and wading through page after page of results, there are a number of ways to make your searches more efficient.

Some of these are obvious ones, that you probably know about. But others are lesser-known, and others are known but not often used. Use this guide to learn more about, or be reminded of, some of the best ways to get exactly what you're looking for, and quickly.

1. Either/or. Google normally searches for pages that contain all the words you type in the search box, but if you want pages that have one term or another (or both), use the OR operator -- or use the "|" symbol (pipe symbol) to save you a keystroke. [dumb | little | man]


2. Quotes. If you want to search for an exact phrase, use quotes. ["dumb little man"] will only find that exact phrase. [dumb "little man"] will find pages that contain the word dumb and the exact phrase "little man".


3. Not. If you don't want a term or phrase, use the "-" symbol. [-dumb little man] will return pages that contain "little" and "man" but that don't contain "dumb".


4. Similar terms. Use the "~" symbol to return similar terms. [~dumb little man -dumb] will get you pages that contain "funny little man" and "stupid little man" but not "dumb little man".


5. Wildcard. The "*" symbol is a wildcard. This is useful if you're trying to find the lyrics to a song, but can't remember the exact lyrics. [can't * me love lyrics] will return the Beatles song you're looking for. It's also useful for finding stuff only in certain domains, such as
   educational information: ["dumb little man" research *.edu].


6. Advanced search. If you can't remember any of these operators, you can always use Google's advanced search.


7. Definitions. Use the "define:" operator to get a quick definition. [define:dumb] will give you a whole host of definitions from different sources, with links.


8. Calculator. One of the handiest uses of Google, type in a quick calculation in the search box and get an answer. It's faster than calling up your computer's calculator in most cases. Use the +, -, *, / symbols and parentheses to do a simple equation.


9. Numrange. This little-known feature searches for a range of numbers. For example, ["best books 2002..2007] will return lists of best books for each of the years from 2002 to 2007 (note the two periods between the two numbers).


10. Site-specific. Use the "site:" operator to search only within a certain website. [site:dumblittleman.com leo] will search for the term "leo" only within this blog.


11. Backlinks. The "link:" operator will find pages that link to a specific URL. You can use this not only for a main URL but even to a specific page. Not all links to an URL are listed, however.


12. Vertical search. Instead of searching for a term across all pages on the web, search within a specialized field. Google has a number of specific searches, allowing you to search within blogs, news, books, and much more:
    
    
    
    • Blog Search
    
    
    • Book Search
    
    
    • Scholar
    
    
    • Catalogs
    
    
    • Code Search
    
    
    • Directory
    
    
    • Finance
    
    
    • Images
    
    
    • Local/Maps
    
    
    • News
    
    
    • Patent Search
    
    
    • Product Search
    
    
    • Video
    
    
    
    
13. Movies. Use the "movie:" operator to search for a movie title along with either a zip code or U.S. city and state to get a list of movie theaters in the area and show times.


14. Music. The "music:" operator returns content related to music only.


15. Unit converter. Use Google for a quick conversion, from yards to meters for example, or different currency: [12 meters in yards]


16. Types of numbers: Google algorithms can recognize patterns in numbers you enter, so you can search for:
    
    
    
    • Telephone area codes
    
    
    • Vehicle ID number (US only)
    
    
    • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) equipment numbers (US only)
    
    
    • UPC codes
    
    
    • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airplane registration number (US only)
    
    
    • Patent numbers (US only)
    
    
    • Even stock quotes (using the stock symbol) or a weather forecast regarding the next five days
    
    
    
    
17. File types. If you just want to search for .PDF files, or Word documents, or Excel spreadsheets, for example, use the "filetype:" operator.


18. Location of term. By default, Google searches for your term throughout a web page. But if you just want it to search certain locations, you can use operators such as "inurl:", "intitle:", "intext:", and "inanchor:". Those search for a term only within the URL, the title,
    the body text, and the anchor text (the text used to describe a link).


19. Cached pages. Looking for a version of a page the Google stores on its own servers? This can help with outdated or update pages. Use the "cached:" operator.


20. Answer to life, the universe, and everything. Search for that phrase, in lower case, and Google will give you the answer.