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How to Use Google to Find the Beijing 2008 Olympics Medal Count
If you like to keep up on the medal count during the olympics, chances are that you end up going to some sports-related website and sifting through their links to find out who’s in the lead. I usually end up getting distracted for a few minutes by the other articles. However, I just discovered a much easier way to find out the medal count using Google!
How to Find the Olympic Medal Count Using Google
All you have to do is type in the words olympic medal count into any Google search box. You’ll end up with the following:
As of today, the Chinese have the most Gold medals. You may notice that the first link that shows up is from Wikipedia, which shows the all-time Olympic Games medal count. It’s interesting to note that of the grand total of 12,793 medals awarded, the United States has earned 2,188 - About 17% of all Olympic medals!
Have you found any other interesting olympic-related Google features? Let everyone know below!
How to Use Google to Find the Cheapest Gas Prices in Your Area
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To find cheap gas using Google, we will use a feature called subscribed links. You can access Google Subscribed Links by clicking on Preferences on the main Google Homepage, outlined in pink below:
Once you arrive at the preferences page, you need to scroll down to the section entitled Subscribed Links. You will then need to click on the link to the Subscribed Links Directory, as shown outlined in pink below.
If you are unable to see the Subscribed Links section, then you need to sign into your Google Account, and return to the preferences page.
You can either scroll down until you find the GasBuddy subscribed link, or you can simply perform a search at the top of the page for GasBuddy.
If you scroll down (which is the route I took), you will see the following:
You need to click on the Subscribe button, that I have circled in pink. Once it is activated, you should see the Subscribe button turn into an Unsubscribe button as shown below.
You’re all set! Now you can perform Google searches and Gas Prices will show up in the 4th search result. Google makes all subscribed links show up in that position, I’m not quite sure as to the reasoning behind this however.
If you type in gas chicago, you will get these results:
You can also search by area code, here’s what you get when typing in gas prices 15216:
Lastly, the city, state method works very well also:
If you have any questions about the GasBuddy subscribed link, just let me know in the comments section below.
How to Use Google Product Search to Find the Cheapest Price of Almost Everything!
I like to run. A couple of weeks ago, I finally got sick of carrying around my Samsung YP-MT6X MP3 player — sure it’s small, but the lack of an armband or clip makes it inconvenient to carry while running.
I almost bought an iPod shuffle. However, just before making my purchase I was looking around on Google to find some competing MP3 players to the Shuffle. I knew there had to be at least a few.
I did find one that I immediately fell in love with — the Sandisk Sansa Clip. Since I’m pretty cheap, I wanted to find the absolute best price that I could. Google makes this process nearly effortless!
How to Find the Cheapest Price Using Google
All you have to do is go to a normal Google search box and type in the name of the product that you are looking for. In my case, I just typed in sansa clip.
You’ll notice that at the very top of the page, Google shows a shopping bag and the text Shopping results for sansa clip. If you click on that link, you will get to a page of results that display the various types of Sansa Clips that are available.
Since I can usually fill my current MP3 player, which is 512 MB, I wanted to get something that would store a ton of stuff. Since the price of flash memory has come down so much lately, I decided to get a model with 4 GB.
The only Sansa Clip that is 4 GB is the silver special edition model (the 4th one down the page). Since it looked cool and was about the same price as the 2 GB iPod shuffle and it includes a screen, FM radio, and voice recorder, I thought it would be the perfect match for me.
After clicking on the Sansa Clip Silver 4 GB link, you get the following page:
From here you can easily compare prices. One of the first things I do is click on the blue hyperlink Price on the far right column. This will sort the prices from low to high. (Clicking it again will sort the prices from high to low, not too useful in my opinion.)
Then, here is the same page showing the cheapest price first:
It is a good idea to visit the pages of some of these vendors, because a lot of them do have higher shipping costs to offset their lower prices.
You may also notice three tabs across the top of the page, Compare Prices, Reviews, and Technical Specifications. If you click on the Reviews tab, you get product reviews, as expected.
Clicking on the Technical Specifications tab will show you detailed information about the product:
What About Amazon?
I was unable to find Amazon.com on the list of stores, but it is always a good idea to check over there as they could have cheaper prices and many times offer free shipping. Amazon is also a great resource for finding product reviews, as well.
What Did I Do?
I actually ended up buying the Silver Sansa Clip at a brick and mortar store near me since they were having a sale. The lack of a shipping charge, and the shipping wait influenced my decision as well. Luckily, I was able to know what a good price was by doing my research online beforehand.
Good luck using Google Product Search. If you have any questions, please leave them below.
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