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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:
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:
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.
How to Use Google News to Read Thousands of Newspapers at the Same Time
Did you know that Google constantly crawls over 4,500 online newspapers to deliver the latest news in one centralized location? That centralized location is known as Google News. It can really be a time saver when you want to see the major headlines without annoying advertisements.
How to Access Google News
To access Google News, just go to the Google homepage. You’ll notice a little link at the top of the page that says News, circled in pink in the screen capture below:
Upon clicking that News link, you will be directly taken to the main Google News site. It looks like this as of today:
When you find an interesting article, you can click it and you will be taken to the particular news provider’s website. As you can see, it is very easy to browse the articles by clicking a category on the left-hand side of the page. Also, you can simply perform a Google News search at the top of the page.
Enjoy Google News! If you have any questions or comments, post them below.