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Have you ever wonder how Google finds all the search results that match your search queries? In this video, Matt Cutts from Google explains how Google works, including crawling, indexing, and ranking.

What I learned from the video?

High reputation page (many incoming links) and relevant content can have higher ranking than high PageRank site.

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Have you received your Google Drive invites yet? I got mine as soon as it was launched but many friends couldn’t get their Google Drive activated until few hours later.

Instead of a seamlessly upgrade from Google Docs to Google Drive, they receive a “Google Drive is coming soon” message and a “notify me” button.

Maybe it is due to massive user requests and Google have to roll out the new service gradually. You’ll get Google Drive sooner or latter.

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Google launched Google Drive today with 5 GB free cloud file storage. Like other cloud storage such as Dropbox (referral link) and Microsoft’s Skydrive, Google Drive allows you to sync, access and share files on the web, on your computers, and mobile devices.

Google Drive video:

For example, when you save a file in Google Drive’s folder on your PC. It will automatically uploaded to Google Drive server. Then, you can access the file on the web, your mobile device and other authorized computer(s).

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Google Chrome Beta now remembers the browser tabs you have on one device and make them accessible on all your other devices (computers, Android smartphone and tablets).

All you need to do is to install the latest Google Chrome Beta and signing in to Chrome to have your tabs (including tab navigation history) available on all your other devices.

To retrieve the tabs of other devices, simply click on the “Other devices” menu at the bottom of New Tab page. For Android smartphones, you need to use the Chrome for Android to get the saved tabs.

The new feature is great for you who have multiple devices (work, home, smartphone, tablet…). Never forget any browser tab, anymore!

via Google Chrome Blog

Google Chrome is current 2nd most popular web browser in the world. Here are some Chrome extensions, keyboard shortcuts and tips to help you browse like a Pro and save your time in daily tasks.

Chrome extensions

1. Online dictionary – install Google Dictionary extension, and simple double click a word to get an instant pop-up definition.
2. Voice input – you can speak to input text using several Chrome extensions like Oweb Voice Input and Speechify.
3. Link Chrome to your phone – Install Chrome to Phone extension and the Android app to send links from your computer to your phone.
4. Make phone calls in browser – with Google Voice extension, it will identify phone numbers on website and place calls and text messsages directly from your browser.
5. Easily keep browser extensions updated with Secure Browsing extension from Google.
6. Internet Explorer in Chrome – Visit websites that only work on IE? Use IE Tab extension to open the website in IE emulator inside Chrome.

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