Google Fan? Straight Up…

my old blog went… the one that was color coded like

Google (gosh, was it?)… the one that had the Google

language links… the one that even linked to a few Google maps.

The answer to that question is

easy – I’ve been working on a new one. It will be ready soon and will have a neat surprise for

those of you that surf a few of the different channels I’m always on.

But the other

question in most of those (I say “most” – there were only 7) was WHY I’m so in love with Goog

le. Okay…. I’ll answer this by asking – Who isn’t?

Alas, I know this isn’t

really an answer. So let me enlighten my friends with why I love Google so much.
So here are

a few reasons that just pop into my head because I use them mainly for work nearly every single

day. Yes, I said EVERY.

• Razor Sharp search technology
  Whether it’s simply searches you’re conducting or something much more complex, Google does it.

  Everyone knows about AND, OR, INCLUDE and EXCLUDE. But very few are aware of DATE:, FILETYPE:,

  INFO, and one of my favorites, SITE:
  Example: site:www.recruiterguy.net will return results

  only from www.recruiterguy.net
  Example: filetype:doc will bring back results that are in MS

  Word format.
  Example: date:3 will bring back results that are dated within the previous 3

  months.
  All very useful to a recruiter, eh?

• Power Searching for Images

  (face recognition!)
  What a great way to find elusive Album Art for downloaded music! Uh… I

  mean… what a great way to find album art… uhm… nevermind.

• Blog

  Searches
  Quickly search the entire blogosphere for information based on the keywords

  you enter. Looking for that blog by that crazy cat, RecruiterGuy, but can’t remember where it

  was on the www? Just do a quick search via Google blogsearch to get a whole list of where he’s hanging

  out.

• Traveler Searches
  Sure, I know how to check the weather to help me

  decide if I need to bring my golf clubs on a lengthy recruiting trip but… did you know I can

  also check my flight status and get departure times and any issues that could be causing

  delay?

• The Maps!
  Oh… the maps. This feature alone is it’s own

  post… nay, it’s own page. I’ve just found a creative new way to track my running using the

  maps. An example of RecruiterGuy’s Google

  Maps.

• GoogleTalk
  Another great communication tool from Google. I average about 4 conversations a week from job seekers or recruiters

  looking to join our team. (and my daughter sends me quick updates when I’m on the

  road.)

• NewsGroups
  Sure, usenet paved the way back in the late 70′s but

  Google’s tweaking the future. Of course, truth be told – Usenet postings from the early 80′s

  can be found archived in the Google Groups. Showing off? Yeah, probably a

  little.

• Picasa
  Image editing made super simple. Even upon installation

  this great little app scans your entire computer for all images – and makes them available with

  just a few clicks for edits and uploads to an entire online album that, yes, it also starts and

  hosts for you.
  Did I mention that it makes movies from your

  images?

• Blogger
  Okay – yeah, it’s just an easy blogging tool that is

  really user friendly. But as mentioned just above – Picasa effortlessly transfers images straight

  to your blog.

• Analytics
  In depth tracking tool for multiple sites. You

  need only stick in some quick html before the [/body] tag of your templates and off you go. Of

  course, it’s still got a little ways to go as it’s not so friendly with MySpace and other social

  sites… but it’ll get there, I think.

I could literally go on and on and on… but

I’ll spare you. Google is literally

something that I, as a recruiter, use every single day. I can’t imagine having to work through a

day without being able to quickly map a location, get directions, source a resume, or search the

blogs and newsgroups over morning coffee.

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