How do you use Google? - Here is mine!

Google is going to celebrate its' 10th birthday soon (see: http://www.google.com/tenthbirthday/). And there is a section where it's asking - "How do you use Google?" to see user's fee



see the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNFf44pWuL8

Personally i felt describing my Google usage within 100 words is a big tough job. So i decided to post it in my Blog and i even thought of sharing this information for a long time .. So, here goes my post ...


1. www.Google.com
The giant Search engine for any type of information search. My best friend who replies with any search result even i type any slang words! :P

2. Gmail
My primary email account is Gmail. I love the labeling, filtering, accessing multiple POP3 accounts and love to read chain discussions under the same page using just a click of Expand / Collapse :) And interestingly it's giving me more spaces each day! Integrated Chat is there too! so do we need anything more? :P

3. Google Calender
A great online calender with addition of SMS feature which reminds me whenever and wherever i am. Till i am under a network i get my reminders on basis of my calender entries.

4. Google Documents
A great personal document repository where i can put and share documents or excel files with my other colleagues or team mates or friends..

5. Google Blogger
The great blogger service using which i am posting this post and my own thoughts and views or reviews .. I just love it!

6. Google Reader
Just awesome! I love it just like a blind lover! I subscribe all the RSS and Atom feeds using my Google Reader.

7. Google YouTube/Google Video
Great place for Tech Shows and Tutorials or entertaining videos! Can't think without these!

8. Google NoteBook
An online Notebook which is accessible for my personal use - I use this notebook using the google notebook firefox extension which is much more flexible and easier to use.

9. Google Desktop
Most usefull part is the use of Desktop Search! :)

10. Google Groups
We old friends do use a Google group where we share and discuss many things with our old friends.

11. Google Feedburner
Feedburner which is used for all of my Blogs i manage.

12. Google AdSense
Adsense integrated with all of my Blogger blogs.

13. Google Analytics
Google Analytics used for most of regular Blogs that i manage.

14. Google Picasa
Being a hobbyist Photographer i use Picasa for faster photo post processing.

15. Google Alerts
I customized some google alerts up on my requirements..


I have experience with Google Maps, Earth, Browser Sync and Orkut, though i don't really use them very often these days. And at last i am using Google Chrome too! :)

Blogger was Down approx. 2 Hours!

Yesterday night I saw a message like "Blogger and Blog*Spot are unavailable". Was interesting to me to find out the reason.. was it hacked?




Today after posting a post in my general blog i went home and at evening i got Blogger.com down! I have no idea why i got that Google Error 502.




It was more then 1 or 2 hours i saw Blogger.com down! Then it came back again.. and here comes my Post :p



I searched for the reasons and in Help Blog of Blogger i found this Status update as below:


source: help.blogger.com

Blogger Templates has only 2 columns

After so long i started to feel like i need a Template where i can have 3 columns. And while went to change and pick a new Template of Blogger, i am disappointed. It is really disappointing that Blogger has limited it's Template into only 2 column based Templates.



Two (2) Columns:
It was nice to see the my blog of 2 columns which was always center aligned in the screen. But without adding widgets, tags and scripts etc you don need to to have 3 column based Templates.

Three (3) Columns:
These days most of us using laptops of wide screen as i am .. and even sometimes the Wide screen LCD monitors in home or office use. And reading Blogs in this screens makes me feel to have more then 2 columns :p Adding different widgets, scripts, tags increases the interest to have 3 columns in my Blog.

Will start looking for any ready made Blogger Template so that i can just pick and start use of it. I don't want to change the Template customizing it right now.. which could be possible just editing the scripts from HTML view. Need something more handy rather customizing them.