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• How to use Google Labs to experiment with AI

  Posted on August 21, 2023 at 02:44 CDT by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  AI

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Want to see how AI can work with Google Search, Docs, Gmail, and other tools? Google Labs will give you a taste.

  Google has a lot of AI projects in the works, all designed to bring or expand AI to Search, Gmail, Google Docs, and other services. For now, several of these projects are experiments that you can try out only through the company’s Google Labs service. With Google Labs, you’re able to check out AI features in Google Search, Gmail, and Google Docs. You can also play with an AI-based notebook and a musical AI that will turn your words into music. Read on to see how to access and use these different projects.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.34.0, 2023-08-21).

  AI Generative AI, Google, Google Bard, Google Labs, Google Search, Musical AI, Newsletters

• The first Google search result often leads to a virus

  Posted on October 11, 2021 at 02:45 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  ISSUE 18.39 • 2021-10-11

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  The top search result in Google is all too often a link to a website that’s been hacked to infect visitors’ devices with a virus.

  The culprit behind these infections is called “Gootloader,” a descendant of years-old malware that just keeps getting worse on Google — the only search engine that’s being targeted.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.39.0 (2021-10-11).
  This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.39.F (2021-10-11).

  AskWoody FREE Newsletter, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Public Defender AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Google, Google Search, Security

• Web presence: Working with search engines

  Posted on September 20, 2020 at 21:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  SMALL-BUSINESS WEBSITES

  By Will Fastie

  Leveraging Web-based services is an essential part of building an effective online presence — and search engines are a top priority.

  In my previous installment, I stated that this article would focus on social networks. I’d intended to include some information on search engines, but during the research and writing process, I realized there was more to say about search.

  One of the buzz words constantly thrown about when discussing online searches is “search-engine optimization.” I’ll state right from the start that I’m dubious about the value of current SEO practices — and practitioners.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.37.0 (2020-09-21).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Web Development AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Business websites, Google Search, Online advertising, Security, SEO

• Challenge of the day: Make Google your default search provider in IE 11 on Win10

  Posted on June 5, 2016 at 11:54 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The method’s changed since the last time I looked. Tricky, Microsoft.

  (Protip: To make sure that you really set the default search provider, restart IE and see if Google’s still chosen.)

  Uncategorized Google Search, Internet Explorer 11