Here are 4 maneuvers you can use on Google that you may be unaware of. The first 2 require you to have a Google account. If you use Gmail for your email, you already have a Google account. If you don’t have an account it is quite painless. Go to accounts.google.com/signup. It is quick and easy.
1. MY PURCHASES – If you’ve been ordering items online and using your Gmail address when ordering, type the following into Google search: my purchases. You have to be signed into your Gmail for this to work. All your purchase confirmations, shipping, and delivery notices will appear. If you click on an order, an itemized list with cost and total spent for that order is displayed. You can also then click to go to the actual email. Very handy at holiday time to track your shopping list and manage your budget!
2. ALERTS – You will also need a Google Gmail account for this one. You can set up a Google Alert to receive emails with links to recent Internet content about any topic of your choosing. You can set up one for your name for instance to see if there is anything posted about you on the Internet. You can set up an alert for anything you search and want to be updated about – a school, or car, or company, or product, or medical information, etc. This is also painless to set up, go to google.com/alerts. You have a choice of settings including how often you want to receive the alert. Once it is set up you can later delete the alert or modify its settings. You can set up multiple alerts.
3. FLIGHT INFO – Wondering if your flight is on time? From search just type flight, then the name of the airline and flight number. For example: flight southwest 157 .
4. ATARI BREAKOUT – I saved Atari Breakout for last, because after trying this, you will forget to come back to this post. Search for Atari Breakout, then click on the Images link. Welcome back to the 70’s. Have fun (see you in about half an hour)!
If you have returned, welcome back! Let me know what you think if you’ve tried any of these tips or if you have a favorite of your own to share.
Jeri Usbay 