Most people think of a search engine as nothing more than a tool to help them find a bit of information on whatever topic they happen to be interested in at the time, but I find myself using Google on a daily basis to help me get through the day. Here are a couple of examples:
1 – Yesterday morning I needed to call a local convenience store to see if they had a certain item in stock. I could have pulled out the phone book and thumbed through the yellow pages for the listing, but instead I simply logged onto Google and typed the name of the store and the town into the search box, and walla…up popped the phone number and street address right on cue.
2 – Tami, Rob and Madison came over to our house for dinner last night, and during the meal Tami asked if I knew where the fuse panel in their VW Beetle was located. I didn’t of course, but after typing 2001 Volkswagen Beetle fuse panel into Google’s search box I was able to follow the very first link to the answer to the following question “Where is the fuse panel on a 2001 Volkswagen Beetle”? And the answer turned out to be quite detailed and accurate.
That’s why I love Google. I’m almost always able to find the exact information I’m looking for with just one or two quick searches, and after a little practice searching for various keywords and phrases you’ll be able to as well.