More About Google com what you need to know About Google Not just a Search engine

Google.com is commonly known by all as a search engine.Most people are missing out many services offered by this company.Here are some of the services (over 100) that are worth noting.

Snap short of Google services when you search the word Google on Google search

                     I. Business Services

Google as a multipurpose company offers a wide range of business services no matter the size and nature  of your business. This services can really help in the growth of your business. some of of the business services offered include:
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 which helps connect you directly with customers on the internet from different locations and  from any device.

which gives you the opportunity to expose your products/services to people using the internet. It is one of the most popular methods of advertising online. You can also advertise your product on Google using  Youtube Ads.

Launched in 2005, Google Analytics help website owners to track website traffic. With this service, you can know which words(key words) people used to get to your website, how long a visitors spent on your website,the location of the visitors, type of devices used among others. Having such information will go a long way to improve sales/conversions on website.

Android for Work is an enterprise mobility management (EMM) platform that lets companies deliver a secure, productive, and rich mobile experience to their employees(Source:Google support). This service use help you develop , distribute and purchase app with ease in a more secured environment.It also provide you the opportunity to integrate APIs with a singl console among others. The benefits of this service are huge.
A related service is Google play for work which allows you manage and use apps on the app store with  ease . You can also try chrome for work for a more secured browsing experience.

This is one of the latest services  offered by Google. Businesses can buy domain name at cheap prizes with full customer support from the Google team. This service for now is available only in the US. Businesses can benefit from from free hosting services by using the blogger platform to host their blogs. Businesses  can also use Google web designer to  design interactive HTML5 web page and other dynamic web content with little or no knowledge in HTML or CSS.
These are the major services that can benefit a business. There is more to discover in the Google World.
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                             II.   EDUCATION 

Google being a tech company promotes computer science education. Google offers services for both educators  and learners through the Google for Education service.

Primary and secondary school teachers can benefit from Google Teachers Academy which offers the opportunity to attend a two days event. Teachers will learn and get  resources on Google products which are important in education. Participants are certified at the end of the event.

There are also opportunities for students to learn such as : Google policy fellowship,bold immersion,Google summer code.code jam among others.

    Lastly computer science students can benefit from Google Scholarships.
some of the most popular Google scholarship programs include:
 ==>The generation Google scholarship for undergraduates in the field of computer science.Your university must be in the US or Canada for your to apply.
==>The Google Lime Scholarship for students with disabilities. students applying must be admitted into a university in Canada or US to be eligible.
==> We will round off this section with The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for women  taking computers science studies at both undergraduate and post graduate levels.
 Just check out Google for education to get other opportunities .

                 III. Google App Store

   An app store is an online shop designed for the upload,distribution and sales of computer software applications.mobile applications and digital products such as e-books.
Google has two app store namely;

  This is one of the most popular stores in the world for android applications. You can publish,download or purchase products such as e-books,antiviruses,games,browsers,whatsapp among others. The store is loaded with thousands of android applications that can give your phone a new look.

GoogThe chrome store is another Google app store where you can download and purchase software. You download mobile apps,computer apps,games,extensions and themes. The store can be managed offline and got so many interesting features. This is what i describe as The bigger Google Play. It is worth visiting the Chrome webstore.
A Gmail account is needed to use any of the Googles app stores.
                                       

                IV. Google Email Services

Gmail is one of the most popular email services enjoyed by millions of internet users. It  takes about a minute to create a Gmail account. The use of labels makes it easy to read emails. With a gmail account you can bebfit from more than 10GB of cloud storage. The email account can be used to access all Google services.





In addition to the free email service (for emails like ,ransbank@gmail.com),Google also provide business emails( emails of the form (ransom@ransbiz.com) . This is done by using The Google app for work service. This service is a premium service. You can choose the 3 dollars per month plan with 3O GB storage or 10 dollars per month with unlimited storage. There are several benefits of the premium service.

                 V. Google Social networking service

Google plus is a social networking site provided by Google. You can follow people of interest,join communities(like Facebook groups or twitter list) ,group friends into various categories (family,business,clients etc). In addition to hash tags use by most social networks,Google plus uses the + feature which allows you to add friends on your post or update. You can as well share photos with friends. Even though interactivity on the site is low compared with Facebook and twitter, it is the best in terms of information. 

 There are more than a hundred services offered by Google Inc. Google is  not just about search or email. It is about internet and technology. Have you heard of nexus? share your thoughts

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What are the Challenges you will face as a blogger Things to know when starting a blog

      

Usually many are full of excitement when starting a blog.  After reading the reasons to start a blog, above you might think it is time for you  to blog. No, you have to know the challenges that are at hand before getting started. Here we go:

1.       Blogging needs a lot of patience. It is important to know that you have to exercise patience. Most people want to blog for money. But after one to two years they are not seeing a dollar, others want to be famous but your post get 5 views or none per day. If you want to adventure with your career as a blogger, then you need to know that the key to blogging is ‘’patience’’.

People will not comment on your post as you think; people will not share your post as you might think, your post will not get thousands of views as you thought.  Finally the last thing you will have to exercise patience is SEO results

2.      One of the most challenging problem bloggers is getting traffic or growing traffic.

You can imagine how frustrating things might look like when you are not getting visitors for your post or comments on your blog post. That’s just a challenge. Remember I mentioned above that blogging is taking a challenge. Many people start blogging without taking into consideration things like website design, key words and focus on content. We might just find a free template somewhere and start up. It is very important to use an SEO optimized template or know if your template is optimized or not. If not then consider doing some work on it. 

Consider using social media and other SEO techniques to improve your traffic. Avoid black hat SEO techniques. Just work harder and you will get results.

3.      The feeling of     ‘’I can do it all alone’’ is what tend to kill most bloggers. Most newbies think they can provide all the blog content for their blog. Some don’t even want to interact with other bloggers. You main thing is to get up write you post and take a cup of coffee. Oh no! As a blogger you should engage with other bloggers. Remember even though you paid for the hosting and domain, the blog is not really ‘’your thing’’.  Interacting with other bloggers in the blogosphere will greatly improve your write ups and SEO. Guest posting is one the best free SEO technique. Consider writing to other blogs; accept quality articles about your niche from other bloggers, comment on blogs similar to yours, reply to questions you can answer. It is only by doing this that you will beat this killer factor and excel with your blogging career. Blogging alone is the fastest way to fail

4.      Once you start getting traffic on your blog readers will always be expecting more from you. As results, you feel you are not giving the best to readers in terms of quantity. This pressure to write continuously had been a source of encouragement to others while some bloggers don’t consider this even.  To avoid this pressure, you have to try to post averagely three articles per week.

5.      As a blogger, at one moment you might find yourself not focusing on providing content. You find yourself trying to sell products and signing up for various affiliates. Just make sure as a starter you don’t get yourself into this mess. You decided to blog because you can write, let your readers read from you. Your audience is the key and will give you the money just at the right time. It is very important to build traffic and a reputation first.

6.      When you start blogging, it is always exciting you put in more time and effort in updating your post and designing.  At one moment, you might just find yourself thinking that blogging is taking all your spare time.  Do you have something doing during your spare time?

You will discover that your spare time is being used for other stuff while your readers are eager waiting for new post from you.

If you are into blogging, then you need to create time to blog, you need to create time for research among others things to maintain quality. There is no such thing like lack of free time. You just want to quit.

7.      Choosing a niche is always a challenge to some people who want to start a blog. Once this is done another big challenge is getting the content for this niche. What are the topics you will write on, what about the next post or how many post you will be able to write? This always seems difficult. But handling this is very easy. We all need inspiration. Get a look at some blogs that write about your niche, read articles and e-books and who knows you might just find yourself back in the game ,saying ‘’I will lead the team’’ 

8.        I mentioned in the reasons to blog, that you should be confident. This is a very great point where bloggers use to fail. As a starter, you have to be flexible. Sometime you might just be providing low quality content, but because of your feeling of originality, you don’t feel something is wrong with it. Creating time to evaluate content is a very big challenge. Blogging is not all about providing content. It is about interaction, it is about keeping people with updated information, it is about writing.  Make sure you evaluate your blog post, add what should be added and remove what you think is irrelevant.

9.       Negative comments tend to send new bloggers packing. Hey, my friend this is not what you should do. People have freedom of opinions. The opinion of everyone counts even though it does not in all cases. Just be calm reply to every comment be it positive or negative. Even Jesus Christ was criticized so you cannot run away from them. Just use the negative comments as a tool to build and get on with the blogging race, you might just emerge the winner.

10.   What is your challenge as a blogger?    

also Read Reasons to blog here

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20 Questions People are asking about whatsApp and suggested Answers What Do you know about whatsApp

After my last post, I got alot of emails regarding the use of whatsapp. Today i will provide ten answers people are asking about whatsApp.  WhatsApp is a messaging app for smart phones and tablets used by over 1billion users. Today the app can be used on computer and wide range of  operating systems over the world.

1. Can i install whats app on my phone?
 WhatsApp can be installed on android phones,windows phone,nokia sysmbia,black berry and windows phone. If your phone uses any of the operating systems above, then i will say a big YES.
If it is not i wont say no completely. I did installed whatsapp on NOKIA ASHA 501 which is a java phone.
 So visit whatsapp.com and  try to download the app. If your phone is not compatible, you will be notified.
2. How do i add contacts to whatsapp?
 Whatsapp  automatically reads your phone book .
-Type phone number into your address book and refresh whatsapp OR
-Open whatsApp==>Click on the + on the top left and that is it.
Always remember to refresh for all contacts to be updated.
3.How do i set up a profile picture?
Click the three vertical dots on the top right==>Click on profile==>Add profile picture.
To change profile picture,
Click the three vertical dots on the top right==>Click on profile==>Click on the pencil icon displayed on the picture(Bottom right of your profile picture).
 
4. why are all numbers in my phonebook not displaying on my whatsapp contact list?
If a number on your phone book is not on your list , then one of the two reasons below might apply.
-The contact is in is not using Whatsapp messenger.
-The number had been input wrongly.
Foreign numbers should be added with a +sign before the countrys   code.  For example
+2377xxxxxx for a contact in Cameroon.
Always make sure you are using the latest version.
Also ensure you have Show all contacts enable
5. How do i find a phone number someone sent in a group chat? 
-You can take the pain to scroll till you see the number.
-Alternatively,Go to the menu(Three vertical dots at the top right) when the chat is open==>Click on search and type in the key word or phrase you used in requesting the phone number.
Suggestions: phone number,number and any number from 0 to 9.
If you want to search other topics just type in a suitable keyword

6. Can i make my font size larger for visibility?
 Yes, you can. To do this,
Go to menu==>Click on Chat and Calls==>Click on Font size and select small,medium or large.
7. How can  i enable my enter key to send messages?
Go to menu==>Select Enter is Send.
8. I received an email to pay 50 dollars for the latest version of whatsapp, please can you help me?
Downloading whatsapp is free.
The email might be a scam email.
Using Whatsapp is free for the first one year and cost 0.99 dollars(About 598 FCFA , Cameroon currency) per year after your free trial has expired.You can only pay for renewals the and not for downloads.
Payment can be done with google wallet or on a payment URL at your request.
To pay, Go to Menu==>Settings==>Account==>Payment info
9.How can i create a whatsapp group?
Open whatsApp==>click on menu==>Click New group.

10. How can i use whatsapp on my computer?
You can use whatsapp on the web by scanning the whatsapp QR code on web.whatsapp.com with your phone or by using an app player like Blue stack
11. Must my phone be connected on the internet for me to use whatsapp on pc?
 Yes, your phone must be connected. If your phone  is not connected  you will see a notification in orange at the top left
12. how can i select some received text message for forwarding ?
Open the chat==>Tap and hold on for a few seconds ,the message will be highlighted.
Then Click on the right (=>)arrow at the top right to forward. select the contact you wish to forward to and stay happy !!
13.What is the meaning of last seen ?
Last seen on  a chat shows the time the user was connected.
This status is not always accurate. Avoid relying on it.

14. If a Whatsapp message has two ticks next to it, has it definitely been delivered to their phone? 
Yes, two ticks means  the message had been delivered.

15. People are monitoring me on whatsapp to know when i was  on the internet. Can you help?
 You can disable last seen.To do this,
Go to menu==>Settings===>Account===>Privacy===>Last seen.
You can choose Everyone, your contacts or Nobody.
16.What is the meaning of the ticks and alarm sign?
 When you send a message on whatsapp you can see one of the following:

This shows your message has not been sent. This happens when there is no internet connection on your device.

This indicates your message had been sent.

The double tick in blue shows your message had been read.
If you see the double tick but not in blue, it means your message had been delivered but not read.



17. Must i download whatsapp on Google Play store?
No. Google play store is a store for android apps.   Whatsapp works for most smart phones including iphones. It is better to go to whatsapp.com for download if you are doubting anything.

18. What if i dont want to communicate on whatsapp for a week Only?
-You can lock the app with a third party App  fpr one week or,
-uninstall the app .

19.How much does it cost to make calls on whatsapp?
All you need to make a whatsapp call is internet connection.
This app is  not like skype that can be used to call phone numbers. You can use the whats app call feature if and only if the person you want to call has the app installed.

20. What other questions do you have about whatsapp? Comment with your question.

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