Per company tradition, I’m going to do a “Pass the Shell” of my own. Here’s the short list of remarkably handy tricks I picked up this week.
1. Google searching within a website – in the google.com searchbar, you type in the website address and then a keyword you want to search for in the site. For example: to search for vinyl siding at the Home Depot, you would type “www.homedepot.com:siding” in the search bar. That will give you a list of results within the Home Depot websites.
2. The Copy Filepath application. I’ll put a link and some more details for this in my next post. With Copy Filepath, you can right click on a file… even one that’s in a nested network folder and copy the file path. This makes it easier to look for in the future, especially if you’re emailing the link to somebody else. The best part is that, to retrieve one of the files from a file path that’s been sent to you, all you have to do is press the “Windows” plus “r” key and past the copied file path in the bar. Presto! There’s your file. I love that this application is available to our customers almost as much as I love the fact that it’s available for me to use!
3. Google definitions – did you know that you can type “define: keyword” and find a definition for just about anything on the internet? It’s true! If you want to find out what Search Engine Optimization is, you can type “define: Search Engine Optimization” in the search bar and google will give you it’s definition, and a variety of options. This is probably the easiest way in the history of the world of finding out what something is… aside from living with a human encyclopedia. (These are a lot harder to find than www.google.com, though)
There’s going to be a lot more of these as I pick up new tips and tricks. I’ll be sure to pass them on with as much useful info as I can… and most likely, you’ll be able to find these in my Friday posts, because a lot of good stuff comes out during the staff meetings.
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