{"id":38,"date":"2006-02-20T20:58:47","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T01:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/2006\/02\/20\/google-craves-our-demographic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:38:58","slug":"google-craves-our-demographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sevenseek.com\/collegev2\/2006\/02\/20\/google-craves-our-demographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Google craves our demographic"},"content":{"rendered":"

I discovered a Google page<\/a> catering specifically to college students, recommending their own products and showing how to use them. That is all fine and good, but there is just one problem: most of Google’s services are sub par<\/strong>. Below are Google\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s suggestions and next to them are mine.<\/p>\n

G-Mail<\/strong> – Gmail is actually the best email client our there. For the sole reason that they allow an INSANE amount of space for your e-mail. I recommend uploading all of your important papers and documents to gmail by pasting them into the body and by saving them as a draft. The search feature then allows you to make all of your documents searchable.<\/p>\n

Google Talk<\/strong> – Google talk isn’t up to snuff, use Skype<\/a>. Not only does it simply look cooler but offers more features.<\/p>\n

SMS <\/strong>– I prefer using AIM <\/a>to text message my friends.<\/p>\n

Blogger <\/strong>– Blogger is nice for those a little serious about blogging, but for just letting your friends know whats up mySpace <\/a>is where it is at.<\/p>\n

Google Desktop<\/strong> – I simply don’t trust Google desktop because Google is in the market for gethering information. Windows search is just fine. By putting Google desktop on your computer you essentially <\/span>give them the the keys to your life. Do I have proof? Not really, but I have a feeling…. <\/a><\/p>\n

Scholar <\/strong>– I have never used it heavily, and in my mind nothing beats LexisNexis. Although one is for scholar documents, one is periodicals.<\/p>\n

Picasa <\/strong>– Picasa is very clumsy and slow. Use Flickr<\/a>. Period.<\/p>\n

Swing and a miss Google.<\/p>\n

[tags]Picasa, Google, Google Desktop, Blogger, SMS, Gmail, Google Talk, Skype, mySpace[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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