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Is Desktop Search Deserving?  by: Jakob Jelling Google, in their march to stay ahead of the pack of competition, has released Google Desktop Search. With Microsoft's MSN in the lead position and nipping at Google's heels, and Google's new shareholders to please, Google has more incentive than ever to deploy technology both better than the other guy's, and sooner. After all, the first to get loaded to the desktop is more likely to build and retain user loyalty. Google Desktop Search allows you to search within various types of files on your computer. It's still in beta, but is available for download by anyone. It requires Windows XP or Windows 2000 with at least Service Pack 3. It runs as a memory-resident application, with a system tray icon, so that it can index new documents as they are created. For example, if you know a certain word or phrase was in a Word document, but you don't remember which one, you can easily locate all documents on your computer that contain that word. Desktop Search can search through email, text, and HTML files, your cached web pages, and MS Office Documents (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint only). By way of comparison, there is a competing application, also free, from Copernic, not surprisingly called Copernic Desktop Search. At the moment, it is perhaps more advanced than Google's. For example, Copernic's software scans the same type of files as does Google's, but also scans music and video files and PDF documents, while Google does not. Both products can only scan Outlook or Outlook Express email at present. But don't count Google out. Webmasters know it's never wise to do that! After all, they're still in beta with Desktop Search, and they are as surely aware of Copernic's product as they are of MSN. Google has both the resources and motivation to not only keep but expand their market leadership. By Jakob Jelling http://www.sitetube.com About The Author Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.sitetube.com. Visit his website for the latest on planning, building, promoting and maintaining websites. This article was posted on October 28, 2004   View More Videos from the "Computers and Internet" category: KIT Digital's Dan Rosen on Three Screen Video Strategy The Truth About How to Make Money with Twitter Nicholas Butterworth on Going Beyond Ads for Video Monetization Top 5 Internet Video Memes of 2010   Read More Articles from the "Computers and Internet" Category: Green With Envy In The Google Game by Bill Platt What';s in a FarmVille Guide? by Lorna Harvey Web Hosting Help – What’s Bandwidth by Declan Tobin Computer Certification: Keeping Your Cool On Exam Day by Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933 How To Improve Online Get Paid To Survey Models For More Profits! by Kenneth Echie Laptop Computer Extras for the Mobile Traveler by John San Filippo Learn PhotoShop Online - Basic PhotoShop Tutorials for PhotoShop Interface by Jeyanth Watson IT Support: Are You Wearing Multiple Hats? by Joshua Feinberg Got Lingo? The Terminology Of Marketing With Articles by Bonnie Jo Davis Verizon wireless discounts on their products by Verizon Discounts << Back to "Computers And Internet" Index

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