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Do you use Internet
Explorer quite a bit? How about Google or Yahoo!? If you do, are you
tired of opening Web search results, only to find out they’re
duds? Have you wasted enough of your precious time on those broken
links? Well, apart from avoiding Web searches altogether, there is
a solution and it's called GooglePreview. Originally
designed for Firefox, this handy little gadget (or add on) displays
a thumbnail of the Web page next to the search result in Google and
Yahoo! Sound good? If so, here’s how to install it in Internet
Explorer:
1.) Go to http://www.googlepreview.com
and at the very top of the page, there's a link for the Internet Explorer
version of GooglePreview (titled GooglePreviewIE).
2.) There are
two ways you can download GooglePreviewIE. If you’re worried
about spyware (I don't blame you!), choose option A below. If you
trust me, go to option B.
a.)
First, I just want you to know that I would never subject you all
to spyware, but with it being all over the Internet these days, it's
good to be cautious. I mean, eight out of 10 computers are infected
with some sort of spyware and 50 percent of computer crashes are caused
by it. So, if you want to take the safest route, choose the CNET
Download.com option (on the right in the picture above).
CNET is a reputable company that always checks its hosted material
for malicious activity.
b.)
On the other hand, if you trust me, go ahead and click on the "Install
version 1.4" option (on the left). Click Run
and then install the software.
3.) Next, take
some time to read through the End User License Agreement and checkmark
the box below it when you're finished.
4.) Install the
program and then click Finish to complete the process.
5.) Open up a
new Internet Explorer window and then go to www.google.com.
Right away, you’ll notice a toolbar at the top of the page that
looks like this:
6.) If that bothers
you, right click on the toolbar and click on GooglePreview
Toolbar to make it disappear.
7.) Type any old
search term in the box (if you’re strapped for ideas, try WorldStart,
which is what I’ll be using as an example) and hit Enter.
8.) What’s
that? A thumbnail for each of your search results is positioned to
the left of the search result itself!
How cool is that?
Give it a try for yourself today and as always, happy Googling!
~ Brandon Zubek
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