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After finding many of the extensions and add-ons for Google Chrome, I got to know that finding Google Chrome Extensions for disabling images is quite difficult as compared to make it disable directly from the Chrome options.

How To Disable Images In Google Chrome

For Disabling the images from Google Chrome, simply click on the Toolbar icon, choose Options.
Goto the Third Tab “Under The Hood“, and choose Content settings. There, choose the option Do not show any images and Close the window by pressing the Close button.

You can also use Exceptions button, where you can put your whitelisted websites, so that the images will not be blocked by hitting those whitelist URLs.

While posting different posts on the website, I thought to make a Google Search Gadget for WebtechQuery.com.

If you are an iGoogle user, then you simply have to click on the link WebtechQuery Search and choose Add it now button, to add that link on your iGoogle page.

Information related to iGoogle should be found on another of my post at:
How to use iGoogle .

You can check another of my post for creating Google Gadgets, just like I did, at:
How to create a Google Gadget for iGoogle?

How to check Google’s Crawled Pages of your Domain?

If you are running a website, and you want to know that which of your webpages have already been crawled by Google, then you should be aware that while writing your website address in Google Search, you will be shown the pages crawled by Google, for example, if you want to search the web pages of WebtechQuery, crawled by Google, then simply search site:webtechquery.com in Google Search.

This was the way you wanted to look into your own web pages which were crawled on your domain by Google.

Google Alerts

But if you want to get live alerts for the pages which are crawled by Google itself, then Google Alerts will be a very useful tool.

How Google Alerts Work?

Whenever Google finds a page, which matches your website, no matter it is found in your own domain, or somewhere else, like any forum, blog etc., Google will throw you an email, pointing out the web address, where your website or web link has been added on.

Add Any Website on Google Alerts

Even you can add any of the website you like, for which you want be updated, like which sort of comments, links, questions and answers etc. are posting in the web world regarding that website.

Great isn’t it ?

How to Use Google Alerts?

Now let me explain in short on how to use Google Alerts. Simply goto Google Alerts, and fill in the form, by writing the site name you want to get alerts from, example, http://webtechquery.com. After filling in the other options like email type, email duration etc., simply submit the form, and thats it. As soon as any of your given website’s page has been found anywhere by Google, you will be sent an email alert that so and so pages has been crawled.

If you want to use Google Chrome in Ubuntu (Linux), without Wine etc., then it is a great news for you that Google has announced its Linux Version of Google Chrome. Though it is in Beta right now, but it would still be better to use the Linux made version of Google Chrome, instead of Wine, Chromium etc. (or other if any).

Download Google Chrome for Ubuntu (Linux)

Click on this direct link of Google Chrome, to download and install the Linux version of Google Chrome.

Google Chrome Extensions / Addons

To download the extensions, addons for Google Chrome, visit the following websites:

chromeextensions.org
chrome.google.com/extensions

iGoogle is one of another Google’s product, where you can install different type of Google Gadgets (aka Widgets), and make them available at one spot i.e one Google’s webpage (iGoogle).

What are Gadgets ?

Google Gadgets are basically different sort of programs or widgets, which you can put in one page, like viewing the Weather Forecast, maintaining your Daily To Dos, maintaining Calendars, checking your different Email Accounts, Tips and Tricks for your interested topics etc.

How to install Google Gadgets ?

To install a Gadgets, simply sign-in to your Google account at www.google.com/ig and click on the Add Stuff link to view or find different sort of Google Gadgets you are looking for.

How to install Themes for iGoogle ?

Yes! iGoogle also provides you the themes on which you want your Gadgets to view. There are plenty of themes available on iGoogle’s Themes section by clicking on Change Theme link where you can view or search for your related and interesting themes.

Wanna create your own Google Gadget ?

This is another great interesting section where one can create his or her own Gadget.

For the creation of Gadgets, you can check out another of the post on this website i.e. How to create a Google Gadget for iGoogle for details on how you can create a Google Gadget easily.

So what are you waiting for? Simply goto iGoogle and login, and enjoy using another type of surfing on the web, using iGoogle, which makes you feel like a world in one single page.

Yes! Now you can receive your Google Calendar reminders on your SMS as well, for Free. There is nothing hard in doing that, believe me.

Setup your Mobile Phone with Google Calendar in easy steps:

1. Click on the Settings and choose Mobile Setup

2. Choose your Country, and put your Phone Number there in the international format e.g. +92XXXXXXXXXX and click on Send Verification Code button.

If your mobile network has been supported by Google, you will receive an SMS on your mobile phone with the verification code.

Note: Please don’t rely (not reply) on the Supported mobile providers list as provided by Google. Do put your mobile number and click on Send Verification Code to check if your provider is supported by Google or not, as it’s being observed that Google dont show all the Providers in the list, but still it supports them. If not, then do check it frequently for Google to start supporting your network.

3. After successfully receiving the code, put your verification code and click on Finish setup.

This is it. Now start using your Google Calendar, and while putting your reminders on your calendar, select the SMS option over there, and start receiving the SMS.

Most of the users must now be aware of iGoogle. If not, simply write the url http://www.google.com/ig, and sign in to your google account and start using iGoogle.

You can create Google Gadgets by adding the Google Gadget Editor on your iGoogle. It will let you create your own xml file, and you can preview your changes on the same iGoogle page.

For simple gadgets, all you need to know is simple HTML and JavaScript. Even if you dont know HTML, you can create your webpage through any IDE (any website creation tool) and paste the HTML on that Gadget. For example, if you want to create a search promotion tool for your website, which will let the users visit your website contents through iGoogle, simply create a form in HTML and link it to your website, where your form’s action would be action=”http://www.yourwebsite.com”

A short example of Google Gadget is as follow:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="hello world example" />
<Content type="html">
<![CDATA[
Hello, world!
]]>
</Content>
</Module>

instead of Hello, world! above, you can start using your HTML over here, like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Module>
<ModulePrefs title="hello world example" />
<Content type="html">
<![CDATA[
<html>
<body>Hello World</body>
</html>
]]>
</Content>
</Module>

Also add My Gadgets, through which you can have a rough idea that how the other Gadgets are made and view their source codes as well.

You can also make Widgets for other domains, with the help of your Google Gadget, and submit them on www.widgetbox.com etc.