Google Workspace The Complete Manual

Creating a Google Account Step 1 ❱ Using any Internet browser, navigate to www.accounts.google.com and click on Create account in the bottom left corner of the screen. Now choose to set up either an individual or a business account. Step 2 ❱ Enter your name into the boxes provided and choose your preferred gmail.com email address. If the name you want is already taken, you will be shown some alternatives; or you can try another of your own. Step 3 ❱ Complete the remainder of the information, including a phone number and alternative email address; useful if you need to recover your login info. You will also need to complete the entire form and agree to Google Terms of Service to progress. Step 4 After completed the initial sign up…

Online Passwords If you are anything like us, the number of passwords that you need to remember grows on an almost daily basis and because of this, it can be tempting to use the same or similar passwords for several different websites. This is a bad idea, particularly if your chosen password is something easy to guess such as your name or date of birth. Here are a few tips to consider when creating passwords. Keep them Unique ❱ Having a unique password for each website you are required to log in to is a very good idea, particularly for things like email and online banking. Although security on a banking website is likely to be very good, if you use the same password on a website with less stringent…

Step 1 ❱ Start by opening your main Google Accounts page, this can be accessed by entering https://myaccount.google.com into a browser. From the main account home page, you’re able to check on the current levels of privacy, your information and security. Step 2 ❱ The Take the Privacy Check-Up box, located in the lower right of the four available boxes, is a good place to start. Simply click on the Get Started link, at the bottom of the box, to initiate a step-by-step guide on helping you choose the right privacy settings. Step 3 ❱ The Privacy Check-Up section is broken down into several subcategories, offering you the chance to review the key settings that determine how Google controls its activity toward you, what ads are displayed, how others will…

Understanding Google Search Results When you perform a search on Google the results are split into two categories: Paid and Organic results. Paid results can be thought of more like adverts, with their position on the results page determined by how much the advertiser has paid. The organic results are those which are most relevant, respected or popular for your search term. 1 Search Options 2 Paid Results 3 Organic Results Searching Images and Videos As well as being able to search for text in web pages, you can also search for images and videos amongst other things. Step 1 ❱ Open the Google search page for your country in your Internet browser. To perform a standard search, type your search term in the box and click Google Search. Step…

Shopping Search This feature allows you to search only shopping results for any term you enter into the search box on Google. Step 1 ❱ You can open the Shopping search screen by typing www.google.co.uk/shopping into your browser address field. Your browser should automatically detect your location and filter any results to your own currency. Step 2 ❱ You will see that the shopping search screen is very different from a standard Google search screen, with products shown in sections such as electronics, clothing and even as specific as Nexus 6. What is shown depends on your search history in Google. Step 3 ❱ Clicking on one of the product sections will display a list of results for that type of product. Alternatively, you can type a search term into…

Setting Up Alerts Step 1 ❱ To get started setting up an alert, navigate to www.google.co.uk/alerts. Enter your query just as if you were doing a normal Google search. You can use the various Google search options, including quotes, minus sign, to exclude words and the site prefix to find specific types of website. Step 2 ❱ Using the Show options menu, you can choose to tell Google to only provide content of a specific type (videos, for example) or you can request that every type of result is sent to you. Everything alerts include results from Google Web Search, Google Blog Search and Google News. Step 3 ❱ The next step is to choose a delivery rate. The default is once a day: Google Alerts checks for new results…