How to disable Google Toolbar autoupdate If you wish to stick to a particular version of Google Toolbar and do not want your toolbar to be automatically updated you can disable the auto-update by:
1. Blocking it in your firewall
2. Putting this line in your c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file :
127.0.0.1 toolbar.google.com
Special syntax for searches in Google This is a list of special commands to use for search on Google. They could greatly improve the quality of search results, filtering sites you are not interested in.
1. Search for something in the page title
intitle:
2. Restrict your search to the URL of websites
inurl:
3. Only search in the context of ...