Useful Google links
When using the Internet, we are practically stuck with Google. To a greater or lesser extent, each of us uses the services and tools of this company. Here are seven lesser-known Google addresses worth checking out.
1. https://www.google.com/ads/preferences
Google creates a user profile based on the pages you visit, your Google+ account and other data. The company tries to guess, among others: our age, gender, interests, in order to display better personalized ads based on this information. Thanks to the link above, you can check how Google perceives us based on our activity on the Internet.
2. https://security.google.com/settings/security/activity
If we suspect that someone is using our Google account, we can verify it using the link above. It allows you to check the list of calls from each device that was recently logged into your account. The service also provides information about the IP addresses of these devices and their approximate geographical location.
3. https://www.google.com/settings/account/inactive
Google requires you to log into your Gmail account at least once every nine months. Otherwise it may be deleted. This may be a problem for people who use several Gmail accounts with different frequency, but the link above allows you to protect yourself against email loss. Using it, you can set the option to remind you to log in to your mailboxes. Of course, reminders are sent to your Google email – so at least one of them should be checked regularly.
4. https://www.google.com/takeout
Through this address, Google allows you to export all data from its “ecosystem”. This way you can download your contact lists, photos, emails and even YouTube videos to your hard drive.
5. https://support.google.com/legal
You can submit a suggestion to remove content from Google services using this link. The notification may be related to, for example, copyright infringement of our texts or other types of materials by publishing them, for example, on Google+ or YouTube. The list of services for which notifications can be submitted includes several dozen items. A separate notification must be sent for each service.
6. https://maps.google.com/locationhistory
Mobile devices running Android send information about their (and therefore usually our) location and the rate of change in location to Google servers. The link above allows you to recreate the route we traveled with a smartphone or tablet, as well as export the data on this topic in the form of a KML file that can be opened using Google Earth.
Google records every phrase entered into the search engine, and even every AdSense ad we clicked… “Documentation” is available in the link above after logging in to your Gmail account.
