Must have Google Add-in for Password Security

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:07:39 +0000

We are living in a world we feel that everywhere a camera is fitted to keep an eye on us. Same is the case when we type our passwords on websites. Some Websites may be fitted with cameras that can see and decode your encrypted passwords.

Much to our relief, Google has launched a tool named Password checkup extension tool which will check your password for its security and notify us to change it immediately so it is not prone to hacking. One question that immediately pops up in our mind, Will Google see my password? The answer to this is NO. This tool only checks the encrypted version of your password with a technique called cryptography researched and developed by Google and Stanford University experts.

Please, further note it is a warning popped up, it does not mean that someone has hacked your account it is just a proactive action that your a password is matching with already hacked passwords. This Chrome extension tool matches it with the already breached password database available, Google has a strong database of 4 billion credentials as reported this week. And if your password matches with any of those, it will pop up a warning message for us to change it immediately.

How to use this tool:

In Chrome web store type and search password checkup, download password checkup extension tool, confirm that you want to add this extension to your chrome, in the address bar right-hand side, a green color icon will appear, and it will work for your passwords.

Disadvantage:

Android devices do not support this extension It only works for web chrome browser.

I really hope they update it for Apps and mobile web browsers. Anyhow it is their first version, and it needs many updates and refinement.

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What is Google Search Console?

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:18:41 +0000

Google Search Console – What is it?

Google Search Console is a free Google service, which lets people gauge their site’s presence in the search engine results and maintain the same. Search Console doesn’t ask you to sign up for it before it could rank your site in Google search results. However, if you consider signing up with it, you can better understand the way your site is visited and optimized for its performance by Google.

Why Google Search Console is important?

Google search console helps you ensure:
If your content is accessible to Google
our content is submitted for crawling
Any content you want to hide from search results is removed
Your content is monitored properly and finds place amid eye-catching search results
Any malware is removed and your site is clean
Your site is maintained without any interruption to search performance
Search Console helps a wide group of people such as:
Business owners who represent their company
Site administrators
SEO specialists
Web developers
Using Google search console is easy if you are able to verify your domain ownership. For verification, you need:
Add a HTML tag to your site< head>
Log in to domain name provider
Use Google Analytics
Use your Google Tag Manager account
Upload HTML file
If you use more than one technique of verification, your ownership will be stronger.