In this article, we are going to look at 10 important links that every Google user should know about. These are hidden somewhere deep within your Google Dashboard and are hard to find like most of the information you have.
Create a new Google account using the existing email address. The normal signup process uses [email protected] as our Google account username, but with this URL you can use any other email address as your username.
https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail
Google creates a profile of us based on the sites we visit, our apps, and other signals. They try to guess our age, gender, and interests and then use this data to serve us more relevant ads. Use this URL to find out how Google sees you on the web.
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
Google allows us to export all of our data outside of the Google ecosystem. We can download our photos, contacts, Gmail messages, and even YouTube videos. Head over to the takeout page to find the download links.
If we ever find that our content appears on another website that is using one or more Google products such as Blogger, AdSense, Google, or YouTube. We can file a complaint with Google against the site to get the content removed. This wizard can also be used to remove websites from Google search results that are copying content.
https://support.google.com/legal/
The Android device may be reporting our recent location data and speed (if we move and if so, how fast we move) to Google servers. Head over to the Google Maps website to see all of your location histories and also have the option to export this data as KML files that can be found within Google Earth or Google Drive.
https://timeline.google.com/maps/timeline?
Google logs every search term you ever type into its search box. They even keep track of every ad you've clicked on various Google websites.
https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity
We have to log in to your Gmail account at least once every 9 months, as Google may terminate our account according to their program policies.
This can be a problem if you have multiple Gmail accounts, in order to fix this we can set our primary Gmail account as trusted content for our secondary accounts. This way Google will continue to send you reminders about every few months to log into your other accounts. Not available for Google Apps.
https://myaccount.google.com/inactive
If we are concerned that someone is using our Google account. We can go to the activity report to see a record of all the devices that have recently been used to sign in to our Google account. We may also know your IP address and your approximate geographic location. Unfortunately, you can't log out of Google remotely.
https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity
This is a complete list of web applications, browser extensions, Google Scripts, and mobile applications that have any reading or writing to Google data. If the permission level says "access to basic account information", it means that we have used the Google account to log in to that application.
https://myaccount.google.com/permissions
This is an important link for Google Apps users. If our Google account has been hacked, we use this secret link to reset the admin password. We will be prompted to verify the domain name by creating a CNAME record in DNS.
https://accounts.google.com/signin/recovery
