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This page is a summary of services and tools provided by [[Google|Google Inc.]], for the underlying technology, see [[Google platform]]; for others see [[Google (disambiguation)]].
This page is a summary of services and tools provided by [[Google|Google Inc.]], for the underlying technology, see [[Google platform]]; for others see [[Google (disambiguation)]].


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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Analytics|Analytics]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Analytics|Analytics]]
|valign="top"| Google Analytics is a free service that generates detailed statistics about traffic to a [[website]]. It was launched on [[November 18]], [[2005]]. The service is mainly aimed at webmasters who can optimize their ad campaigns through the analysis of where visitors came from, how long they stayed on the website, and their geographical locations. The service is based on the Urchin software that Google acquired when it acquired [[Urchin Software Corporation]].
|valign="top"| Google Analytics is a free service that generates detailed statistics about traffic to a [[website]]. It was launched on November 18 2005. The service is mainly aimed at webmasters who can optimize their ad campaigns through the analysis of where visitors came from, how long they stayed on the website, and their geographical locations. The service is based on the Urchin software that Google acquired when it acquired [[Urchin Software Corporation]].
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_analytics_logo.gif|center|100px|Google Analytics Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_analytics_logo.gif|center|100px|Google Analytics Logo]]
* [http://google.com/analytics/ Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/analytics/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Blog Search|Blog Search]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Blog Search|Blog Search]]
|valign="top"| Google Blog Search is a search engine for blogs. It was launched on [[September 14]], [[2005]]. Results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger. Users can currently search in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese.
|valign="top"| Google Blog Search is a search engine for blogs. It was launched on September 14 2005. Results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger. Users can currently search in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google_Blog_Search.gif|center|100px|Google Blog Search Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google_Blog_Search.gif|center|100px|Google Blog Search Logo]]
* [http://blogsearch.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://blogsearch.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Blogger]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Blogger]]
|valign="top"| Blogger is a [[weblog]] publishing tool. Google acquired [[Pyra Labs]], and with it Blogger services, in [[2003]]. Blogger allows users to create a highly-customisable weblog with features such as photo publishing, comments, group blogs, blogger profiles and mobile-based posting with little technical knowledge. Blogger also provides free weblog hosting.
|valign="top"| Blogger is a [[weblog]] publishing tool. Google acquired [[Pyra Labs]], and with it Blogger services, in 2003. Blogger allows users to create a highly-customisable weblog with features such as photo publishing, comments, group blogs, blogger profiles and mobile-based posting with little technical knowledge. Blogger also provides free weblog hosting.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Blogger-logo.gif|center|100px|Blogger Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Blogger-logo.gif|center|100px|Blogger Logo]]
* [http://www.blogger.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://www.blogger.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Calendar|Calendar]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Calendar|Calendar]]
|valign="top"| Google Calendar is a free online calendar. It is similar to those offered by [[Yahoo!]] and [[MSN]]. It was launched on [[April 13]], [[2006]]. Google Calendar can export calendar files in [[iCal]] and XML formats. It can import calendar files from [[Microsoft Office Outlook]], [[Yahoo!]] Calender and [[iCal]]. Features include: simple google-style interface, calendar sharing, [[Gmail]] integration, and "Quick Add".
|valign="top"| Google Calendar is a free online calendar. It is similar to those offered by [[Yahoo!]] and [[MSN]]. It was launched on April 13 2006. Google Calendar can export calendar files in [[iCal]] and XML formats. It can import calendar files from [[Microsoft Office Outlook]], [[Yahoo!]] Calender and [[iCal]]. Features include: simple google-style interface, calendar sharing, [[Gmail]] integration, and "Quick Add".
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlecalendar.gif|center|100px|Google Calendar Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlecalendar.gif|center|100px|Google Calendar Logo]]
* [http://google.com/calendar Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/calendar Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Directory|Directory]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Directory|Directory]]
|valign="top"| Google Directory launched April 2000. The directory is a subset of the links in Google's database arranged into hierarchical subcategories, like an advanced [[Yellow Pages]] for the web. The source of the directory, and its categorization is from the [[Open Directory Project]] (ODP). The ODP publishes an easily parsed version of its database in [[Resource Description Framework]] (RDF) format for other sites, like Google, to use for derivative directories. The Websites in the Google Directory are sorted by [[PageRank]].
|valign="top"| Google Directory is a collection links arranged into hierarchical subcategories. It was launched in April 2000. The links and their categorization are from the [[Open Directory Project]] (ODP), but are sorted by [[PageRank]]. The directory can be searched or browsed.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googledirectory.gif|center|100px|Google Directory Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googledirectory.gif|center|100px|Google Directory Logo]]
* [http://google.com/dirhp Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/dirhp Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[dodgeball.com]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[dodgeball.com]]
|valign="top"| Dodgeball.com is a new social networking site built specifically for use on mobile phones. Google purchased the website in 2005.
|valign="top"| Dodgeball.com is a new social networking site built specifically for use on mobile phones. Google purchased the website in 2005. Users text their loaction to the service, which then notifies them of crushes, friends, friends' friends and interesting venues nearby.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google-dodgeball.png|center|100px|dodgeball.com Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google-dodgeball.png|center|100px|dodgeball.com Logo]]
* [http://dodgeball.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://dodgeball.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google EPayments|EPayments]]
|valign="top"| Google's EPayments System is sometimes referred to as GBuy. It is integrated with the Google Account system and works with other Google products such as Google Base and Store.
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Finance|Finance]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Finance|Finance]]
|valign="top"| On [[March 21]], 2006, Google, Inc. launched the new Google Finance website ([http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/spring-is-season-for-love-and-data.html Official Blog Post]). The service features the latest business and enterprise headlines for many corporations, including their financial decisions and major news events.
|valign="top"| Google Finance features searchable US business news, opinion, and financial data. It was launched on March 21 2006 ([http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/spring-is-season-for-love-and-data.html Official Blog Post]). Features include: company-specific pages, blog search, interactive charts (with prices and news stories), information about executives, discussion groups and a portfolio.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlefinance.gif|center|100px|Google Finance Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlefinance.gif|center|100px|Google Finance Logo]]
* [http://finance.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://finance.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Froogle]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Froogle]]
|valign="top"| Froogle is a web-based [[price engine]] that searches online stores for products. It is also offered in [[Wireless Markup Language]] (WML) form and can be accessed from [[cellphone]]s or other wireless devices that have support for WML.
|valign="top"| Froogle is a [[price engine]] that searches online stores, including auctions, for products. It is also offered in [[Wireless Markup Language]] (WML) form.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:froogle.gif|center|100px|Google Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:froogle.gif|center|100px|Google Logo]]
* [http://google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Groups|Groups]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Groups|Groups]]
|valign="top"| Google maintains a [[Usenet]] archive, called [[Google Groups]] (formerly an independent site known as [[Deja News]]). Google is currently testing a new version of its Groups service, which archives [[mailing list]]s hosted by Google in addition to Usenet posts, using the same interface as Gmail (see below). Formally known as "Google Groups Beta," the new version of Google Groups is much more advanced than the last, letting you more easily join a group, make a group, and track your favorite topics. However, many users prefer the old interface, finding the new one cluttered.
|valign="top"| [[Google Groups]] (formerly an independent site known as [[Deja News]]) is a searchable [[Usenet]] archive. Google is currently testing a new version of its Groups service, which archives [[mailing list]]s hosted by Google in addition to Usenet posts, using the same interface as Gmail. As well as searching, users can join a group, make a group, publish posts, and track their favorite topics.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlegroups.gif|center|100px|Google Groups Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlegroups.gif|center|100px|Google Groups Logo]]
* [http://groups.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://groups.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Image Search|Images]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Image Search|Images]]
|valign="top"| In [[2003]], Google announced Google Images, which allows users to search the web for image content. Keywords are based on the filename of the image, the link text pointing to the image, and text adjacent to the image. When searching, a thumbnail of each matching image is displayed. When clicking on a thumbnail, the image is displayed in a frame at the top of the page and the URL of the website on which that image was found is displayed in a frame below it.
|valign="top"| Google Images is a search engine for images. It was launched in 2003. Reuslts are based on the filename of the image, the link text pointing to the image, and text adjacent to the image. When searching, a thumbnail of each matching image is displayed. When clicking on a thumbnail, the image is displayed in a frame at the top of the page and the URL of the website on which that image was found is displayed in a frame below it.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googleimages.gif|center|100px|Google Images Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googleimages.gif|center|100px|Google Images Logo]]
* [http://images.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://images.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Joga Bonito|Joga.com]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Joga Bonito|Joga.com]]
|valign="top"| Joga.com is an Internet community in the mold of [[MySpace]] targeted at footballers (ie. soccer) It can locate people that live near you, like the same players as you, etc. Joga.com is a joint venture of [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] Football and Google.
|valign="top"| Joga.com is an Internet community for those interested in soccer. It is in the mold of services such as [[MySpace]], in that each memeber has their own page, and can join groups based on shared interests. The service allows a user to meet other fans, create games and clubs, access athletes from Nike, and watch and upload video clips and photos. Joga.com is a joint venture of [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] Football and Google.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Joga logo.png|center|100px|Google Catalogs Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Joga logo.png|center|100px|Google Catalogs Logo]]
* [http://joga.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://joga.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Language Tools|Language Tools]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Language Tools|Language Tools]]
''Including Google Translate
|valign="top"| This tool allows users to translate text or web pages from one language to another. It also allows searching in web pages located in a specific country or written in a specific language. Also see [[Google Translate]].
|valign="top"| Google Language Tools allows users to translate text or web pages from one language to another. It also allows searching in web pages located in a specific country or written in a specific language. It currently supports: English to German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portegeuse, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and vice versa, and French to German and vice versa.
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* [http://google.com/language_tools Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/language_tools Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Maps|Maps]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Maps|Maps]]
''Formerly Local
''Formerly Local
|valign="top"| Google Maps provides maps, satellite imagery, driving directions and local search for USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. It was launched as a beta on February 8 2005. It is also available as a mobile service.
|valign="top"| On [[February 8]], [[2005]], Google introduced a [[development stage#beta|beta release]] of an online [[map]] service called Google Maps, which only covered the [[USA]], [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Ireland]]. It can interact with Google Local to restrict results to certain areas. The service features draggable maps, a location search, and turn-by-turn directions. It currently works with [[Internet Explorer]], [[Mozilla]]-based browsers (such as [[Mozilla Firefox]]), [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] and [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] web browser. On [[April 4]], [[2005]], Google added satellite imagery to Google Maps. Originally limited to [[North America]] and the [[United Kingdom]], the satellite imagery was extended to include the whole planet in June [[2005]]. In June of 2005 the [[Google Maps API]] was also released. On October 6, The service was then merged with Google Local Search and was called Google Local. On November 7, 2005 Google launched Google Local for mobile, a free service that combines directions, maps and satellite imagery. On April 21, 2006, Google reverted the name of Google Local back to Google Maps due to popular demand. On April 26, 2006, Google released beta versions of Google Maps for France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and featured better high resolution coverage as well. On May 18, 2006, Google introduced detailed map coverage for Australia and New Zealand.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlemaps.gif|center|100px|Google Maps Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlemaps.gif|center|100px|Google Maps Logo]]
* [http://maps.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://maps.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Mars|Mars]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Mars|Mars]]
|valign="top"| On [[March 13]], [[2006]], Google added imagery of [[Mars]] to its [[Google Maps]] interface. This coincided with the anniversary of the birth of astronomer [[Percival Lowell]].
|valign="top"| Google Mars provides imagery of Mars through the Google Maps interface. Elevation, visible imagery and infrared imagery can be shown. It was released on March 13 2006, the anniversary of the birth of astronomer [[Percival Lowell]].
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlemars.gif|center|100px|Google Mars Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlemars.gif|center|100px|Google Mars Logo]]
* [http://google.com/mars/ Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/mars/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Measure Map|Measure Map]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Measure Map|Measure Map]]
|valign="top"| [http://www.measuremap.com/ Measure Map] provides statistics for user blogs.
|valign="top"| Measure Map provides statistics for blog writers.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google_measuremap.png|center|100px|Google Measure Map Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google_measuremap.png|center|100px|Google Measure Map Logo]]
* [http://www.measuremap.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://www.measuremap.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Mobile|Mobile]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Mobile|Mobile]]
|valign="top"| Allows users to search using Google from wireless devices such as [[mobile phone]]s and [[personal digital assistant|PDA]]s.
|valign="top"| Google Mobile allows users to search using Google from wireless devices such as [[mobile phone]]s and [[personal digital assistant|PDA]]s.
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* [http://mobile.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://mobile.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Moon|Moon]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Moon|Moon]]
|valign="top"| On [[July 20]], [[2005]], in honor of the first manned [[Moon landing]] on the [[July 20]], [[1969]], Google has added [[NASA]] imagery to Google Maps. As a joke, the closest zoom level features an image of [[cheese]] instead of the moon surface. This plays on the expression "the moon is made of green cheese."
|valign="top"| Google Moon provides NASA imagery of the moon through the Google Maps interface. It was launched on July 20 2005, in honor of the first manned [[Moon landing]] on July 20 1969. As a joke, the closest zoom level features an image of cheese instead of the moon surface. Six moon landings are marked on the map.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlemoon.gif|center|100px|Google Moon Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlemoon.gif|center|100px|Google Moon Logo]]
* [http://moon.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://moon.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google News|News]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google News|News]]
|valign="top"| In April [[2002]]Google launched Google News, a [[development stage#beta|beta release]] of an automated [[news]] compilation service. There are versions of the aggregator for more than 20 languages. While the selection of news stories is fully automated, the sites included are selected by human editors. The service is integrated with Google Search History. Google News left beta testing on January 26th, 2006.
|valign="top"| Google News is an automated [[news]] compilation service and search engine for news. There are versions of the aggregator for more than 20 languages. While the selection of news stories is fully automated, the sites included are selected by human editors. Google News was launched in April 2002 and left beta testing on January 26th 2006.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlenews.gif|center|100px|Google News Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlenews.gif|center|100px|Google News Logo]]
* [http://news.google.com/nwshp Visit Service]
* [http://news.google.com/nwshp Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Notebook|Notebook]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Notebook|Notebook]]
|valign="top"| Introduced on [[May 15, 2006]], Google Notebook is a free service offered by Google that provides a simple way to save and organize thoughts when conducting research online. This personal browser tool permits users to clip text, images, and links from pages while browsing, save them to an online "notebook" accessible from any computer, and share them with others.
|valign="top"| Google Notebook is a free service that provides a simple way to save and organize information when conducting research online. The tool permits users to clip text, images, and links from pages while browsing, save them online, access them from any computer, and share them with others. It was launched on May 15 2006.

Google Notebook is an interactive scratch pad for every visited website, offering a single online location to collect web findings without having to leave the browser window.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_notebook.gif|center|100px|Google Notebook Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_notebook.gif|center|100px|Google Notebook Logo]]
* [http://www.google.com/notebook Visit Service]
* [http://www.google.com/notebook Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[orkut]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[orkut]]
|valign="top"| Though not mentioned on the Google homepage, [[orkut]] is a service hosted, created and maintained by Google engineers. Orkut is a [[social networking]] service, where users can list their personal and professional information, create relationships amongst friends and join communities of mutual interest. New Orkut accounts are by invite only from an existing member. Affinity Engines, a company based in Palo Alto, has filed a lawsuit alleging that their co-founder [[Orkut Büyükkökten]] illegally re-used Affinity Engines software code when he moved to Google. [http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64046,00.html]
|valign="top"| Orkut is a [[social networking]] service, where users can list their personal and professional information, create relationships amongst friends and join communities of mutual interest. New Orkut accounts are by invite only from an existing member. Affinity Engines, a company based in Palo Alto, has filed a lawsuit alleging that their co-founder [[Orkut Büyükkökten]] illegally re-used Affinity Engines software code when he moved to Google. [http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64046,00.html]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Orkut.Logo.png|center|100px|Google orkut Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Orkut.Logo.png|center|100px|Google orkut Logo]]
* [http://orkut.com Visit Service]
* [http://orkut.com Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Page Creator|Page Creator]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Page Creator|Page Creator]]
|valign="top"| Google introduced a [[development stage#beta|beta release]] of a web-publishing program which creates pages and hosts them on Google's servers.
|valign="top"| Google Page Creator is a [[development stage#beta|beta release]] of a web-publishing program which creates pages and hosts them on Google's servers. The URL given to members is '''http://''username''.googlepages.com/'''

The URL given to members is '''http://''username''.googlepages.com/'''
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:GooglePageCreatorLogo.gif|center|100px|Google Page Creater Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:GooglePageCreatorLogo.gif|center|100px|Google Page Creater Logo]]
* [http://pages.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://pages.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Personalized Home|Personalized Home]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Personalized Home|Personalized Home]]
''Formerly Portal or Google Fusion
''Formerly Portal or Google Fusion
|valign="top"| In May 2005, Google introduced Personalized Homepage. Personalized Homepage builds on a modular homepage concept, not unlike My Yahoo! The user selects the content of the page from RSS feeds as well as specialized modules offering anything from language translation to recipe databases.
|valign="top"| Google Personlized Home is a customizable, modular page which a user can access through their Google Account. It was launched in May 2005. The user selects the content of the page from RSS feeds as well as specialized modules offering services such as: language translation, recipe databases, new emails, wikipedia search and weather forecasts.
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* [http://google.com/ig Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/ig Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Personalized Search|Personalized Search]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Personalized Search|Personalized Search]]
|valign="top"| By making use of Google's [[#Search History|Search History]] feature, this service allows users to create a profile based on their prior search history. Future search results can be prioritized based on previous search habits.
|valign="top"| Google Personalized Search prioritizes googles search results based on previous search habits. It makes use of Google's [[#Search History|Search History]] feature.
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* [http://google.com/searchhistory/ Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/searchhistory/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Reader|Reader]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Reader|Reader]]
|valign="top"| On [[October 7]]th [[2005]], Google launched Google Reader, a feed reader, or "[[news aggregator]]", capable of reading [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] and [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] feeds. Google Reader is accessed through a web browser and features an interface similar to Gmail. It allows you to subscribe to feeds by URL, import/export subscription lists using [[OPML]], and search for new feeds. The service also embeds audio [[RSS Enclosures|enclosures]] in the page.
|valign="top"| Google Reader is a web-based feed reader, or "[[news aggregator]]", capable of reading [[Atom (standard)|Atom]] and [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] feeds. It allows the user to subscribe to feeds by URL, import/export subscription lists using [[OPML]], and search for new feeds. The service also embeds audio [[RSS Enclosures|enclosures]] in the page. It was launched on October 7th 2005.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google Reader (logo).PNG|center|100px|Google Reader Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Google Reader (logo).PNG|center|100px|Google Reader Logo]]
* [http://google.com/reader Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/reader Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Ride Finder|Ride Finder]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Ride Finder|Ride Finder]]
|valign="top"| '''Google Ride Finder''' is a service provided by [[Google]] which allows users to find a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles. Ride Finder uses the [[Google Maps]] interface and cooperation with any car service that wishes to participate.
|valign="top"| Google Ride Finder is a service that allows users to find a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles in 14 US cities. Ride Finder uses the [[Google Maps]] interface and cooperation with any car service that wishes to participate.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:ridefinder.gif|center|100px|Google Ride Finder Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:ridefinder.gif|center|100px|Google Ride Finder Logo]]
* [http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/ Visit Service]
* [http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Scholar|Scholar]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Scholar|Scholar]]
|valign="top"| In November [[2004]], Google released '''Google Scholar''', a search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and scholarly fields. Today, the index includes virtually all peer-reviewed journals available online, except those published by [[Elsevier]], the world's largest scientific publisher. Google Scholar is comparable in function to Elsevier's [[Scopus]] and [[Thomson ISI]]'s subscription-based [[Web of Science]] service, though more inclusive in sources and languages.
|valign="top"| Google Scholar a search engine for the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and scholarly fields. Today, the index includes virtually all peer-reviewed journals available online, except those published by [[Elsevier]], the world's largest scientific publisher. Google Scholar is comparable in function to Elsevier's [[Scopus]] and [[Thomson ISI]]'s subscription-based [[Web of Science]] service, though more inclusive in sources and languages. It was launched in November 2004.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlescholar.gif|center|100px|Google Scholar Logo]]
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* [http://scholar.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://scholar.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Personalized Search|Search History]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Personalized Search|Search History]]
'' Part of Personalized Search
'' Part of Personalized Search
|valign="top"| Keeps a record of all searches and clicked results while a user is logged into a Google Account and allows this to be accessed and searched. This also tracks queries made to Google Images and Google News. Recently, Google expanded Search History with a new feature, dubbed Trends, that allows users to view detailed statistics based on data in their search history.
|valign="top"| Google Personalized Search History keeps a record of all searches and clicked results while a user is logged into a Google Account and allows this to be accessed and searched. This also tracks queries made to Google Images and Google News.
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* [http://google.com/searchhistory Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/searchhistory Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Sitemaps|Sitemaps]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Sitemaps|Sitemaps]]
|valign="top"| In June 2005 Google released the Google Sitemaps tool into beta testing. Google Sitemaps allows Webmasters to generate a file that lists the URLs on the site for better indexing.
|valign="top"| Google Sitemaps allows Webmasters to generate a file that lists the URLs on the site for better indexing. It was realeased as a beta in June 2005.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Googlesitemaps.gif|center|100px|Google Logo]]
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* [https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ Visit Service]
* [https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Special Searches|Special Searches]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Special Searches|Special Searches]]
|valign="top"| Allows users to perform special searches such as [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. Government]] Search, [[Linux]] Search, [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] Search, [[Apple Macintosh]] Search, and a [[Microsoft Windows]] Search.
|valign="top"| Google Special Searches allows users to perform special searches such as [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. Government]] Search, [[Linux]] Search, [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] Search, [[Apple Macintosh]] Search, and [[Microsoft Windows]] Search.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlelinux.gif|center|100px|Google Linux Search Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlelinux.gif|center|100px|Google Linux Search Logo]]
* [http://google.com/options/specialsearches.html Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/options/specialsearches.html Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[SketchUp]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[SketchUp]]
|valign="top"| Google SketchUp is among Google's less-known offerings. It is a simple 3D sketching program with many of the tools a profesional 3D program has. Google offers free video tutorials for SketchUp that are very helpful. SketchUp models can be directly imported into Google Earth and they can also be skinned with various premade colours and textures.
|valign="top"| Google SketchUp is a simple 3D sketching program with many of the tools a profesional 3D program has. SketchUp models can be directly imported into Google Earth and can be skinned with various premade colours and textures.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_sketchup.gif|center|100px|Google Sketchup Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_sketchup.gif|center|100px|Google Sketchup Logo]]
* [http://sketchup.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://sketchup.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google SMS|SMS]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google SMS|SMS]]
|valign="top"| Google [[SMS]] (Short Message Service or Simple Message Service) allows users to send text message queries on mobile phone devices in order to easily get answers to questions. The answers appear in a text format and includes stock quotes, movie listings, and driving directions.
|valign="top"| Google [[SMS]] allows users to send text message queries from mobile phones to get information such as stock quotes, movie listings, and driving directions.
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*[http://www.google.com/sms/ Visit Service]
*[http://www.google.com/sms/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Transit|Transit]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Transit|Transit]]
|valign="top"| Google Transit's goal is to provide local trip planning (eg, using the local buses and rail system) in a simplistic manner, all on one page. Utilizing the [[Google Maps]] interface, transit shows a picture of your route with detailed directions. Google Transit was released on [[December 7]], [[2005]]
|valign="top"| Google Transit provides public transport trip planning through the [[Google Maps]] interface. Google Transit was released on December 7 2005, but only for the [Portland, Oregon]] area.

Google Transit currently works only in the [[Portland, Oregon]] area but may be expanded soon.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googletransit.gif|center|100px|Google Transit Logo]]
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* [http://google.com/transit Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/transit Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Translate|Translate]]
|valign="top"| A translation service launched in May 2001 by Google, see [[Google Translate]]
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* [http://google.com/language_tools Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Trends|Trends]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Trends|Trends]]
|valign="top"| Google says that "Google Trends builds on the idea behind the Google Zeitgeist, allowing you to sort through several years of Google search queries from around the world to get a general idea of everything from user preferences on ice-cream flavors to the relative popularity of politicians in their respective cities or countries." The service was first publicized on 10 May 2006.
|valign="top"| Google Trends shows, as a graph, the popularity of particular search terms over time. Multiple terms can be shown at once. Results can also be displayed by city, region or language. Related news stories are also shown. The service was launched on 10 May 2006.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_trends.gif|center|100px|Google Trends Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:google_trends.gif|center|100px|Google Trends Logo]]
* [http://google.com/trends Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/trends Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google University Search|University Search]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google University Search|University Search]]
|valign="top"| Allows users to search within a large number of educational institution domains.
|valign="top"| Google University search allows users to search within a large number of educational institution domains.
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* [http://google.com/options/universities.html Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/options/universities.html Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Video|Video]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Video|Video]]
|valign="top"| On [[January 25]], [[2005]], Google introduced a beta of Google Video, allowing users to search through [[television]] content based on title, network or a [[closed caption]] transcript. Users can then watch the videos, or in most cases see [[stills]] and transcripts of them. Google signed agreements with [[CBS]] and the [[NBA]] to offer some programs online.
|valign="top"| Google Videos allows users to search, buy, watch and upload videos. Users can also see stills and [[closed caption]] transcripts of some videos. Search is based on title, keywords, network and transcript. Google has signed agreements with [[CBS]] and the [[NBA]] to offer some programs online. The service was launched on January 25 2005.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:googlevideo.jpg|center|100px|Google Video Logo]]
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* [http://video.google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://video.google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google search|Web Search]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google search|Web Search]]
|valign="top"| Google's most famous creation is the Google search engine. Google.com has indexed over 8 [[1 E9|billion]] [[Web site]]s, has 200 [[1 E6|million]] requests a day and is the largest search engine on the Internet. The search engine allows you to search through images, products (Froogle), news, and the [[usenet]] archive. It uses a proprietary system (including [[PageRank]]) to return the search results. A culture has grown around the very popular search engine, and [[google (verb)|to google]] has come to mean, "to search for something on Google."
|valign="top"| Google Search is an internet search engine. It was the company's first creation, and reamains their most popular and famous: it receives 200 [[1 E6|million]] requests a day and is the largest search engine on the Internet. It uses a proprietary system (including [[PageRank]]) to return the search results from its 8 [[1 E9|billion]] [[Web site]] index. A culture has grown around the search engine, and [[google (verb)|to google]] has come to mean, "to search for something on Google."
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* [http://google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/ Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Zeitgeist|Zeitgeist]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Zeitgeist|Zeitgeist]]
|valign="top"| Google uses the information it gathers by tracking search results to compile a list of the most frequent search queries. Google then summarizes [http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist.html weekly], [http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist_monthly.html monthly], and [http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2005.html yearly] statistics to the public through a service called Zeitgeist. Google claims, that the data used to compile the reports is completely anonymous.
|valign="top"| Google Zeitgeist is a collection of lists of the most frequent search queries. There are weekly, monthly and yearly lists, as well as topic and country specific lists.
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* [http://google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist.html Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist.html Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Web Toolkit|Web Toolkit]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Google Web Toolkit|Web Toolkit]]
|valign="top"| On the 15th [[May 2006]], Google released a web development kit which allows users to create AJAX interfaces for their websites. Google claimed it could be used to create similar interfaces to that of [[Gmail]] and [[Google Calendar]].
|valign="top"| Google Web Toolkit allows users to create AJAX interfaces for their websites. Google claimed it could be used to create similar interfaces to that of [[Gmail]] and [[Google Calendar]]. It was released on 15 May 2006.
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* [http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/overview.html Visit Service]
* [http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/overview.html Visit Service]
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|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Writely]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Writely]]
|valign="top"| On [[March 9]], [[2006]], Google acquired Upstartle, the maker of online word-processor Writely. It is still in beta and is not available to new users as of yet.
|valign="top"| Writely is an online word-processor. On March 9 2006 Google acquired Upstartle, the maker of Writely. It is still in beta and is not available to new users.
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Writely.png|center|100px|Google Logo]]
|valign="top" width="125px"| [[Image:Writely.png|center|100px|Google Logo]]
* [http://google.com/ Visit Service]
* [http://google.com/ Visit Service]

Revision as of 19:58, 4 June 2006

This page is a summary of services and tools provided by Google Inc., for the underlying technology, see Google platform; for others see Google (disambiguation).


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Alerts Google Alerts are emails automatically sent by Google when there are new Google results for a user's chosen search terms. The service offer four types of alerts: News, Web, News & Web, and Groups. Alerts can be configured to be mailed daily or as soon as news is discovered.
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Analytics Google Analytics is a free service that generates detailed statistics about traffic to a website. It was launched on November 18 2005. The service is mainly aimed at webmasters who can optimize their ad campaigns through the analysis of where visitors came from, how long they stayed on the website, and their geographical locations. The service is based on the Urchin software that Google acquired when it acquired Urchin Software Corporation.
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Answers Google Answers allows users to pay approved researchers to answer questions for them. Customers ask questions, offer a price for an answer, and researchers answer them. Past questions can be browsed or searched for free.
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Google Answers Logo
Base Google Base is a free service, currently in beta, that enables content owners to submit content, have it hosted and make it easily searchable via google. Information within the database is described using labels and attributes.
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Google Base Logo
Blog Search Google Blog Search is a search engine for blogs. It was launched on September 14 2005. Results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger. Users can currently search in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese.
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Bookmarks Google Bookmarks is a free online bookmark storage service available to Google Account holders which organizes bookmarks with tags. Bookmarks labeled homepage will be displayed on the users Personalized Homepage.
Book Search

Formerly Google Print

Google Book Seacrch is a search engine for the full text of books that Google scans and stores in its digital database. Depending on the arrangement agreed with the publishers, users may view: a short extract with their search terms highlighted, sample pages of the book, a limited number of pages, or the entire text. Links to buy the book online are provided. The legality of Google's scanning texts without the author's consent is still an open question.
See also: List of digital library projects
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Google Book Search Logo
Blogger Blogger is a weblog publishing tool. Google acquired Pyra Labs, and with it Blogger services, in 2003. Blogger allows users to create a highly-customisable weblog with features such as photo publishing, comments, group blogs, blogger profiles and mobile-based posting with little technical knowledge. Blogger also provides free weblog hosting.
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Blogger Logo
Calendar Google Calendar is a free online calendar. It is similar to those offered by Yahoo! and MSN. It was launched on April 13 2006. Google Calendar can export calendar files in iCal and XML formats. It can import calendar files from Microsoft Office Outlook, Yahoo! Calender and iCal. Features include: simple google-style interface, calendar sharing, Gmail integration, and "Quick Add".
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Google Calendar Logo
Catalogs Google Catalogs is a search engine for over 6,600 print catalogs (acquired through Optical character recognition).
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Google Catalogs Logo
Code Google Code is Google's site for developers interested in Google-related development. The site contains Open Source code and lists of their API services.
Co-Op Google Co-op allows experts to create of list of sites about a particular topic and users to subscribe to these lists. Google launched the service on 10 May, 2006. When users subscribe to links and labels provided by a Google Co-op contributor this information is incorporated into that user's web search results when they search for a related topic.
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Directory Google Directory is a collection links arranged into hierarchical subcategories. It was launched in April 2000. The links and their categorization are from the Open Directory Project (ODP), but are sorted by PageRank. The directory can be searched or browsed.
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Google Directory Logo
dodgeball.com Dodgeball.com is a new social networking site built specifically for use on mobile phones. Google purchased the website in 2005. Users text their loaction to the service, which then notifies them of crushes, friends, friends' friends and interesting venues nearby.
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Finance Google Finance features searchable US business news, opinion, and financial data. It was launched on March 21 2006 (Official Blog Post). Features include: company-specific pages, blog search, interactive charts (with prices and news stories), information about executives, discussion groups and a portfolio.
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Google Finance Logo
Froogle Froogle is a price engine that searches online stores, including auctions, for products. It is also offered in Wireless Markup Language (WML) form.
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Google Logo
Gmail Gmail is a free webmail and POP e-mail service provided by Google, known for its abundant storage and advanced interface (based on Ajax technology). It is known as Google Mail in the United Kingdom and Germany. Its competitors include AIM Mail, MSN Hotmail / Windows Live Mail (beta), and Yahoo! Mail.
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Groups Google Groups (formerly an independent site known as Deja News) is a searchable Usenet archive. Google is currently testing a new version of its Groups service, which archives mailing lists hosted by Google in addition to Usenet posts, using the same interface as Gmail. As well as searching, users can join a group, make a group, publish posts, and track their favorite topics.
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Google Groups Logo
Images Google Images is a search engine for images. It was launched in 2003. Reuslts are based on the filename of the image, the link text pointing to the image, and text adjacent to the image. When searching, a thumbnail of each matching image is displayed. When clicking on a thumbnail, the image is displayed in a frame at the top of the page and the URL of the website on which that image was found is displayed in a frame below it.
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Google Images Logo
Joga.com Joga.com is an Internet community for those interested in soccer. It is in the mold of services such as MySpace, in that each memeber has their own page, and can join groups based on shared interests. The service allows a user to meet other fans, create games and clubs, access athletes from Nike, and watch and upload video clips and photos. Joga.com is a joint venture of Nike Football and Google.
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Labs Google Labs consists of all of Google's experimental technologies. Google Labs is akin to a directory page that links to all Google technologies under development or in beta that have not yet been made widely available. From the Google Labs home page, a user can access Google Suggest, Google Desktop Search, and other web technologies.
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Google Labs Logo
Language Tools

Including Google Translate

Google Language Tools allows users to translate text or web pages from one language to another. It also allows searching in web pages located in a specific country or written in a specific language. It currently supports: English to German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portegeuse, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified) and vice versa, and French to German and vice versa.
Maps

Formerly Local

Google Maps provides maps, satellite imagery, driving directions and local search for USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. It was launched as a beta on February 8 2005. It is also available as a mobile service.
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Google Maps Logo
Mars Google Mars provides imagery of Mars through the Google Maps interface. Elevation, visible imagery and infrared imagery can be shown. It was released on March 13 2006, the anniversary of the birth of astronomer Percival Lowell.
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Google Mars Logo
Measure Map Measure Map provides statistics for blog writers.
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Google Measure Map Logo
Mobile Google Mobile allows users to search using Google from wireless devices such as mobile phones and PDAs.
Moon Google Moon provides NASA imagery of the moon through the Google Maps interface. It was launched on July 20 2005, in honor of the first manned Moon landing on July 20 1969. As a joke, the closest zoom level features an image of cheese instead of the moon surface. Six moon landings are marked on the map.
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Google Moon Logo
News Google News is an automated news compilation service and search engine for news. There are versions of the aggregator for more than 20 languages. While the selection of news stories is fully automated, the sites included are selected by human editors. Google News was launched in April 2002 and left beta testing on January 26th 2006.
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Google News Logo
Notebook Google Notebook is a free service that provides a simple way to save and organize information when conducting research online. The tool permits users to clip text, images, and links from pages while browsing, save them online, access them from any computer, and share them with others. It was launched on May 15 2006.
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orkut Orkut is a social networking service, where users can list their personal and professional information, create relationships amongst friends and join communities of mutual interest. New Orkut accounts are by invite only from an existing member. Affinity Engines, a company based in Palo Alto, has filed a lawsuit alleging that their co-founder Orkut Büyükkökten illegally re-used Affinity Engines software code when he moved to Google. [1]
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Page Creator Google Page Creator is a beta release of a web-publishing program which creates pages and hosts them on Google's servers. The URL given to members is http://username.googlepages.com/
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Google Page Creater Logo
Personalized Home

Formerly Portal or Google Fusion

Google Personlized Home is a customizable, modular page which a user can access through their Google Account. It was launched in May 2005. The user selects the content of the page from RSS feeds as well as specialized modules offering services such as: language translation, recipe databases, new emails, wikipedia search and weather forecasts.
Personalized Search Google Personalized Search prioritizes googles search results based on previous search habits. It makes use of Google's Search History feature.
Reader Google Reader is a web-based feed reader, or "news aggregator", capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds. It allows the user to subscribe to feeds by URL, import/export subscription lists using OPML, and search for new feeds. The service also embeds audio enclosures in the page. It was launched on October 7th 2005.
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Google Reader Logo
Ride Finder Google Ride Finder is a service that allows users to find a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles in 14 US cities. Ride Finder uses the Google Maps interface and cooperation with any car service that wishes to participate.
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Google Ride Finder Logo
Scholar Google Scholar a search engine for the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and scholarly fields. Today, the index includes virtually all peer-reviewed journals available online, except those published by Elsevier, the world's largest scientific publisher. Google Scholar is comparable in function to Elsevier's Scopus and Thomson ISI's subscription-based Web of Science service, though more inclusive in sources and languages. It was launched in November 2004.
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Google Scholar Logo
Search History

Part of Personalized Search

Google Personalized Search History keeps a record of all searches and clicked results while a user is logged into a Google Account and allows this to be accessed and searched. This also tracks queries made to Google Images and Google News.
Sitemaps Google Sitemaps allows Webmasters to generate a file that lists the URLs on the site for better indexing. It was realeased as a beta in June 2005.
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Google Logo
Special Searches Google Special Searches allows users to perform special searches such as U.S. Government Search, Linux Search, BSD Search, Apple Macintosh Search, and Microsoft Windows Search.
Google Linux Search Logo
Google Linux Search Logo
SketchUp Google SketchUp is a simple 3D sketching program with many of the tools a profesional 3D program has. SketchUp models can be directly imported into Google Earth and can be skinned with various premade colours and textures.
Google Sketchup Logo
Google Sketchup Logo
SMS Google SMS allows users to send text message queries from mobile phones to get information such as stock quotes, movie listings, and driving directions.
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Google SMS Logo
Suggest Google Suggest uses auto-complete while typing to give popular searches.
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Google Suggest Logo
Transit Google Transit provides public transport trip planning through the Google Maps interface. Google Transit was released on December 7 2005, but only for the [Portland, Oregon]] area.
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Google Transit Logo
Trends Google Trends shows, as a graph, the popularity of particular search terms over time. Multiple terms can be shown at once. Results can also be displayed by city, region or language. Related news stories are also shown. The service was launched on 10 May 2006.
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Google Trends Logo
University Search Google University search allows users to search within a large number of educational institution domains.
Video Google Videos allows users to search, buy, watch and upload videos. Users can also see stills and closed caption transcripts of some videos. Search is based on title, keywords, network and transcript. Google has signed agreements with CBS and the NBA to offer some programs online. The service was launched on January 25 2005.
Google Video Logo
Google Video Logo
Web Search Google Search is an internet search engine. It was the company's first creation, and reamains their most popular and famous: it receives 200 million requests a day and is the largest search engine on the Internet. It uses a proprietary system (including PageRank) to return the search results from its 8 billion Web site index. A culture has grown around the search engine, and to google has come to mean, "to search for something on Google."
Zeitgeist Google Zeitgeist is a collection of lists of the most frequent search queries. There are weekly, monthly and yearly lists, as well as topic and country specific lists.
Web API The Google Web API (or Google Web Services) is Google's public interface for registered developers. Using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), a programmer can write services for search and data mining that rely on Google's results. Also, websurfers can view cached pages and make suggestions for better spelling.
Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit allows users to create AJAX interfaces for their websites. Google claimed it could be used to create similar interfaces to that of Gmail and Google Calendar. It was released on 15 May 2006.
Writely Writely is an online word-processor. On March 9 2006 Google acquired Upstartle, the maker of Writely. It is still in beta and is not available to new users.
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