Google Is Not Only A Search Engine!
Walter Vandenhoute
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When you now organize a street interview and ask people What is Google, I assume more than 90 percent of the people answer that Google is a search engine. Indeed, Google is a search engine and it is probably its core business, but Google is much more! A short overview of the main services of Google: ++ Category One : Google Web Search Features ++ - Besides the traditional Google search engines in different languages, there is also a local search engine available: Google Local. As Google Local is in beta, only US searches are possible.Are you living in Detroit and hungry and you want a taco, do a search on http://local.google.com and you get a list of all taco restaurants. - Google Mobile : search with your cell phone online information http://mobile.google.com - Google Print puts book content right in the Google search resultshttp://print.google.com - Calculator: Type a mathematical expression (e.g. 5+2*3) in the Google seach box and you get the result, even with complicated math! - Definitions: when you search for 'define Personal Computer', you get the definition of that word; - With Froogle, you can search for products (independent free service)http://froogle.google.com and http://labs.google.com/frooglewml.html (Froogle for your cell phone) - With 'I'm Feeling Lucky™' next to the Google search box you will see directly the first web page for your query. You will not see the other search results at all. - Movies: To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type 'movies', 'showtimes' or the name of a current film into the Google search box - With PhoneBook you can search for US business and residence phone numbers in the Google search box, e.g. 'John, Fitzgerald, Washington' - Q&A answers (all) your questions in the Google search box, e.g. birthplace Bill Clinton - You can get specialized information in the Google search box of parcels, patents or other specialized numbers. - Restrict your search to a specific site (Site Search), e.g. 'google site: www.wallies.info' for wallies.info pages with the word 'google' - Stock Quotes in the Google search box, e.g. GOOG for the Google stock quote - Weather conditions and a four-day forecast for a particular U.S. location, e.g. 'weather Miami, fl' in the Google Seach box; - Travel information: To see delays and weather conditions at a particular airport, type the airport's three letter code followed by the word 'airport'; To check the status of a U.S. flight, type the name of the airline followed by the flight number. - Google Alerts send you an email with the latest search results of your query.http://www.google.com/alerts - With Google Catalogs you can search mail-order catalogs online.http://catalogs.google.com - Search for images with Google Image Searchhttp://images.google.com - Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature.http://scholar.google.com - Google special searches: http://www.google.com/unclesam (U.S. Government), http://www.google.com/linux, http://www.google.com/bsd (BSD), http://www.google.com/mac.html (Apple Macintosh), http://www.google.com/microsoft.html - Google University Search enables you to search to a specific school website.http://www.google.com/options/universities.html - The Google web directoryhttp://directory.google.com/ ++ Category Two : Webmaster Tools ++ - Enter 'link: www.wallies.info' in the Google search box will show you all pages that point to wallies.info; - Add your URL to Google on http://www.google.com/addurl; - Develop your own Google applications with Google Web API's.http://www.google.com/apis/ - Google Adsense: place relevant ads on your pages and get paidhttps://www.google.com/adsense/ - With Google Adwords you can create your own ads.https://adwords.google.com ++ Category Three : Stand alone services ++ - With the xml Google Sitemaps, https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ the Google crawler should index faster your website. See also http://www.wallies.info/blog/item/132/index.html. - Google Blog is the official weblog of the people behind Google:http://googleblog.blogspot.com - Blogger is the free weblog service of Googlehttp://www.blogger.com - With Google Maps can you search for a specific US location on street level and see a satellite image of that locationhttp://maps.google.com/! - Gmail is Google email with 2GB spacehttp://www.gmail.com - Google Groups are discussion groupshttp://groups-beta.google.com/ - Keyhole: nice satellite imagery of our world.http://www.keyhole.com - Google Video enables you to search a growing archive of televised content – everything from sports to dinosaur documentaries to news shows.http://video.google.com/ ++ Category Four : Google Software - Gmail Notifier : Check your Gmail messages without opening yourbrowser.http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/index?promo=gdl-en - Google Deskbar lets you search with Google right from your Windows taskbarhttp://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/ - Google Toolbar is the open-source Googlebar for your browserhttp://toolbar.google.com/googlebar.html - Search your own computer with Google Desktophttp://desktop.google.com/?promo=gdl-gds-en - Picasa is free software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC: http://www.picasa.com - Google Video Viewer is needed for Google Videohttp://video.google.com/video_download.html ++ Google Labs ++ Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time - http://labs.google.com/ - Google Personalized Search: Get the search results most relevant to youhttp://www.google.com/psearch - Personalize your Google Homepage with information for youhttp://www.google.com/ig - Save time online by loading web pages faster with Google Web Accelaratorhttp://webaccelerator.google.com/ - My Search History Easily access and manage your Google search history from any computerhttp://www.google.com/searchhistory/ - Find a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles with Google Ride Finderhttp://labs.google.com/ridefinder - As you type your search, Google Suggest offers keyword suggestions in real timehttp://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en - Google SMS: Get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or devicehttp://sms.google.com/ and http://www.google.co.uk/sms/ - Google Sets: Automatically create sets of items from a few exampleshttp://labs.google.com/sets ++ Various ++ - Google Store: pens, shirts, lava lamps of Google, http://www.googlestore.com/ Maybe there are a few services we've forgotten as this list is already so extensive. Last to know the Google quote on Nasdaq (GOOG): http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?symbol=GOOG%60&selected=GOOG%60
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