The Google Thread

[yurimxpxman]

Google... what will they think of next?

Online Web Search:
Main Search Engine - The big one :D
Answers - Get your questions answered (NOT FREE!)
Base - Post info on Google
Co-op - Help others find information
Features - Learn features you never knew about Google searches
Images - Find the picture you're looking for
Personalized Search - Teach Google what you want it to find
Picasa Web Albums - Store and share your photos online for free!
Sets - Enter a few items to receive a large array of similar items
Specialized Searches - search within your topic
Suggest - Suggests searches as you type
Trends - See what searches are popular
Google Linux - Linux-specific searches

Online Services:
Accounts - Manage your Google acount
AdWords - Make money from Google ads
Alerts - Get reminders
Blogger - Write your blog
Blog Search - Find info in blogs
Checkout - Google's PayPal
Dictionary - Look up words
Google Docs & Spreadsheets - Create office documents online!
Finance - Business info
Gmail - The best e-mail in the world; includes online Jabber IM
Groops - Find other people with your interests
Google Groups Beta - Several decades of Usenet archives
News - It's called current events, ladies
News Alerts - Be alerted when breaking news hits
Picasa Web Albums - Post your pics on Google
Related Links - Suggests searches from yours
Translate - Translate languages

Mobile Tools:
Maps for Mobile - Get directions on your phone
Mobile - Google from your phone
SMS - Text message for small Google answers

Desktop Software:
Google Dashboard Widgets for Mac - Widgets. Period.
Google Desktop - Find anything on your PC fast
Firefox Extensions - Put Google in Firefox
Gmail Notifier - Be alerted when you get a g-mail
Pack - The free Google software bundle
Picasa - Photo management and editing (LINUX)
Google Talk - Chat via IM or VOIP with Jabber
SketchUp - Create 3D models for Earth
Toolbar - Add Google to your web browser
Web Accellerator - Speed up your net connection

Media:
Google Books - Search the contents of any public domain book for free
Google Music Trends - Find out what music's popular
Google Video - Watch videos of everything from lipsynching to Ashlee Simpson (oh wait, that's synonymous)

Physical Products:
Catalogs - Search online mail-order catalogs
Froogle - Find the best deals
Google Enterprise / Google Mini - The commercial Google box; search your company's files


Maps:
Google Earth - View the earth from space
Google Transit - Plan your travels head of time
Google Maps - Get directions to anywhere
Google Mars - Explore mars from your web browser
Google Moon - Explore the moon from home
Local - Get directions to local businesses
Ride Finder - Find taxis and buses

Education:
Research Papers - Get inside Google's head and learn about their systems
Google Scholar - Learn from Google's vast educational libraries
Labs - Underdeveloped Google products

Misc.:
Accessible Search - Optimized for visually impaired people
Google Blog - Read Google's journal
Google Mac Blog - Google's Mac journal
Google Code Search - Search the source code of a million different programs
Google Reader - The ultimate RSS feed reader]
Personalized Homepage - Add gadgets and RSS feeds to your tabbed homepage
Web Toolkit - Google helps you create AJAX apps
Google Santa Tracker and Toy Hunt - Christmas only comes once a year, but this is really cool and great for the kids
The Google Store - Everything from Google headsets to lava lamps

April Fool's Pranks:
G.C.H.E.E.S.E.
MentalPlex
Pigeon Ranking

Office Tools:
Google Pages - Design your own website for free
Google Calendar - Manage your schedule and even get reminders on your cell phone!
Google Notebook - Take notes with your writing pad
Google Spreadsheets - The ultimate AJAX spreadsheet program
Webmaster Tools - View detailed stats of your website (robots.txt authentication required)

Videos, both official and non-official:
An Inside Look at Google - Recruit video

Unofficial Tools:
Gmail Skins - Customize Gmail
Gmail Space - FF extension to use your Gmail as an online HDD
Google Preview - FF extension to preview sites in searches

[Tyreal]

Sketchup is by far the best google software EVER. I absolutely love the program. Great compilation of links.

[WhiteEagle]

I loved the Google April Fool's Day pages!

[Hitman]

Yuri, you have way to much time on your hands. Go outside and get some sun.

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

No one ever told me you could skin Gmail.

[Panda Man]

Very nice thread, but you do have way too much time on your hands.

Get a job.

Also, on trends, this is by far my favorite thing. Look who is searching for "Canada sucks"

Google Trends: canada sucks

EDIT - Here's another

Google Trends: blame canada

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Originally Posted by Panda Man

Very nice thread, but you do have way too much time on your hands.

Get a job.

Also, on trends, this is by far my favorite thing. Look who is searching for "Canada sucks"

Google Trends: canada sucks

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by Panda Man

Very nice thread, but you do have way too much time on your hands.

Get a job.

Also, on trends, this is by far my favorite thing. Look who is searching for "Canada sucks"

Google Trends: canada sucks

EDIT - Here's another

Google Trends: blame canada

Here's another interesting one. Take a look at who's searching for Linux (Link). None of the top cities are in the US. Just goes to show you how important the translators are. Transversely, a search for Microsoft (Link) is almost completely the US, with the only exceptions being other wealthy countries. Same goes for Apple (Link).

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

Wow, Yuri, you really do need to go outside....

[WhiteEagle]

Wowser, but remember us Canucks are good people. (We don't suck at hockey - just ask the US Junior team!)