Building the search engine of the future, one baby step at a time

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And You Thought Google Was Just a Search Engine

Everyone loves Google for searching online, but

did you know they also offer other tools for your

Web based enjoyment? Google's technicians are a

very talented group and they're constantly at work

developing new and fun services. You'll find a

complete list at http://www.Google.com/options/

Let's take a look at the many faces of Google:

1) Google Free: http://www.google.com/services/free.html

A free search engine for your website. Allow visitors

to search your site or the Web. If you select the

"safe search" option, adult themed web pages will

be excluded from any Web search results that are

shown.

2) Google Groups: http://groups-beta.google.com/

Allows you to create, join and even search other

mailing lists. Create your own newsletter/ezine

at no charge.

3) Google Answers: http://answers.google.com/answers/

More than 500 hand-picked researchers, willing to

answer any question you may have for a fee.

Prices start as low as $2.50 and go up from

there. If you're trying to do some research for

a project and are running short on time, this could

come in very handy.

4) Google Catalogs: http://catalogs.google.com

Search and browse mail-order catalogs online.

Hundreds of catalogs on a variety of topics, from

Apparel to Computers. View full contents of each

catalog right online.

5) Froogle: http://froogle.google.com

A shopping service that makes it easy to find

information about thousands of products for

sale on the Net. Find the best price and the

best place to purchase.

6) Google Image Search: http://images.google.com

Search over 880 million images. Search results are

displayed as thumbnails. By clicking on them

individually you can view the graphic at full size.

7) Local Search: http://local.google.com

Maybe you don't want to search the world; you need

to find things in your own backyard. Use local

search to find businesses and services close by.

8) Google News: http://news.google.com

If you like your daily dose of World News and

the top headlines, you can browse over 4,500

news sources here. Continually updated.

9) Google Deskbar/Toolbar: http://toolbar.google.com

This downloadable toolbar allows you to conduct

searches at Google from any website. Includes a

pop up stopper and the ability to post to your

Blogger account (if you have one).

If you prefer to search from your desktop,

download their "Deskbar" and search without

even launching your browser.

http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/index.html

10) University Search:

http://www.google.com/options/universities.html

Looking for information on a specific school?

Google's University Search serves up admission

information, Alumni News and even course schedules.

11) Google Wireless:

http://www.google.com/options/wireless.html

If you thought you had to leave Google at home

when you're on the move you can now conduct

searches via your wireless phone. See the site

for specific directions for searching from your

device.

12) Language Tools:

http://www.google.com/language_tools

The Internet serves a global audience and English

is not everyone's first language. With Language

Tools you can translate blocks of text or an

entire Web page by typing in the URL.

13) Google Web Alerts/News Alerts:

http://google.com/newsalerts

http://google.com/webalerts

Great for monitoring a certain topic or even your

competition. Type in a search word or phrase and

select how often you wish to be notified. You'll

receive an email when updated news on your subject

appears online.

14) Blogger: http://www.Blogger.com

Not located at Google but owned by them, Blogger

is a free service for creating your own Blogs.

Communicate with the world on your own terms.

If you use Blogger and download Google's Toolbar,

you can easily post to your Blog while surfing

the Web. This is a very handy feature. They've

also adding the ability to add photos to your

Blog and audio messages. Check out

[http://www.audioblogger.com/]

Have you ever heard of "Google Labs"? It's basically

a testing playground for the technicians who work

at Google. New ideas for tools are placed there

for the public to use and give feedback on. This

area is considered the "experimental phase" and not

all demos are guaranteed to make it out of the lab

"alive." It's a very cool place to experiment with

new tools. You'll find it at http://labs.google.com

As you can see, Google is far more then just a search

engine. Their many tools and services can help you

in your Web based travels to be more informed and

efficient. Google's runaway success stems from the

fact that they have always listened to and served

the public. You can see this in the creativity they

bring to everything they do.

Next time you need to perform a specific task online,

remember Google contains a full array of handy gadgets

and they may have just what you're looking for!

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Google Is Not Only A Search Engine!

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 results

http://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: http://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 Search

http://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 directory

http://directory.google.com/

++ Category Two : Webmaster Tools ++

- Enter 'link: http://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 paid

https://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 Google

http://www.blogger.com

- With Google Maps can you search for a specific US location on street level and see a satellite image of that location

[http://maps.google.com/!]

- Gmail is Google email with 2GB space

http://www.gmail.com

- Google Groups are discussion groups

http://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 your

browser.

http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/index?promo=gdl-en

- Google Deskbar lets you search with Google right from your Windows taskbar

http://toolbar.google.com/deskbar/

- Google Toolbar is the open-source Googlebar for your browser

http://toolbar.google.com/googlebar.html

- Search your own computer with Google Desktop

http://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 Video

[http://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 you

http://www.google.com/psearch

- Personalize your Google Homepage with information for you

http://www.google.com/ig

- Save time online by loading web pages faster with Google Web Accelarator

http://webaccelerator.google.com/

- My Search History Easily access and manage your Google search history from any computer

http://www.google.com/searchhistory/

- Find a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles with Google Ride Finder

[http://labs.google.com/ridefinder]

- As you type your search, Google Suggest offers keyword suggestions in real time

http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

- Google SMS: Get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device

http://sms.google.com/ and http://www.google.co.uk/sms/

- Google Sets: Automatically create sets of items from a few examples

http://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

For comments on this article, please visit [http://wallies.info/blog/item/171/index.html]

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Google -- But Were Afraid To Search For!

(A Reflective look at the little search engine that soared!)

All knowing, all seeing, ever present!

Google has permeated into almost every aspect of life on this planet and beyond.

It has become a mainstream fixture for computer and Internet users around the

globe. All the while, cementing its position as the only real facilitator of the

world's collective intelligence.

Can you remember a day when you have not Googled?

But Google's reach doesn't stop with the mouse or the cursor. It has moved beyond

the computer screen, snapping up resources, sites, and people at a frighteningly

steady pace. Perhaps, the first indication Google wasn't just satisfied with staying

within the wired confines of the world wide web was when it partnered with universities

such as Harvard, Oxford, Stanford and others, to scan and index the contents

of their libraries -- then making this material accessible through Google Print.

Then it casted its aspirations heavenward with the introduction of Google Maps and

Google Earth. Mapping services that bring the world's geographic information into view,

it is as if Google had literally ascended, watching us from far and near, tracking our

every move as well as our every keystroke. Even using satellite imagery to provide

it with eyes in the sky; leading one to wonder, from those lofty heights can divinity

be far behind?

All kidding aside, Google, whether it wants to or not, is developing a god-like

reverence in the eyes of many. But is this such a leap of faith? Is the idea of

Google as a god-like force in our lives so preposterous? so ludicrous? so sacrilegious?

In prehistoric times, pagans used to worship the sun gods. Ancient Egypt, Greece

and Rome all had their gods who satisfied the basic human need we have to believe in a

superior being or force. They even raised ordinary humans who displayed unusual

courage or bravery up to a god-like status. Are we now entering into a new

post-modern pagan era -- will we be worshipping at the feet of Google?

Not really, we treat all our knowledge givers with respect, some even reach

a god-like status. We raise them up above the crowd, give them special meaning

or reverence in our lives. Humans have been doing this since we stood upright

and walked on the plains of Africa. The shaman or high priest of ancient times

-- holders of the secret rites, holders of a group's history or knowledge; we show

these people respect and we elevate them to a higher status.

Google falls into this category.

And Google does deserve some respect, as far as the search engine market goes,

whether it's wearing a halo or a cursor -- Google is still the only game in town.

According to Alexa, a company that tracks web traffic, the top three sites on

the Web are 1. Yahoo, 2. MSN, and 3. Google. However, when you compare where

people go on these sites -- search.yahoo.com accounts for only 9% of Yahoo's

traffic and search.msn.com only 7% of MSN's total traffic; whereas most of

Google's traffic is search traffic. This is a big distinction.

And what about the purchasing power of these search engines; latest data presented

by Score Networks, Inc. shows MSN searchers at 48%, Google searchers at 42% and

Yahoo at 31%. That is Google searchers were 42% more likely to purchase online

than the regular Internet user.

Another aspect of Google's commercial might is its online advertising system. Through

its Adsense and Adword programs, Google has commercialize and monetized most of the

web's free content. Depending on your opinions or stand, this may be good or bad.

Regardless of viewpoints, Google has been more than generous with sharing this ad

revenue with all concerned parties -- content providers, web writers and journalists,

professional bloggers, ordinary webmasters and marketers -- all have reaped the

benefits of these programs.

If you feed it with fresh high quality content -- Google will take good care of you! In many

cases, it can be argued that Google is subsidizing or facilitating the creation of quality

content on the Net through its Adsense program.

Google's dominance of all aspects of the Internet is also taking on a god-like force.

It is acquiring and building at an almost god-like speed. Google Acquisitions include:

Outride, Blogger, Neotonic Software, Applied Semantics, Ignite Logic, Genius Labs,

Picasa, Keyhole, Urchin software... how did all this madness start?

Initially called BackRub, referring to the way it back linked to web sites, Google was

founded by Stanford graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google, the name

itself is a play on the word googol, and refers to the number represented by 1 followed

by 100 zeros... opened its doors on Sept. 7, 1998, in Menlo Park, California. It had

a corporate staff of three. In 2004 Google offered its IPO with a price per share at

$85. By June 7, 2005, Google was worth $80 billion, making it one of the world's biggest

media companies.

Perhaps, one of Google's most brilliant (some believe absurd) moves, happened just recently.

It has applied (via Nelson Minar, a Google Engineer), for patent rights to transmit ads through

RSS feeds. Few people know, even more won't believe, but the Internet has undergone

a fundamental shift in how information is exchanged on the web. RSS stands for 'Really Simple

Syndication' and was first popularized by blogs because blogs use XML and RSS feeds

to syndicate their content.

Don't come to us, we will deliver. People can view a site's contents through RSS readers

or an RSS equipped browser without actually going to the sites.

RSS will revolutionize the Internet. Microsoft in its Longhorn Statement has announced

the next version of Windows will have RSS integrated into its Operating System. RSS

applications, under the Creative Commons license, will change the way we use our

computers and the Internet.

Google, if it is successful with this patent application will build on its already god-like

status. The stakes are enormous and Google knows it. This patent could put Google

directly into the mix, but the rewards are beyond belief! And that's not all, there are

rumors Google may be developing its own RSS powered operating system and browser.

Why not, it has the resources and financial clout to easily carry out such an undertaking.

Google is already the owner of the domain name "gbrowser.com"!

One can only wonder, is Google positioning itself to not only be the brains of the

Internet but also placing itself into the very core of the nasty beast? Does it desire

not only to be a mega hub, but also to be an innate part of the whole structure?

Positioning itself, in essence, to becoming the web's nervous system.

Any movement of data, information, or commerce on the Internet will have to pass

through and be affected by the Google Factor. More or less, cementing Google's

influence on the whole scheme of things. And in the process, further weaving

Google into the very fabric of our lives.

Now if that's not God-like, nothing is.

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