Desktop
application to manage a users Google
AdWords account. The application allows users to make changes to their
account and advertising campaigns before synchronising with the online service.
Desktop
search application, that indexes e-mails, documents, music, photos, chats, Web
history and other files. It allows the installation of Google Gadgets.
Virtual
globe that uses satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe.
Allows
users to send images across the Internet and publish them to blogs.
Alerts
the user of new messages in their Gmail account.
Alerts
the user of new messages in Gmail and upcoming events in Google Calendar.
Collection
of computer applications -- some Google-created, some not -- including Google
Earth, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Talk and Mozilla Firefox.
Slideshow
screensaver as part of Google Pack, which displays images sourced from a hard
disk, or through RSS and Atom Web feeds.
Photo
organization and editing application, providing photo library options and
simple effects.
An
application to help uploading images to the "Picasa Web Albums"
service It consists of both an iPhoto plug-in and a stand-alone application.
VPN
client for Google WiFi users, whose equipment does not support WPA or 802.1x
protocols
Simple
3D sketching program with unique dragging interface and direct integration with
Google Earth.
Application
for VoIP and instant messaging. It consists of both a service and a client used
to connect to the service, which uses the XMPP protocol.
Video
player to watch videos from Google Video, including unique resume and download
features. (Also included in Google Pack.)
Uses
various caching technologies to increase download speed of web pages.
These products created by Google are
extensions to software created by other organizations.
Displays
related comments from other Blogger users.
Saves
browser settings for backup and use on other installations of Mozilla Firefox.
Collection
of mini-applications including Gmail, Blogger and Search History.
Input
Method Editor that is used to convert Chinese Pinyin characters, which can be
entered on Western-style keyboards, to Chinese characters.
Allows
users to send text messages to their mobile phone (US only) about web content.
Web
browser toolbar with features such as a Google Search box, phishing protection,
pop-up blocker as well as the ability for website owners to create buttons.
These products must be accessed through a browser
on a mobile device.
Only
available on some US networks. Allows you to post to your Blogger blog from a
mobile device.
Access
a Gmail account from a mobile device using a standard mobile web browser.
Alternatively, Google provides a specific mobile application to access and
download Gmail messages quicker.
Access
Google News on a mobile device using a simpler interface compared to the full
online application.
Simple
version of iGoogle - you must visit the information page to choose which
modules to display on your personal mobile version as not all modules are
compatible.
View
Google Reader on a mobile device.
Search
web pages, images, local listings and mobile-specific web pages through the
Google search engine. If a webpage is not tailored for a mobile device Google
will provide a simple text version of the webpage generated using an algorithm.
These products must be downloaded and run
from a mobile device.
A
downloadable application that has many advantages over accessing Gmail through
a web interface on a mobile such as the ability to interact with Gmail features
including labels and archiving.
Mobile
application for viewing maps on a mobile device.
These products must be accessed via a Web
browser.
Advertisement
program for Website owners. Adverts generate revenue on either a per-click or
per-thousand-ads-displayed basis, and are adverts shown are from AdWords users,
depending on which adverts are relevant.
Google's
flagship advertising product, and main source of revenue. AdWords offers pay-per-click
(PPC) advertising, and site-targeted advertising for both text and banner ads.
Integrated
AdWords tool for testing different website content, in order to gain to the
most successful advertising campaigns.
Radio
advertising program for US businesses. Google began to role this product out en
masse on 15 May through its exisiting AdWords interface.
Calling
system so users can call advertisers for free at Google's expense from search
results pages.
Scheme
for non-profit organizations to benefit from free Cost-Per-Click advertising on
the AdWords network.
CPM-driven
television advertising scheme available on a trial basis, currently aimed
towards professional advertisers, agencies and partners.
Google
3D Warehouse is an online service that hosts 3D models of existing objects,
locations (including buildings) and vehicles created in Google SketchUp by the
aforementioned application's users. The models can be downloaded into Google
SketchUp by other users or Google Earth.
Mini-applications
designed to display information or provide a function in a succinct manner.
Available in Universal or Desktop format.
Customizable
homepage, which can contain Web feeds and Google Gadgets. Tabs and themes can
be created. It was launched in May 2005. It was originally named with a lowercase
i prefix iGoogle, with the codename Mockingbird. Due to this,
since the product's release, its URL has had the letters ig (iGoogle) in
it. The product was officially named iGoogle on April 30, 2007 after
being publicly referred to as Personalized Home since its release.
Google also announced additional community features for the iGoogle Gadgets
directory.
Web-based
news aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds. It allows the user to
search, import and subscribe to feeds. The service also embeds audio enclosures
in the page. Major revisions to Google Reader were made in October 2006.
Custom
domain and service integration service for businesses, enterprise and
education, featuring Gmail and other Google products.
Weblog
publishing tool. Users can create a custom, hosted blogs with features such as
photo publishing, comments, group blogs, blogger profiles and mobile-based
posting with little technical knowledge.
Free
online calendar. It includes a unique "quick add" function which
allows users to insert events using natural language input. Other features
include Gmail integration and calendar sharing. It is similar to those offered
by Yahoo! and MSN.
Collaborative
spreadsheets and writer application, combining Google Spreadsheets and Writely
into a single interface. It was released on October 11, 2006.
Social
networking site built specifically for use on mobile phones. Users text their
location to the service, which then notifies them of crushes, friends, friends'
friends and interesting venues nearby.
Free
Webmail and POP e-mail service provided by Google, known for its abundant
storage and advanced interface. It was first released in an invitation-only
form on April 1, 2004. Mobile access and Google Talk integration is also
featured.
Soccer
community site, similar to services such as MySpace, in that each member has a
profile, 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.
Application
wiki company that offers enterprise social software and was founded by Joe
Kraus and Graham Spencer, co-founders of Excite. The product is targeted mainly
to small and medium-sized businesses. It was acquired by Google on October 31, 2006.
Web
clipping application for saving online research. 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.
Web
conferencing software, used internally by Google's employees. Google acquired
the software from creator Marratech on April 19, 2007. Google has not yet
stated what it will do with the product.
Social
networking service, where users can list their personal and professional
information, create relationships amongst friends and join communities of
mutual interest. In November 2006, Google opened Orkut registration to
everyone, instead of being invitation only.
Webpage-publishing
program, which can be used to create pages and to host them on Google's
servers.
Online
photo sharing, with integration with the main Picasa program.
Popular
free video sharing Web site which lets users upload, view, and share video
clips. In October 2006, Google, Inc., announced that it had reached a deal to
acquire the company for $1.65 billion USD in Google's stock. The deal closed on
13 November 2006.
Google's
site for developers interested in Google-related development. The site contains
Open Source code and lists of their API services.
Platform
for users to expand and apply Google Search to specific sites and topics, using
Custom Search Engine, Subscribed Links and Topics.
Script
that places units for related Web content, including pages, searches and
videos, on the owner's Website, through embedded code.
Collection
of services, designed to assist Website owners with search ranking, indexing
and general site maintenance.
Mapping
service that indexes streets and satellite imagery, and provides driving
directions and local search for the USA, Canada, the UK, France, Germany,
Italy, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. It is also available as a mobile
service in some countries.
Imagery
of Mars using 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.
NASA
imagery of the moon through the Google Maps interface. It was launched on July
20,
Taxi,
limousine and shuttle search service, using real time position of vehicles in
14 US cities. Ride Finder uses the Google Maps interface and cooperates with
any car service that wishes to participate.
Public
transport trip planning through the Google Maps interface. Google Transit was
released on December 7, 2005, and is currently available in nine cities.
(For Google Earth, see "Standalone
applications")
Search
engine for the blind and visually impaired. It prioritises usable and accessible
web sites in the search results, so the user incurs minimal distractions when
browsing.
E-mail
notification service, which sends alerts based on chosen search terms, whenever
there are new results. Alerts include web results, Groups results and news.
Google
submission database, that enables content owners to submit content, have it
hosted and make it searchable. Information within the database is organized
using attributes.
Weblog
search engine, with a continuously-updated search index. Results include all
blogs, not just those published through Blogger. Results can be viewed and
filtered by date.
Search
engine for the full text of printed books. Google scans and stores in its
digital database. The content that is displayed depends on the arrangement with
the publishers, ranging from short extracts to entire books. Previous called
Google Print.
Search
engine for over 6,600 print catalogs, which are acquired through Optical
character recognition.
Online
payment processing service provided by Google aimed at simplifying the process
of paying for online purchases. Webmasters can choose to implement Google
Checkout as a form of payment.
Search
engine for programming code found on the Internet.
Collection
of links arranged into hierarchical subcategories. The links and their
categorization are from the Open Directory Project, but are sorted using PageRank.
Navigation
directory, specifically for Chinese users.
Options
for testing new interfaces whilst searching with Google, including Timeline
views and keyboard shortcuts.
Searchable
US business news, opinion, and financial data. Features include
company-specific pages, blog search, interactive charts, executives
information, discussion groups and a portfolio.
Web
and e-mail discussion service and Usenet archive. Users can join a group, make
a group, publish posts, track their favorite topics, write a set of group web
pages updatable by members and share group files. In January, 2007, version 3
of Google Groups was released. New features include the ability to create
customised pages and share files.
Game
that induces participants to submit valid descriptions (labels) of images in
the web, in order to later improve Image Search.
Image
search engine, with results 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.
Collection
of linguistic applications, including one that allows users to translate text
or web pages from one language to another, and another that allows searching in
web pages located in a specific country or written in a specific language.
Search
engine tailored towards everyday needs, such as train times, recipes and
housing.
Collection
of applications for mobile phones and PDAs, including Gmail Mobile and Mobile
Web Search.
Music
ranking of the songs played with iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player and Yahoo
Music. Trends are generated by Google Talk's "share your music
status" feature.
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.
Feature
within Google News, that allows users to browse articles from over 200 years
ago.
Search
engine to search through millions of patents, each result with its own page,
including drawings, claims and citations.
Price
engine that searches online stores, including auctions, for products.
Google
China's search trend site, similar to Google Zeitgeist. Currently part of
Google Labs.
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.
Search
engine that means to "test innovative user interfaces." Among its
features are the ability to display image results on the same page as web
results, feedback about features, and continuous scrolling results. Aside from
its privacy policy and terms of service, there is no Google branding on the
site.
List
of items generated when the user enters a few examples. For example, entering
"Green, Purple, Red" produces the list "Green, Purple, Red,
Blue, Black, White, Yellow, Orange, Brown."
Mobile
phone short message service offered by Google in several countries, including
the USA, Japan, Canada, Germany, Spain and formerly the UK. It allows search
queries to be sent as a text message. The results are sent as a reply, with no
premium charge for the service.
Auto-completion
in search results while typing to give popular searches.
Listings
for search engines for University websites.
Search
engine and Personalized Homepage that exclusively draws from sites with a .gov TLD.
Video
search engine and online store for clips internally submitted by companies and
the general public. Google's main video partnerships include agreements with CBS,
NHL and the NBA.
Non-premium
phone service for searching and contacting local businesses
Search
tracking for Google Account holders, which records Web pages, images, videos,
music and more. It also includes Bookmarks, search trends and item
recommendations.
Web
search engine, which is Google's core product. It was the company's first
creation, coming out of beta on September 21, 1999, and remains their most
popular and famous service. It receives 1 billion requests a day and is the
most used search engine on the Internet.
Traffic
statistics generator for defined websites, with strong AdWords integration.
Webmasters can optimize their ad campaigns, based on the statistics that are
given. Analytics is based on the Urchin software and the new version released
in May 2007 integrates improvements based on Measure Map.
Data
trend viewing platform to make nations' statistics accessible on the internet
in an animated, interactive graph form.
Graph
plotting application for Web Search statistics, showing 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.
Collection
of lists of the most frequent search queries. There are weekly, monthly and
yearly lists, as well as topic and country specific lists.
Hardware
device that can be hooked to corporate intranets for indexing/searching of
company files.
Reduced
capacity and less expensive version of the Google Search Appliance
Applications that have been discontinued or
renamed by Google, either because of integration with other Google products, or
through lack of support.
Question
and answer service, allowing users to pay researchers to answer questions.
Google announced the closing of service on November 28, 2006. All past
discussions have been publicly archived.
Free
code to embed either web search or site search into another website.
Discontinued in favour of Google Co-op's Custom Search Engine.
Froogle
was the previous name of Google Product Search. It was renamed on April 19, 2007.
Local
listings service, before it was integrated with mapping. The merged service was
then called Google Local, which was further renamed to Google Maps due to
popular demand.
Non-commercial
organization service, which included free SiteSearch, traffic reports and
unlimited search queries. Discontinued in February 2007 and re-directed to Google
Co-op.
XML
Sitemap creation for the Sitemap Protocol, which was later upgraded and renamed
to Webmaster Tools.
Spreadsheet
management application, before it was integrated with Writely to form Google
Docs & Spreadsheets. It was announced on 6 June 2006.
Automated
voice system for searching the Web using the telephone
Web-based
word processor created by software company Upstartle, who were acquired by
Google on March 9, 2006. On October 10, 2006, Writely was merged into Google
Docs & Spreadsheets.
Re-designed
Google search homepage, using a Mac OS style interface. It appeared in Google
Labs, but was removed the following day for undisclosed reasons.