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Google Code code offers quick access to Google APIs and open source code for develope rs.Current offerings include API, Google Webmaster Tools, , Google AJAX Search API, , SDK, Google KML , API, AdWords API, Google Data APIs, API, and Go ogle Talk XMPP. Google also provides a Google Code FAQ. Visit Google Code Google Co-op Google Co-op is a platform that let you customize Web searches for Google users and users on your own Web site. You can create a custom engine, where you specif y the Web site URLs to be included in the search, and also use this to place a p erson Web site search box on your own Web site. Visit Google Co-op Nicknamed "Google's Technology Playground," Google Labs provides access to some of Google's beta and in-development projects. You can try the prototypes and the n send your comments on the product or service directly to . So me of the current prototypes available include Google Extensions for , Go ogle Related Links, , , Web Alerts and more. Visit Google Labs Sponsored Information & Analytics: The Secret Weapon of Top-Performing Companies.: Hear h ow companies like yours are applying analytics to drive profitable growth, cost takeout and efficiency savings.

[Click for larger screenshot] Google Personalized If you have a , visit Google.com while signed in and you can perso nalize your Google Web page with news headlines, games, stock quotes, different Web site search boxes, a preview and more. You can also create tabs allowing you to organize your feeds - one for work and one for play for example . Personalize Google by Logging In

[Click for larger screenshot] Accessible Search Accessible Search is an early Google Labs product designed to identify and prior itize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Visit Accessible Search Blog Search Similar to this search allows you to look for your search term wit hin blogs only. Results are from all published Blogs, not just those published t hrough . Visit Blog Search Froogle Smart shopping through Froogle helps you find and compare product prices both on line and in nearby stores. With Froogle you can sort search results by price, se arch within a specific price range, or compare product prices. To use the local shopping feature, simply add a geographical region to your search (e.g., Dell In spirion, New York, NY) and you'll see stores near your search location. You can also view a map or get driving directions. Visit Froogle See "Comparison Shopping Engines: An E-Tailers Guide" from ECommerce-Guide.com Google AdWords Google AdWords provides a way to purchase targeted cost-per-click (CPC) or cost- per-impression (CPM) advertising. AdWords ads are displayed along with organic s earch results on Google, as well as on search and content sites within the Googl e Network (including Google Maps and Blogger). To use AdWords you pay a one-time activation fee, and after that you pay only for clicks on your keyword-targeted AdWords ads, or for impressions on your site-targeted ads. You can control your costs by selecting how much you're willing to pay per click or per impression a nd by setting a daily budget for spending in your account. Visit Google AdWords See "Advertising Word by Word" from ECommerce-Guide.com Maps Google Maps is mapping technology and local business information including busine ss locations, contact information and driving directions. Google Maps offers use rs business search results, draggable maps, satellite images, detailed driving d irections and keyboard shortcuts to move around in a map view. Visit Maps

[Click for larger screenshot] Scholar Google Scholar provides a way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From o ne place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed pape rs, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professiona l societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizatio ns. Visit Scholar Special Searches Google's special searches allows you to narrow down search results to a specific topic. Current Google Special Searches include a public service search universi ty search, U.S. Government, , BSD, Apple Macintosh, and . Visit Special Searches

Communicate Online with Google Products Blogger Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible per sonal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect th e personality of the author. Blogger is an easy-to-use Web site that allows you to quickly and easily post thoughts, interact with people, and more. This is a f ree Google service. Visit Blogger See "Can Blogging Work for E-Commerce?" from ECommerce-Guide.com Page Creator A free online tool that makes it easy to create and publish Web pages in minutes . Google Page Creator is a Google Labs project, and requires a login with your G mail account to begin making pages. Visit Page Creator Gmail One of the first Google products, Gmail offers another option for Webmail. Webma il is software run by an ISP or online service that provides access to send, rec eive and review e-mail using only your . Users can enter the Webmail Web site URL in their browser's address or location field, and use their Webmail account by typing in a username and password. Google's Gmail is a beta service, but many users have found it easy to get accepted or referred by someone else a lready using Gmail. Gmail comes with built-in Google search technology and more than 2,600 megabytes of storage (and growing every day). There are no pop-ups or untargeted banner ads in Gmail, only small text ads. Gmail also integrates inst ant messaging into the e-mail through and integrates with Google cal endar as well. Visit Gmail Google Talk Google's free talk client offers a way to communicate over the Internet using in stant messaging, e-mail (using Gmail), or by voice. To use all three communicati on methods using Talk, you need an Internet connection, a microphone, and a spea ker. Without the voice talk, you can still use Talk as an IM client. Visit Google Talk

[Click for larger screenshot] Google Groups is service that allows groups of people to communicate through e-m ail and the Web. Each Google group has a home page hosted by Google where member s can start new discussions or reply to older topics. Google Groups also allows you to easily create your own announcement lists, mailing lists and public discu ssions. Visit Google Groups Free Software and One of the most recent additions to Google products is the Google Calendar. This service is designed to allow users to organize daily, monthly and yearly events and also share calendars with other people (co-workers or family members). If y ou use Gmail, you can also send events directly from e-mail to your calendar. Visit Google Calendar

[Click for larger screenshot] Google Desktop Google Desktop is a application that provides full text search ov er your e-mail, , music, photos, chats, Gmail, Web pages that you've viewed and more. The latest version of Desktop also includes Google gadgets interactiv e mini-applications that can be anything from games to search tools to media pla yers, and they can be any shape and size. You can also create your own gadgets i n addition to using the ready-made ones. Visit Google Desktop Picasa is a free software download from Google that helps to instantly find, edi t and share all the pictures on your computer. It also offers easy to use one-cl ick editing tools and options. Visit Picasa

[Click for larger screenshot] Google pack is a selection of free software for your desktop PC. This pack conta ins a selection of Google software that includes , Picasa, Google Pa ck Screensaver, Google Desktop, Google Toolbar. Additional software includes Moz illa Firefox with Google Toolbar, Norton Antivirus 2005 Special Edition, Ad-Awar e SE Personal, and Adobe Reader 7. The optional software list includes Google Ta lk, RealPlayer, Player and GalleryPlayer HD Images. Visit Google Pack & Spreadsheets Google Docs & Spreadsheets provides an online editor to format documents, spell- check and more. You can upload Word documents, OpenOffice, RTF, HTML or text, an d then download documents to your desktop as Word, PDF and more. Other features enable you to view your documents' revision history and roll back to any version . Visit Docs & Spreadsheets Google Mobile Mobile is a Google service that allows mobile users to search the Web, search im ages, or search the mobile Web (made up of sites that are specifically designed to fit your phone screen). Google also offers several products via mobile servic es, which includes Maps for mobile devices (view maps and get directions on your phone) and SMS (text messaging). Visit Google Mobile 7 optimized for Google This customized Google edition of Internet Explorer 7 offers you a Google home p age to personalize, the Google Toolbar, and also sets Google as your default sea rch engine. Visit Customized IE7 For a complete list of all products and services offered by Google, you can visi t the "More Google Products" page of Google's Web site.