Googling Google Online Services

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Posted by Aman Jain




Google Image Search
What it does: Executing a Google image search will result in images (GIF and JPG format only) that reside on the Internet and match your search terms.
How to access it: Go to www.Google.com and select “Images” above the search box.


Google Groups
What it does: Google Groups is a directory of Usenet groups, or discussion forums, in which a user, once registered, can participate in online discussions about everything from business and
parenting to politics and social issues.
How to access it: Go to www.Google.com and select “Groups” above the search box.

Google Directory
What it does: The Google Directory is a searchable subject index of web pages, much like Yahoo.
Basically, instead of searching the Internet, you can browse web sites by category.
How to access it: Go to www.Google.com and select “Directory” above the search box

Google News
What it does: Google News contains a comprehensive assortment of current and relevant news stories
from various news sources, such as CNN.com, The Washington Post, the Associated Press,
and more. It’s a great way to get your news from competing sources all on one page.
How to access it: Go to www.Google.com and select “News” above the search box.

Google Catalogs
What it does: Google Catalogs is a search engine designed to produce results from online mail-order
catalogs only.
How to access it: Go to www.Catalogs.Google.com.


Froogle
What it does: Froogle is a conglomeration of online shopping resources, and only contains search results
from websites that offers goods or services for purchase.
How to access it: Go to www.Froogle.com.

Google People
What it does: Google People is a special way to get biographical information about a particular person or
to find out who the person is or was that did a particular thing.
How to access it: Go to www.Google.com and use the Web search feature.
How to search: Simply type in the search box: “Who is” or “who was” and then enter the rest of your question. It
can be anything from “Who was John Jay?” to “Who was the first Chief Justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court?” Note: Google has a particularly difficult time answering questions about who
authored books of fiction. In addition, results will vary depending on what’s out there. Asking
“Who is/was” a particular individual will get more biographical information, while asking a more
vague question will simply give results that attempt to answer it.



Google Calculator
What it does: The Google Calculator does just that—it calculates mathematical formulas and converts
from one unit of measure to another. You can enter anything from “2+3” to “one liter in
cups.”
How to access it: Go to www.Google.com and use the Web search feature.
How to search: Visit http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator details.



Google Labs
What it does: It’s not a search engine, just a place where Google highlights its new and upcoming
technologies, and boy, are they busy!
How to access it: Go to http://labs.google.com.
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