Google is more than a search engine

Our website spotlight from this weeks radio show was Google. I know what you’re saying . . . come on guys . . . everybody knows Google. But do you really know what they offer?

Sure everyone knows Google as one of the best and most popular search engines. But Google has a host of other services and products they offer – all of them free that really cater to living a digital lifestyle. Check out this Google Page that lists them all with links to check them out.

Here are a few of our favorites:

• Alerts – Why search the web for topics of interest when you can setup an alert and Google will email them to you?
• Desktop – A great tool to catalog and search for files and email on your computer. It actually creates a full text index of your computer so you can search for and find information as quickly as you can on the web. Also has some great tools for viewing photos and subscribing to blogs (like this one).
• Earth – Google earth is guaranteed to make your head spin and your jaw drop as you say “WOW”. Explore the world from your PC.
• Picasa – An amazing program that catalogs all the photos and graphics on your PC letting you quickly find and share them with others.
• Gmail – Google’s own web based email with a generous 2 GB of storage space and lots of great features.
• Video – Search TV programs as well as watch videos from other people on the web (or post your own).

There are lots of other goodies they have available so take a look around.