Saturday, June 23, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
Some Mortgage-related Terms
Allodial title
Fee simple
Life estate
Fee tail
Future interest
Concurrent estate
Leasehold estate
Condominiums
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Fee simple
Life estate
Fee tail
Future interest
Concurrent estate
Leasehold estate
Condominiums
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www.marcoislandhomesandland.com/Marco-Island-Mortgage-Loan.html
Google Products
Desktop products
Standalone applications
* AdWords Editor [1] (Mac OS X (10.4), Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
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 [2] (Mac OS X, Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
Desktop search application, that indexes e-mails, documents, music, photos, chats, Web history and other files. It allows the installation of Google Gadgets.
* Earth [3] (Linux, Mac OS X and Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
Virtual globe that uses satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe.
* Gmail Notifier [4] (Windows 2000/XP)
Alerts the user of new messages in their Gmail account.
* Hello [5] (Windows 98/ME/2000/XP)
Allows users to send images across the Internet and publish them to blogs.
* Notifier [6] (Mac OS X)
Alerts the user of new messages in Gmail and upcoming events in Google Calendar.
* Pack [7] (Windows XP/Vista)
Collection of computer applications -- some Google-created, some not -- including Google Earth, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Talk and Mozilla Firefox.
* Photos Screensaver [8]
Slideshow screensaver as part of Google Pack, which displays images sourced from a hard disk, or through RSS and Atom Web feeds.
* Picasa [9] (Linux and Windows 2000/XP)
Photo organization and editing application, providing photo library options and simple effects.
* Picasa Web Albums Uploader [10] (Mac OS X)
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.
* Secure Access [11] (Windows 2000/XP)
VPN client for Google WiFi users, whose equipment does not support WPA or 802.1x protocols
* SketchUp [12] (Mac OS X and Windows 2000/Windows XP)
Simple 3D sketching program with unique dragging interface and direct integration with Google Earth.
* Talk [13] (Windows 2000/Windows XP/Server 2003)
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 [14] (Mac OS X/Windows 2000/XP)
Video player to watch videos from Google Video, including unique resume and download features. (Also included in Google Pack.)
* Web Accelerator [15] (Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
Uses various caching technologies to increase download speed of web pages.
[edit] Desktop extensions
These products created by Google are extensions to software created by other organizations.
* Blogger Web Comments [16] (Firefox extension)
Displays related comments from other Blogger users.
* Browser Sync [17] (Firefox extension)
Saves browser settings for backup and use on other installations of Mozilla Firefox.
* Dashboard Widgets for Mac [18] (Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets)
Collection of mini-applications including Gmail, Blogger and Search History.
* Pinyin IME [19] (Internet Explorer extension) (Google China)
Input Method Editor that is used to convert Chinese Pinyin characters, which can be entered on Western-style keyboards, to Chinese characters.
* Send to Phone [20] (Web and Firefox extension)
Allows users to send text messages to their mobile phone (US only) about web content.
* Toolbar [21] (Firefox and Internet Explorer extension)
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.
[edit] Mobile products
Online mobile products
These products must be accessed through a browser on a mobile device.
* Blogger Mobile [22]
Only available on some US networks. Allows you to post to your Blogger blog from a mobile device.
* Calendar [23]
Read a list of all Google Calendar events from a mobile device. There is also the option to quickly add events to your personal calendar.
* Gmail [24]
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.
* News [25]
Access Google News on a mobile device using a simpler interface compared to the full online application.
* iGoogle [26]
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.
* Reader [27]
View Google Reader on a mobile device.
* Mobile search [28]
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.
[edit] Downloadable mobile products
These products must be downloaded and run from a mobile device.
* Gmail mobile [29]
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.
* Maps Mobile [30]
Mobile application for viewing maps on a mobile device. It is currently only available on Java enabled phones.
Web products
These products must be accessed via a Web browser.
Advertising
* AdSense [31]
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.
* AdWords [32]
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.
* AdWords Website Optimizer [33]
Integrated AdWords tool for testing different website content, in order to gain to the most successful advertising campaigns.
* Audio Ads [34]
Radio advertising program for US businesses. Google began to roll this product out en masse on 15 May through its exisiting AdWords interface.
* Click-to-Call [35]
Calling system so users can call advertisers for free at Google's expense from search results pages.
* Grants [36]
Scheme for non-profit organizations to benefit from free Cost-Per-Click advertising on the AdWords network.
* TV Ads [37]
CPM-driven television advertising scheme available on a trial basis, currently aimed towards professional advertisers, agencies and partners.
[edit] Aggregation
* 3D Warehouse [38]
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.
* Gadgets [39]
Mini-applications designed to display information or provide a function in a succinct manner. Available in Universal or Desktop format.
* iGoogle [40] (Previously Google Personalized Homepage)
Customizable homepage, which can contain Web feeds and Google Gadgets, launched in May 2005. It was renamed to iGoogle on April 30, 2007 (previously used internally by Google).
* Reader [41]
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.
[edit] Communication & Publishing
* Apps [42]
Custom domain and service integration service for businesses, enterprise and education, featuring Gmail and other Google products.
* Blogger [43]
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.
* Calendar [44]
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.
* Docs & Spreadsheets [45]
Collaborative spreadsheets and writer application, combining Google Spreadsheets and Writely into a single interface. It was released on October 11, 2006.
* Dodgeball [46]
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.
* Gmail [47] (Also known as Google Mail)
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.
* Joga Bonito [48]
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.
* JotSpot [49]
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.
* Notebook [50]
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.
* Marratech e-Meeting
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.
* Orkut [51]
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.
* Page Creator [52]
Webpage-publishing program, which can be used to create pages and to host them on Google's servers.
* Picasa Web Albums [53]
Online photo sharing, with integration with the main Picasa program.
* YouTube [54]
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.
[edit] Development
* Code [55]
Google's site for developers interested in Google-related development. The site contains Open Source code and lists of their API services.
* Co-op [56]
Platform for users to expand and apply Google Search to specific sites and topics, using Custom Search Engine, Subscribed Links and Topics.
* Gears [57]
An extension for Firefox and a plug-in for Internet Explorer that supports offline access to web applications.
* Mashup Editor [58]
Web Mashup creation with publishing facilities, as well as syntax highlighting and debugging.
* Related Links [59]
Script that places units for related Web content, including pages, searches and videos, on the owner's Website, through embedded code.
* Webmaster Tools [60] (Previously Google Sitemaps)
Sitemap submission and analysis for the Sitemaps protocol. Renamed from Google Sitemaps to cover broader features, including query statistics and robots.txt analysis.
Mapping
* Maps [61]
Mapping service that indexes streets and satellite imagery, providing driving directions and local business search.
* Mars [62]
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.
* Moon [63]
NASA imagery of the moon through the Google Maps interface. It was launched on July 20, 2005, in honor of the first manned Moon landing on July 20, 1969.
* Ride Finder [64]
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.
* Transit [65]
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
* Accessible Search [66]
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.
* Alerts [67]
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.
* Base [68]
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.
* Blog search [69]
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.
* Book Search [70] (Previously Google Print)
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.
* Catalogs [71]
Search engine for over 6,600 print catalogs, which are acquired through Optical character recognition.
* Checkout [72]
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.
* Code Search [73]
Search engine for programming code found on the Internet.
* Directory [74]
Collection of links arranged into hierarchical subcategories. The links and their categorization are from the Open Directory Project, but are sorted using PageRank.
* Directory [75] (Google China)
Navigation directory, specifically for Chinese users.
* Experimental Search [76]
Options for testing new interfaces whilst searching with Google, including Timeline views and keyboard shortcuts.
* Finance [77]
Searchable US business news, opinion, and financial data. Features include company-specific pages, blog search, interactive charts, executives information, discussion groups and a portfolio.
* Groups [78]
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. [79]. In January, 2007, version 3 of Google Groups was released. New features include the ability to create customised pages and share files.
* Image Labeler [80]
Game that induces participants to submit valid descriptions (labels) of images in the web, in order to later improve Image Search.
* Image Search [81]
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.
* Language Tools [82]
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.
* Life Search [83] (Google China)
Search engine tailored towards everyday needs, such as train times, recipes and housing.
* Music Trends [84]
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.
* News [85]
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.
* News Archive Search [86]
Feature within Google News, that allows users to browse articles from over 200 years ago.
* Patent Search [87]
Search engine to search through millions of patents, each result with its own page, including drawings, claims and citations.
* Product Search [88] (Previously Froogle)
Price engine that searches online stores, including auctions, for products.
* Rebang [89] (Google China)
Google China's search trend site, similar to Google Zeitgeist. Currently part of Google Labs.
* Scholar [90]
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.
* SearchMash [91]
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.
* Sets [92]
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."
* SMS [93]
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.
* Suggest [94]
Auto-completion in search results while typing to give popular searches.
* University Search [95]
Listings for search engines for University websites.
* U.S. Government Search [96]
Search engine and Personalized Homepage that exclusively draws from sites with a .gov TLD.
* Video [97]
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. Also searches videos posted on YouTube.
* Voice Local Search [98]
Non-premium phone service for searching and contacting local businesses
* Web History [99] (Previously Google Search History / Personalized Search)
Web page tracking, which records Google searches, Web pages, images, videos, music and more. It also includes Bookmarks, search trends and item recommendations.
* Web Search [100]
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.
[edit] Statistics
* Analytics [101]
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.
* Gapminder [102]
Data trend viewing platform to make nations' statistics accessible on the internet in an animated, interactive graph form.
* Trends [103]
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.
* Zeitgeist [104]
Collection of lists of the most frequent search queries. There are weekly, monthly and yearly lists, as well as topic and country specific lists.
[edit] Hardware products
* Google Search Appliance [105]
Hardware device that can be hooked to corporate intranets for indexing/searching of company files.
* Google Mini [106]
Reduced capacity and less expensive version of the Google Search Appliance
[edit] Previous products
Applications that have been discontinued by Google, either because of integration with other Google products, or through lack of support.
* Answers [107]
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 Search [108]
Free code to embed either web search or site search into another website. Discontinued in favour of Google Co-op's Custom Search Engine.
* Local
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.
* Personalized Search
Search results personalization, now fully merged with Google Accounts and Web History.
* Public Service Search [109]
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.
* Spreadsheets
Spreadsheet management application, before it was integrated with Writely to form Google Docs & Spreadsheets. It was announced on 6 June 2006.
* Voice Search [110]
Automated voice system for searching the Web using the telephone
* Writely
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.
* Google X
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.
Standalone applications
* AdWords Editor [1] (Mac OS X (10.4), Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
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 [2] (Mac OS X, Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
Desktop search application, that indexes e-mails, documents, music, photos, chats, Web history and other files. It allows the installation of Google Gadgets.
* Earth [3] (Linux, Mac OS X and Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
Virtual globe that uses satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe.
* Gmail Notifier [4] (Windows 2000/XP)
Alerts the user of new messages in their Gmail account.
* Hello [5] (Windows 98/ME/2000/XP)
Allows users to send images across the Internet and publish them to blogs.
* Notifier [6] (Mac OS X)
Alerts the user of new messages in Gmail and upcoming events in Google Calendar.
* Pack [7] (Windows XP/Vista)
Collection of computer applications -- some Google-created, some not -- including Google Earth, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Talk and Mozilla Firefox.
* Photos Screensaver [8]
Slideshow screensaver as part of Google Pack, which displays images sourced from a hard disk, or through RSS and Atom Web feeds.
* Picasa [9] (Linux and Windows 2000/XP)
Photo organization and editing application, providing photo library options and simple effects.
* Picasa Web Albums Uploader [10] (Mac OS X)
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.
* Secure Access [11] (Windows 2000/XP)
VPN client for Google WiFi users, whose equipment does not support WPA or 802.1x protocols
* SketchUp [12] (Mac OS X and Windows 2000/Windows XP)
Simple 3D sketching program with unique dragging interface and direct integration with Google Earth.
* Talk [13] (Windows 2000/Windows XP/Server 2003)
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 [14] (Mac OS X/Windows 2000/XP)
Video player to watch videos from Google Video, including unique resume and download features. (Also included in Google Pack.)
* Web Accelerator [15] (Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
Uses various caching technologies to increase download speed of web pages.
[edit] Desktop extensions
These products created by Google are extensions to software created by other organizations.
* Blogger Web Comments [16] (Firefox extension)
Displays related comments from other Blogger users.
* Browser Sync [17] (Firefox extension)
Saves browser settings for backup and use on other installations of Mozilla Firefox.
* Dashboard Widgets for Mac [18] (Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets)
Collection of mini-applications including Gmail, Blogger and Search History.
* Pinyin IME [19] (Internet Explorer extension) (Google China)
Input Method Editor that is used to convert Chinese Pinyin characters, which can be entered on Western-style keyboards, to Chinese characters.
* Send to Phone [20] (Web and Firefox extension)
Allows users to send text messages to their mobile phone (US only) about web content.
* Toolbar [21] (Firefox and Internet Explorer extension)
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.
[edit] Mobile products
Online mobile products
These products must be accessed through a browser on a mobile device.
* Blogger Mobile [22]
Only available on some US networks. Allows you to post to your Blogger blog from a mobile device.
* Calendar [23]
Read a list of all Google Calendar events from a mobile device. There is also the option to quickly add events to your personal calendar.
* Gmail [24]
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.
* News [25]
Access Google News on a mobile device using a simpler interface compared to the full online application.
* iGoogle [26]
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.
* Reader [27]
View Google Reader on a mobile device.
* Mobile search [28]
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.
[edit] Downloadable mobile products
These products must be downloaded and run from a mobile device.
* Gmail mobile [29]
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.
* Maps Mobile [30]
Mobile application for viewing maps on a mobile device. It is currently only available on Java enabled phones.
Web products
These products must be accessed via a Web browser.
Advertising
* AdSense [31]
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.
* AdWords [32]
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.
* AdWords Website Optimizer [33]
Integrated AdWords tool for testing different website content, in order to gain to the most successful advertising campaigns.
* Audio Ads [34]
Radio advertising program for US businesses. Google began to roll this product out en masse on 15 May through its exisiting AdWords interface.
* Click-to-Call [35]
Calling system so users can call advertisers for free at Google's expense from search results pages.
* Grants [36]
Scheme for non-profit organizations to benefit from free Cost-Per-Click advertising on the AdWords network.
* TV Ads [37]
CPM-driven television advertising scheme available on a trial basis, currently aimed towards professional advertisers, agencies and partners.
[edit] Aggregation
* 3D Warehouse [38]
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.
* Gadgets [39]
Mini-applications designed to display information or provide a function in a succinct manner. Available in Universal or Desktop format.
* iGoogle [40] (Previously Google Personalized Homepage)
Customizable homepage, which can contain Web feeds and Google Gadgets, launched in May 2005. It was renamed to iGoogle on April 30, 2007 (previously used internally by Google).
* Reader [41]
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.
[edit] Communication & Publishing
* Apps [42]
Custom domain and service integration service for businesses, enterprise and education, featuring Gmail and other Google products.
* Blogger [43]
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.
* Calendar [44]
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.
* Docs & Spreadsheets [45]
Collaborative spreadsheets and writer application, combining Google Spreadsheets and Writely into a single interface. It was released on October 11, 2006.
* Dodgeball [46]
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.
* Gmail [47] (Also known as Google Mail)
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.
* Joga Bonito [48]
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.
* JotSpot [49]
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.
* Notebook [50]
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.
* Marratech e-Meeting
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.
* Orkut [51]
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.
* Page Creator [52]
Webpage-publishing program, which can be used to create pages and to host them on Google's servers.
* Picasa Web Albums [53]
Online photo sharing, with integration with the main Picasa program.
* YouTube [54]
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.
[edit] Development
* Code [55]
Google's site for developers interested in Google-related development. The site contains Open Source code and lists of their API services.
* Co-op [56]
Platform for users to expand and apply Google Search to specific sites and topics, using Custom Search Engine, Subscribed Links and Topics.
* Gears [57]
An extension for Firefox and a plug-in for Internet Explorer that supports offline access to web applications.
* Mashup Editor [58]
Web Mashup creation with publishing facilities, as well as syntax highlighting and debugging.
* Related Links [59]
Script that places units for related Web content, including pages, searches and videos, on the owner's Website, through embedded code.
* Webmaster Tools [60] (Previously Google Sitemaps)
Sitemap submission and analysis for the Sitemaps protocol. Renamed from Google Sitemaps to cover broader features, including query statistics and robots.txt analysis.
Mapping
* Maps [61]
Mapping service that indexes streets and satellite imagery, providing driving directions and local business search.
* Mars [62]
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.
* Moon [63]
NASA imagery of the moon through the Google Maps interface. It was launched on July 20, 2005, in honor of the first manned Moon landing on July 20, 1969.
* Ride Finder [64]
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.
* Transit [65]
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
* Accessible Search [66]
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.
* Alerts [67]
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.
* Base [68]
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.
* Blog search [69]
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.
* Book Search [70] (Previously Google Print)
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.
* Catalogs [71]
Search engine for over 6,600 print catalogs, which are acquired through Optical character recognition.
* Checkout [72]
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.
* Code Search [73]
Search engine for programming code found on the Internet.
* Directory [74]
Collection of links arranged into hierarchical subcategories. The links and their categorization are from the Open Directory Project, but are sorted using PageRank.
* Directory [75] (Google China)
Navigation directory, specifically for Chinese users.
* Experimental Search [76]
Options for testing new interfaces whilst searching with Google, including Timeline views and keyboard shortcuts.
* Finance [77]
Searchable US business news, opinion, and financial data. Features include company-specific pages, blog search, interactive charts, executives information, discussion groups and a portfolio.
* Groups [78]
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. [79]. In January, 2007, version 3 of Google Groups was released. New features include the ability to create customised pages and share files.
* Image Labeler [80]
Game that induces participants to submit valid descriptions (labels) of images in the web, in order to later improve Image Search.
* Image Search [81]
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.
* Language Tools [82]
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.
* Life Search [83] (Google China)
Search engine tailored towards everyday needs, such as train times, recipes and housing.
* Music Trends [84]
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.
* News [85]
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.
* News Archive Search [86]
Feature within Google News, that allows users to browse articles from over 200 years ago.
* Patent Search [87]
Search engine to search through millions of patents, each result with its own page, including drawings, claims and citations.
* Product Search [88] (Previously Froogle)
Price engine that searches online stores, including auctions, for products.
* Rebang [89] (Google China)
Google China's search trend site, similar to Google Zeitgeist. Currently part of Google Labs.
* Scholar [90]
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.
* SearchMash [91]
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.
* Sets [92]
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."
* SMS [93]
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.
* Suggest [94]
Auto-completion in search results while typing to give popular searches.
* University Search [95]
Listings for search engines for University websites.
* U.S. Government Search [96]
Search engine and Personalized Homepage that exclusively draws from sites with a .gov TLD.
* Video [97]
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. Also searches videos posted on YouTube.
* Voice Local Search [98]
Non-premium phone service for searching and contacting local businesses
* Web History [99] (Previously Google Search History / Personalized Search)
Web page tracking, which records Google searches, Web pages, images, videos, music and more. It also includes Bookmarks, search trends and item recommendations.
* Web Search [100]
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.
[edit] Statistics
* Analytics [101]
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.
* Gapminder [102]
Data trend viewing platform to make nations' statistics accessible on the internet in an animated, interactive graph form.
* Trends [103]
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.
* Zeitgeist [104]
Collection of lists of the most frequent search queries. There are weekly, monthly and yearly lists, as well as topic and country specific lists.
[edit] Hardware products
* Google Search Appliance [105]
Hardware device that can be hooked to corporate intranets for indexing/searching of company files.
* Google Mini [106]
Reduced capacity and less expensive version of the Google Search Appliance
[edit] Previous products
Applications that have been discontinued by Google, either because of integration with other Google products, or through lack of support.
* Answers [107]
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 Search [108]
Free code to embed either web search or site search into another website. Discontinued in favour of Google Co-op's Custom Search Engine.
* Local
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.
* Personalized Search
Search results personalization, now fully merged with Google Accounts and Web History.
* Public Service Search [109]
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.
* Spreadsheets
Spreadsheet management application, before it was integrated with Writely to form Google Docs & Spreadsheets. It was announced on 6 June 2006.
* Voice Search [110]
Automated voice system for searching the Web using the telephone
* Writely
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.
* Google X
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.
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http://www.google.com/about.html
On this Page - You can start your search on google . And, Learn about google from here.
Everythig, is detailed and given in detail .
If someone want to know more about it .
* Googlebot - Google's Web crawler
* Googlepedia
* Google China - Chinese subsidiary of Google Web search
* Google File System - Google's internal distributed file system
* Google Foundation - Charitable arm of Google
* Google logo
* Google Watch
* TrustRank
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Google (verb)
Google, now a verb meaning to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet was added to the dictionary because of its popular use in speech.
The verb Google was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006, and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. See Google (verb) for more information.
___________________________________
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
On this Page - You can start your search on google . And, Learn about google from here.
Everythig, is detailed and given in detail .
If someone want to know more about it .
* Googlebot - Google's Web crawler
* Googlepedia
* Google China - Chinese subsidiary of Google Web search
* Google File System - Google's internal distributed file system
* Google Foundation - Charitable arm of Google
* Google logo
* Google Watch
* TrustRank
Know about these services.
Google (verb)
Google, now a verb meaning to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet was added to the dictionary because of its popular use in speech.
The verb Google was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006, and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. See Google (verb) for more information.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
Where Google Starts ...
http://www.google.com/about.html
On this Page - You can start your search on google . And, Learn about google from here.
Everythig, is detailed and given in detail .
If someone want to know more about it .
* Googlebot - Google's Web crawler
* Googlepedia
* Google China - Chinese subsidiary of Google Web search
* Google File System - Google's internal distributed file system
* Google Foundation - Charitable arm of Google
* Google logo
* Google Watch
* TrustRank
Know about these services.
Google (verb)
Google, now a verb meaning to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet was added to the dictionary because of its popular use in speech.
The verb Google was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006, and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. See Google (verb) for more information.
___________________________________
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
On this Page - You can start your search on google . And, Learn about google from here.
Everythig, is detailed and given in detail .
If someone want to know more about it .
* Googlebot - Google's Web crawler
* Googlepedia
* Google China - Chinese subsidiary of Google Web search
* Google File System - Google's internal distributed file system
* Google Foundation - Charitable arm of Google
* Google logo
* Google Watch
* TrustRank
Know about these services.
Google (verb)
Google, now a verb meaning to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet was added to the dictionary because of its popular use in speech.
The verb Google was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006, and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. See Google (verb) for more information.
___________________________________
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
Where Google Starts ...
http://www.google.com/about.html
On this Page - You can start your search on google . And, Learn about google from here.
Everythig, is detailed and given in detail .
If someone want to know more about it .
* Googlebot - Google's Web crawler
* Googlepedia
* Google China - Chinese subsidiary of Google Web search
* Google File System - Google's internal distributed file system
* Google Foundation - Charitable arm of Google
* Google logo
* Google Watch
* TrustRank
Know about these services.
Google (verb)
Google, now a verb meaning to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet was added to the dictionary because of its popular use in speech.
The verb Google was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006, and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. See Google (verb) for more information.
___________________________________
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
On this Page - You can start your search on google . And, Learn about google from here.
Everythig, is detailed and given in detail .
If someone want to know more about it .
* Googlebot - Google's Web crawler
* Googlepedia
* Google China - Chinese subsidiary of Google Web search
* Google File System - Google's internal distributed file system
* Google Foundation - Charitable arm of Google
* Google logo
* Google Watch
* TrustRank
Know about these services.
Google (verb)
Google, now a verb meaning to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet was added to the dictionary because of its popular use in speech.
The verb Google was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) on June 15, 2006, and to the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. See Google (verb) for more information.
___________________________________
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google
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Google Privacy Policy
October 14, 2005
At Google we recognize that privacy is important. This Policy applies to all of the products, services and websites offered by Google Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies (collectively, Google's "services"). In addition, where more detailed information is needed to explain our privacy practices, we post separate privacy notices to describe how particular services process personal information, which are accessible from the navigation bar to the left of this notice.
Google adheres to the US safe harbor privacy principles of Notice, Choice, Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement, and is registered with the U.S. Department of Commerce's safe harbor program.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us through our website or write to us at Privacy Matters, c/o Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043 USA.
Information we collect and how we use it:
We offer a number of services that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personal information to us, such as Google Search. In order to provide our full range of services, we may collect the following types of information:
* Information you provide - When you sign up for a Google Account or other Google service or promotion that requires registration, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address and an account password). For certain services, such as our advertising programs, we also request credit card or other payment account information which we maintain in encrypted form on secure servers. We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other Google services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information.
* Google cookies - When you visit Google, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Google features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.
* Log information - When you use Google services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
* User communications - When you send email or other communication to Google, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
* Affiliated sites - We offer some of our services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Google in order to deliver the service. We process such information in accordance with this Policy. The affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
* Links - Google may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our search technology, customized content and advertising. For more information about links and redirected URLs, please see our FAQs.
* Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and services that are owned and operated by Google. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed as search results or links from within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.
Google only processes personal information for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the above, such purposes include:
* Providing our products and services to users, including the display of customized content and advertising;
* Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services;
* Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
* Developing new services.
You can find more information about how we process personal information by referring to the privacy notices for particular services.
Google processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. We may process personal information to provide our own services. In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, such as our advertising partners.
Choices for personal information
When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.
If we propose to use personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent.
You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case Google may not be able to provide those services to you.
Information sharing
Google only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Google in the following limited circumstances:
* We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
* We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
* We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
If Google becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement. Such information does not identify you individually.
Please contact us at the address below for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.
Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.
We restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
Data integrity
Google processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.
Accessing and updating personal information
When you use Google services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Some of our services have different procedures to access, correct or delete users' personal information. We provide the details for these procedures in the specific privacy notices or FAQs for these services.
Enforcement
Google regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or Google's treatment of personal information by contacting us through this web site or by writing to us at Privacy Matters, c/o Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA. When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is Google's policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between Google and an individual.
Changes to this policy
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date, and we will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.
If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this web site or at Privacy Matters, c/o Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA.
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At Google we recognize that privacy is important. This Policy applies to all of the products, services and websites offered by Google Inc. or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies (collectively, Google's "services"). In addition, where more detailed information is needed to explain our privacy practices, we post separate privacy notices to describe how particular services process personal information, which are accessible from the navigation bar to the left of this notice.
Google adheres to the US safe harbor privacy principles of Notice, Choice, Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity, Access and Enforcement, and is registered with the U.S. Department of Commerce's safe harbor program.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us through our website or write to us at Privacy Matters, c/o Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043 USA.
Information we collect and how we use it:
We offer a number of services that do not require you to register for an account or provide any personal information to us, such as Google Search. In order to provide our full range of services, we may collect the following types of information:
* Information you provide - When you sign up for a Google Account or other Google service or promotion that requires registration, we ask you for personal information (such as your name, email address and an account password). For certain services, such as our advertising programs, we also request credit card or other payment account information which we maintain in encrypted form on secure servers. We may combine the information you submit under your account with information from other Google services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services. For certain services, we may give you the opportunity to opt out of combining such information.
* Google cookies - When you visit Google, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Google features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.
* Log information - When you use Google services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
* User communications - When you send email or other communication to Google, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
* Affiliated sites - We offer some of our services in connection with other web sites. Personal information that you provide to those sites may be sent to Google in order to deliver the service. We process such information in accordance with this Policy. The affiliated sites may have different privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.
* Links - Google may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our search technology, customized content and advertising. For more information about links and redirected URLs, please see our FAQs.
* Other sites - This Privacy Policy applies to web sites and services that are owned and operated by Google. We do not exercise control over the sites displayed as search results or links from within our various services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you.
Google only processes personal information for the purposes described in the applicable Privacy Policy and/or privacy notice for specific services. In addition to the above, such purposes include:
* Providing our products and services to users, including the display of customized content and advertising;
* Auditing, research and analysis in order to maintain, protect and improve our services;
* Ensuring the technical functioning of our network; and
* Developing new services.
You can find more information about how we process personal information by referring to the privacy notices for particular services.
Google processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country. We may process personal information to provide our own services. In some cases, we may process personal information on behalf of and according to the instructions of a third party, such as our advertising partners.
Choices for personal information
When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.
If we propose to use personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Policy and/or in the specific service notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent.
You can decline to submit personal information to any of our services, in which case Google may not be able to provide those services to you.
Information sharing
Google only shares personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Google in the following limited circumstances:
* We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
* We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
* We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.
If Google becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may share with third parties certain pieces of aggregated, non-personal information, such as the number of users who searched for a particular term, for example, or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement. Such information does not identify you individually.
Please contact us at the address below for any additional questions about the management or use of personal data.
Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.
We restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.
Data integrity
Google processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected and in accordance with this Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notice. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.
Accessing and updating personal information
When you use Google services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort. Some of our services have different procedures to access, correct or delete users' personal information. We provide the details for these procedures in the specific privacy notices or FAQs for these services.
Enforcement
Google regularly reviews its compliance with this Policy. Please feel free to direct any questions or concerns regarding this Policy or Google's treatment of personal information by contacting us through this web site or by writing to us at Privacy Matters, c/o Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA. When we receive formal written complaints at this address, it is Google's policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between Google and an individual.
Changes to this policy
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Each version of this Policy will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date, and we will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.
If you have any additional questions or concerns about this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time through this web site or at Privacy Matters, c/o Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA.
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Google Privacy Policy Highlights
October 14, 2005
At Google we recognize that privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use Google's services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.
Scope
This notice offers highlights of the full Google Privacy Policy, which describes in detail the privacy practices that apply to Google's products, services and websites worldwide (collectively, Google's "services"). You can also get more information about the privacy practices for specific Google services in the navigation bar to the left of this notice.
Personal information and other data we collect
* Google collects personal information when you register for a Google service or otherwise voluntarily provide such information. We may combine personal information collected from you with information from other Google services or third parties to provide a better user experience, including customizing content for you.
* Google uses cookies and other technologies to enhance your online experience and to learn about how you use Google services in order to improve the quality of our services.
* Google's servers automatically record information when you visit our website or use some of our products, including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.
* Read more in the full privacy policy.
Uses
* We may use personal information to provide the services you've requested, including services that display customized content and advertising.
* We may also use personal information for auditing, research and analysis to operate and improve Google technologies and services.
* We may share aggregated non-personal information with third parties outside of Google.
* When we use third parties to assist us in processing your personal information, we require that they comply with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
* We may also share information with third parties in limited circumstances, including when complying with legal process, preventing fraud or imminent harm, and ensuring the security of our network and services.
* Google processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country.
* Read more in the full privacy policy.
Your choices
* We offer you choices when we ask for personal information, whenever reasonably possible. You can find more information about your choices in the privacy notices or FAQs for specific services.
* You may decline to provide personal information to us and/or refuse cookies in your browser, although some of our features or services may not function properly as a result.
* We make good faith efforts to provide you access to your personal information upon request and to let you correct such data if it is inaccurate and delete it, when reasonably possible.
* Read more in the full privacy policy.
More information
For information about specific Google services, please check the relevant privacy notice in the navigation bar to the left. Google is a member of the EU/US Safe Harbor Program.
For more information about our privacy practices, go to the full privacy policy. If you have additional questions, please contact us any time. Or write to us at:
Privacy Matters
c/o Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043 (USA)
_____________________________
http://www.google.com/privacy.html
October 14, 2005
At Google we recognize that privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use Google's services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.
Scope
This notice offers highlights of the full Google Privacy Policy, which describes in detail the privacy practices that apply to Google's products, services and websites worldwide (collectively, Google's "services"). You can also get more information about the privacy practices for specific Google services in the navigation bar to the left of this notice.
Personal information and other data we collect
* Google collects personal information when you register for a Google service or otherwise voluntarily provide such information. We may combine personal information collected from you with information from other Google services or third parties to provide a better user experience, including customizing content for you.
* Google uses cookies and other technologies to enhance your online experience and to learn about how you use Google services in order to improve the quality of our services.
* Google's servers automatically record information when you visit our website or use some of our products, including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.
* Read more in the full privacy policy.
Uses
* We may use personal information to provide the services you've requested, including services that display customized content and advertising.
* We may also use personal information for auditing, research and analysis to operate and improve Google technologies and services.
* We may share aggregated non-personal information with third parties outside of Google.
* When we use third parties to assist us in processing your personal information, we require that they comply with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
* We may also share information with third parties in limited circumstances, including when complying with legal process, preventing fraud or imminent harm, and ensuring the security of our network and services.
* Google processes personal information on our servers in the United States of America and in other countries. In some cases, we process personal information on a server outside your own country.
* Read more in the full privacy policy.
Your choices
* We offer you choices when we ask for personal information, whenever reasonably possible. You can find more information about your choices in the privacy notices or FAQs for specific services.
* You may decline to provide personal information to us and/or refuse cookies in your browser, although some of our features or services may not function properly as a result.
* We make good faith efforts to provide you access to your personal information upon request and to let you correct such data if it is inaccurate and delete it, when reasonably possible.
* Read more in the full privacy policy.
More information
For information about specific Google services, please check the relevant privacy notice in the navigation bar to the left. Google is a member of the EU/US Safe Harbor Program.
For more information about our privacy practices, go to the full privacy policy. If you have additional questions, please contact us any time. Or write to us at:
Privacy Matters
c/o Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View CA 94043 (USA)
_____________________________
http://www.google.com/privacy.html
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