You’ve seen Google Maps, Google Images, and Google Video, yet Google has so much more to offer. Here are four examples.
- Ever wondered who categorizes the images on Google Images? Try Google Image Labeler and find out.
- Tired of sending documents back and forth through e-mail for editing and wondering who has the current version? Try Google Docs & Spreadsheets.
- Want to know who invented the first pocket protector, the electric tooth brush, or the hulla hoop? Try Google Patent Search.
- Want to know exactly what people are searching for on Google? Go to Google Trends.
These are just a few of over 50 services available from Google. As a co-worker of mine, Kurt Fanstill, said after attending an indexing conference, ‘this is not an information age; it is an information retrieval age’. Sorting through the data to quickly find what you need is the key and Google continues to unlock the doors.
