List of Google's tools
Many free tools are available to webmasters, programmers and Net surfers by Google.
The more impressive is Earth that allow to travel a virtual representation of the World.
Download a software to be linked to a geographic database made of photos and 3D images built with Building Maker.
The product has been bought by Google in 2004 and made free.
Here is the complete list of all the tool offered for free by Google.
Tools for webmasters
- Adsense and Adwords. Adding advertisements on his site, or promoting his site.
- Analytics
Service of online statistics, it shows the number of visitors, their geographical origin or nature (engine, direct connection).
Requires the inclusion of a JavaScript code into pages.
Analytics may be enhanced with Application Gallery, plugins to expand the statistics tool. - Let me found that.
Instead of putting a link on a page or a search query, this special tool can use queries directly. - Public DNS.
A free DNS resolution service for dedicated servers. - reCaptcha.
Anti-bots service with plugins for numerous CMS. - Trends.
Comparing the evolution of queries. - Toolbar.
For Firefox or IE, gives access to several services and displays the PageRank. - Webmaster tools
To help webmasters, tools of control over their site(s).
Only way to know the number of backlinks and which sites have given them.
Statistical Tools on keywords, and quality tests.
Web design
- Experiments
To end the quarrels of authors of browsers each boasting a gear its product, Google created in 2009 a site where you can run JavaScript across browsers to compare their speed. - Font API.
Add pretty fonts to you web pages, compatible with most browsers, loaded dynamically on a Google's site. - Living Story
Based on Wordpress, it is a plugin and a theme that presents information in a new way. It brings together all information about an event dynamically on a single page. - Skipfish
Security test scanner for web applications, it supports several frameworks.
Programming
- Apps Script.
APIs to use and control various Google services such as Docs, Calendar, etc. - BigQuery.
Online service with a graphical interface to search large amounts of data in the Google cloud. It works with a SQL database such as BigTable. - Cardboard.
API and tools to create virtual reality apps and to turn an Android phone into a VR handset. - Closure.
JavaScript optimiser. - Dart.
Programming language to replace JavaScript. - Go.
System language and its compiler. - Prediction API.
An API that predicts what will happen based on historic of events. - Protocol Buffers.
File format to replace XML, with its compiler. - RE2.
Regular expressions, C++ parser. - Open Refine.
Data processing tool, allowing the conversion of format, linkage with other databases, analysis. - Snappy.
Compression tool on the server, faster than gzip. - Traceur.
JavaScript to JavaScript compiler, in webpages. It adds new functions that are translated into standard JavaScript. The compiler itself is written in JavaScript.
Graphics and charts
- Chart Tools.
To build statistical graphs, two types of services: URL of a Google server to which you pass data in parameters, and the JavaScript API to create yourself bar or pie chart that can be interactive. - Earth.
Download a software to be linked to a geographic database made of photos and 3D images built with Sketchup.
The product has been bought by Google in 2004 and made free. - Maps
Worldwide mapping service on which you move with the mouse.
Webmasters can integrate a Web service through the API to associate an address to its geographical position on a map. Example: How to add a map to your site. - WebP (weppy).
Graphic image format competitor to jpeg , using a RIFF container and a VP8 methodology.
Social networks and communications
- Etherpad. Web-based realtime collaborative document editor.
- Gmail
Hosting of email addresses set up in 2004 and opened to the public in 2006.
It offers many features such as chat, filtering, off-line. - Inbox
It will replace a Gmail a day, mail manager linked to many services.
- Voice
Connect phone calls to GMail and gives a control on them.
Mobiles
- Android.
OS for mobile devices. - Gizmo 5.
Phone calls at no cost, from a mobile or computer, makes use of Google Voice. Bought in November 2009.
General purpose tools
- Alerts
Receive an email when an article is published on a topic that you defined by keywords. - Chrome browser
Google's browser is another component of the development strategy of online applications.
It is specially designed to operate them in the best condition and has a fast JavaScript compiler. - Chrome OS.
Operating system for netbooks and Web applications. - Doc.
Online word processor. With the support of all file types and 250 MB of allowed space, it is an online storage service too. - Google Chrome Frame.
A plugin to add HTML 5 support to Internet Explorer. - GoogleCL.
Command line tool for Linux. Allows to pass commands to Google's applications such as Docs, Calendar... - Lens.
Take a picture and start a search on the image. Used to buy products or any other use. - Ngrams.
Statistical tool, showing the evolution of words in the literature in several languages. This shows such as in the example, the change of use that makes a word replaces another. Exemple: xul, xaml. - Patents search.
Retrieve a patent. -
Google Photos
Management software and image editing. Originally used on a competitor of Flickr, it was bought by Google in 2004 and offered for download for free. - SMS. Search from a mobile by sms.
- Translate.
Online translator. - Transliterate.
Convert romain characters into phonetics for foreign languages.
Games
- Pacman.
Classical game.
See also the List of Google sites.