If you have ever been searching online, you have probably been on Google looking for something. If you are like most people- for hundreds or thousands of things on Google. Oddly enough, I have a question: do you have any idea what other services Google offers for free?

Over the years Google has taken an incredible mission to buy, conquer, and dominate hundreds of smaller tech companies. As the dominion of the Google empire has grown, the entity known as Google has become far more than “just a search engine” and has brought on dozens of lesser known features that each have amazingly useful services. Google officially runs many projects under the umbrella Google Labs, and as they prosper or die those projects evolve into entirely new services.

Rather than write some lengthy description of every service Google offers, I am just going to recommend you spend five minutes reading through SOME of the services Google hides on sub-pages of the site. Depending on your business and exact usage, some of these services may be incredibly useful or completely worthless. Out of 50+ services however, there is a golden nugget of wisdom waiting for everyone.

Search

Alerts Get email updates on the topics of your choice

Blog Search Find blogs on your favorite topics

Book Search Search the full text of books

Checkout Complete online purchases more quickly and securely

Desktop Search and personalize your computer

Earth Explore the world from your computer

Finance Business info, news, and interactive charts

GOOG-411 Find and connect with businesses from your phone, for free

Google HealthNew! Organize your medical records online

iGoogle Add news, games and more to the Google homepage

Images Search for images on the web

Maps View maps and directions

News - now with archive search Search thousands of news stories

Notebook Clip and collect information as you surf the web

Patent Search Search the full text of US Patents

Product Search Search for stuff to buy

Scholar Search scholarly papers

Special Searches Search within specific topics

Toolbar Add a search box to your browser

Video Search for videos on Google Video and YouTube

Web Search Search over billions of web pages

Web Search Features Find movies, music, stocks, books, and more

Explore and innovate

Code Download APIs and open source code

Custom SearchNew! Create a customized search experience for your community

Labs Explore Google’s technology playground

Communicate, show & share

Blogger Share your life online with a blog — it’s fast, easy, and free

Calendar Organize your schedule and share events with friends

Docs Create and share your online documents, presentations, and spreadsheets

Gmail Fast, searchable email with less spam

Groups Create mailing lists and discussion groups

Orkut Meet new people and stay in touch with friends

Picasa Find, edit and share your photos

Reader Get all your blogs and news feeds fast

Sites Create websites and secure group wikis

SketchUp Build 3D models quickly and easily

Talk IM and call your friends through your computer

Translate View web pages in other languages

YouTube Watch, upload and share videos

Go mobile

Maps for mobile View maps and get directions on your phone

Mobile Use Google on your mobile phone

SMS Use text messaging for quick info

Make your computer work better

Pack A free collection of essential software

Web Accelerator Speed up the web

Google Labs

	Experimental Search Check out Google’s latest ideas 05/16/07 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Google Code Search Search public source code 10/05/06 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Accessible Search Web search for the visually impaired 7/19/06 - Give us feedback
	Google Extensions for Firefox (Google Browser Sync now available) Add powerful new tools to your Mozilla Firefox browser 6/7/06 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Google Trends See what the world is searching for 5/10/06 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Google Mars View some of the most detailed maps of Mars created by NASA scientists 3/13/06 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Google Page Creator Create your own web pages, quickly and easily 2/23/06 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Google Dashboard Widgets for Mac Quickly access Google products from within Dashboard 2/23/06 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Google Ride Finder Find a taxi, limousine or shuttle using real time position of vehicles 3/30/05 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Google Suggest As you type your search, Google offers keyword suggestions in real time 12/9/04 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others
	Product Search for Mobile (US) | Product Search for Mobile (UK) Improved! Search for products from your mobile phone using Product Search 2/24/04 - Give us feedback
	Google Sets Automatically create sets of items from a few examples 5/20/02 - Give us feedback - Discuss with others