Ode to Google

I was talking with the Rao's and Matt on Saturday about websites (since that is what I do) and I was talking about how much I like Google. I started to list the Google products that I use and I thought I would share that list here...it is quite a large list.

• Gmail - Used daily to check about 6 email accounts.
• Google Search - Used almost every day numerous times a day to find the info I need
• Google Calendar - To help keep my busy life organized.
• Google Reader - News Reader to monitor my friends blogs as well as some technical blogs/news. Much easier than having to go to each and every site.
• Google Maps - Find addresses/directions/business info/traffic/photos of houses. The best map website out there (IMHO)
• Google Toolbar - Toolbar integrated into IE/Firefox
• Google Bookmarks - Integrated into the toolbar, but makes it much easier to have my bookmarks shared across computers.
• Google Chat - Quickly chat with some of my friends
• GOOG-411 - Google on your phone...works wonders when you are on the go! Just Dial 1-800-GOOG-411.
• Blogger - Obviously for this blog
• Google Analytics - Website Stats for all of my websites
• Google AdSense - Making money off the ads on a couple of my sites
• Google AdWords - I am temporarily using this to try and increase traffic to my site. Probably won't use it much in the future.
• Google Webmaster Tools - Used to help improve the search engine presence of my websites.
• Google Docs and Spreadsheets - For creating documents I want to be able to access from any computer and possibly share with friends.
• Google Desktop - To quickly find files on my computer
• Picasa Web - To access some photo galleries and share some photos with others. I don't use this much, but have considered using it more often.
• Google Notebook - Make quick notes that I can go back and read later if need be.
• Google Images - Quickly find an image you are looking for using some keywords. I use will often use this when searching for icons to use on a website.

I think the total count of the items above is at 19. I would not be suprised if there is one or two that I am missing. The products that I use almost every day would be the Gmail, Search, Calendar, Reader, Toolbar, and Analytics. Many of the other items I probably use at least once a week. The best part about most of these products is that you can access them from any computer with internet access and thus you do not have to have things on multiple computers (a good example is the Bookmarks, Reader, and obviously your email).

Thanks Google for the great products.