Google - Features and Products
List of all Google Services
Google Desktop
Google Desktop (formerly known as Google Desktop Search or "GDS"
is free program from Google that enables you to search for data
on your computer much like you use Google to search the Web. You
can look for and open e-mails, photos, music files, PDFs, and lots
of other good stuff. No ads are shown. Below you can see a screenshot
of me searching for "drink."
GD has some stark strengths and weaknesses when compared to some
rather admirable competitors.
STRENGTHS
- Small footprint.
- Plugins architecture
- Ability to search desktop and Webmail (well, at least Gmail)
simultaneously
- Enjoyable extras
- Fast and comprehensive indexing
- Web history
WEAKNESSES
- Search results narrowing by field
- Full-pane previews
- Limited hits in find-as-you-type
- Lack of synchronization of panel extras.
http://desktop.google.com/
Google Directory
Google Directory was launched in April 2000. The directory is a
subset of the links in Google's database arranged into hierarchical
subcategories, like an advanced Yellow Pages of the web. The source
of the directory and its categorization is from the Open Directory
Project (ODP). The ODP publishes an easily parsed version of its
database in Resource Description Framework (RDF) format for other
sites, like Google, to use for derivative directories. The Websites
in the Google Directory are sorted by PageRank.
Google directory includes high quality and quantity of web sites.
http://directory.google.com/
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