Google - Features and Products
List of all Google Services
Google Firefox Extensions
Google's new Firefox extension called "Safe Browsing for Firefox".
From the "Introduction" section of the plug-in website,
here is what it does:
"Google Safe Browsing is an extension to Firefox that alerts
you if a web page that you visit appears to be asking for your personal
or financial information under false pretences. This type of attack,
known as phishing or spoofing, is becoming more sophisticated, widespread
and dangerous. That's why it's important to browse safely with Google
Safe Browsing. By combining advanced algorithms with reports about
misleading pages from a number of sources, Safe Browsing is often
able to automatically warn you when you encounter a page that's
trying to trick you into disclosing personal information."
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox
Google Foundation
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have announced that they
are planning to establish a charitable Google Foundation.
The two entrepreneurs are aiming to extend the principles behind
Google the company, 'you can make money without doing evil', to
Google the charity.
Mr Brin and Mr Page recently joined Forbes magazine's list of global
billionaires. The pair is likely to become still richer if the rumored
Google IPO takes place this year.
http://www.google.org/
Google's Froogle
'Froogle' is a service by 'Google' and is basically a search engine
to help you find out about products online. As many of you will
know, 'Google' searches the web for any pages or sites containing
the words you have specified, 'Froogle' however works a little bit
differently, when you enter the name of the item you want to find,
Froogle searches the pages google's spidering software has previously
identified as pages that offer products for sale. Froogle then also
supplies you with information on the product which has been submitted
electronically by merchants.
How is Froogle different from your average search engine?
Froogle focuses entirely on product search and will only give you
a list of products for sale on the Internet, which are most relevant
to your search criteria. Froogle doesn't actually sell product,
it just collates a list of shops, which sell what you are after
so that you can get the best deals. Froogle also does not promote
partner stores within the search results, so there are no particular
shops, which get higher preference. Froogle does not charge the
online shops to be displayed in the search results, and the merchants
that pay to advertise are kept to the right hand side of the page
and clearly labeled sponsored links.
Why the name!?
"Froogle is a play on the word "frugal," meaning
thrifty, and the name "Google," which has come to stand
for excellence in search technology.
http://froogle.google.com/
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