Googlepedia
The Ultimate Google Resource
2nd Edition
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$34.99 US
822 pp.
ISBN 0789736756
Published September 2007
Que
Michael Miller, Author |
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GOOGLEPEDIA: THE BLOG
Googlepedia
is the all-encompassing book about everything Google. Not
only will you learn advanced search techniques, but you also will learn how to
master Google's web and software tools. It's all inside!
Google may be the Internet's most popular search site,
but it's also more than just simple web searches.
Googlepedia will show you how to:
- Use Google to search for pictures, news
headlines, scholarly articles, and the best prices on the web
- Read and respond to blog postings and create your
own blogs with Blogger
- View the latest viral videos with YouTube
- Create maps and driving directions with
Google Maps
- Use Google's free
web-based email service, Gmail
- Edit and organize your
digital photos with Picasa
- Create your own custom Google Maps mashups -- and
put customized Google Search on your own website
Here are just some of the Google services and
applications covered in this massive book:
- Google Web Search, the most
popular search on the Internet
- Blogger, create your own
personal blog
- Gmail, Google's web-based email
service
- Google AdSense, which puts
profit-making ads on your own website
- Google AdWords, which lets you
buy keyword advertising on the Google family of sites
- Google Base, a marketplace for
buying and selling merchandise
- Google Book Search, which lets
you search the full text of selected books
- Google Calendar, a web-based
scheduling and public calendar service
- Google Checkout, pay for your
Web goodies and collect payments from people who buy from you
- Google Desktop, which searches
documents and emails on your PC's hard drive -- and puts useful
"gadget" on your computer desktop
- Google Directory, the best sites
on the web, hand-picked by Google's editors
- Google Docs & Spreadsheets,
create and share web-based word processing and spreadsheet
documenhts
- Google Earth, a fun way to view
3D maps of any location on Earth
- Google Finance, full of stock
quotes and information
- Google Groups, a collection of
user-created message forums -- and a searchable archive of Usenet
articles
- Google Image Search, which
searches the web for pictures and other images
- Google Maps, which generates
maps, satellite images, and driving directions for any location
- Google Mobile Services, which
puts Google on your mobile phone or PDA
- Google News, which collects the
latest headlines from the web's major news sources
- Google Pack, Google's most
popular software and services
- Google Product Search, Google's online
shopping search engine
- Google Reader, Google's web-based newsfeed
reader
- Google Scholar, the search engine for scholarly books and articles
- Picasa, Google's free digital
photo editing program
- YouTube, home to the world's most popular
user-submitted videos
How to Buy This Book
Googlepedia
is available at bookstores everywhere, or you can order the book online by clicking
the button to the left.
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