List of Google Tools

Many free tools are available to webmasters, programmers and Net surfers by Google. Here is the complete list.

Download a software to be linked to a geographic database made of photos and 3D images built with Sketchup.
The product has been bought by Google in 2004 and made free.

Tools for webmasters

Ad Planner. How to know the traffic of a website.
Adsense and Adwords. Adding advertisements on his site, or promoting his site.
Analytics
Service of online statistics, it shows the number of visitors, their geographical origin or nature (engine, direct connection).
Requires the inclusion of a JavaScript code into pages.

Custom search. A specialized search engine.
Goo.gl. Site to redirect shortened web adresses.
Insight for search. Geographical sharing and evolution of keyword queries.
Keywords external. Keyword generator.
Trends for websites. Comparing the evolution of websites.
Toolbar. For Firefox or IE, gives access to several services and displays the PageRank.
Urchin. Statistics software to install on a server, for Windows or Unix.
Webmaster tools
To help webmasters, tools of control over their site(s).
Only way to know the number of backlinks and which sites have given them.
Statistical Tools on keywords, and quality tests.

Web design

Browser Size
From data got by the search engine, browser size uses the statistics of the screen size of your visitors to indicates that users can not see without scrolling the page ...

Experiments
To end the quarrels of authors of browsers each boasting a gear its product, Google created in 2009 a site where you can run JavaScript across browsers to compare their speed.
Skipfish
Security test scanner for web applications, it supports several frameworks.
Web Elements
This site offers elements provided by Google to be added to your own site: Calendar, Conversation, Custom Search, Maps, News, Presentations, Speadsheet, Youtube News.
Example: How to add a map to your site.

Programming

Apps Script. APIs to use and control various Google services such as Docs, Calendar, etc.
Closure. JavaScript optimiser.
Gears. Library to turn websites offline.
Go. System language and its compiler.
Google Web Toolkit. Framework to build Web application in Java to be converted to JavaScript.
Protocol Buffer. File format to replace XML, with its compiler.
RE2. Regular expressions, C++ parser.

Graphics and charts

Building Maker. A complement to Earth.
Chart Tools. To build statistical graphs, two types of services: URL of a Google server to which you pass data in parameters, and the JavaScript API to create yourself bar or pie chart that can be interactive.
Maps
Worldwide mapping service on which you move with the mouse.
Webmasters can integrate a Web service through the API to associate an address to its geographical position on a map.
Picnik.
Online photo editing software, acquired by Google in March 2010.
SketchUp
Download this free software to create, edit and share 3D models.
It is easier to use than competing software.
One way to create its virtual home.

Social networks and communications

Buzz. This service is added to Gmail and turn it into a social tool with functions such as photo and video sharing, displaying message about himself and status update. It tends to compete with Facebook and Twitter.
Etherpad. Web-based realtime collaborative document editor.
Gmail
Hosting of email addresses set up in 2004 and opened to the public in 2006.
It offers many features such as chat, filtering, off-line.
Reader
RSS aggregator created in 2005. Users have a journal online (or offline), composed of feeds from various sites.
To add feeds they are assisted by a specialized search engine.
Sidewiki. Adding comments to visited pages.
Voice. Connect phone calls to GMail and gives a control on them.
Wave. To communicate and collaborate in real time online.

General purpose tools

Android. OS for mobile devices.

Calendar. Online tool to organize schedule and share infos with other.
Chrome browser
Google's browser is another component of the development strategy of online applications.
It is specially designed to operate them in the best condition and has a fast JavaScript compiler.
Chrome OS. Operating system for netbooks and Web applications.
Doc. Online word processor. With the support of all file types and 250 MB of allowed space, it is an online storage service too.
Gadgets. Widgets for the desktop.
Gizmo 5. Phone calls at no cost, from a mobile or computer, makes use of Google Voice. Bought in November 2009.
Google Chrome Frame. A plugin to add HTML 5 support to Internet Explorer.
Google Commerce Search. Product search.
Picasa
Management software and image editing. Originally used on a competitor of Flickr, it was bought by Google in 2004 and offered for download for free.
Powermeter.
Help you to improve energy efficiency at home.
Translate. Online translator. A new chat function has been added to the toolkit in January 2010.