As promised yesterday, I will now begin my appraisal of Google, the internet kingdom that has taken over the world.

• Blogger. Hmmm….I’m sure many of you didn’t know that Google was the mind behind Blogger’s creation, now did ya? And for those who are slow or simply curious…yes, blogger is the creator of this blog; I just am hosting it from my personal website rozmichelle.com because I got it like that {which really means i’m just a nerd who knows what she’s doing when it comes to sites :P)
• Froogle. Feel like shopping? Type in your desire and voila: the best selection matched with the best prices. (I personally prefer Ebay for shopping
• *Picasa. As previously mentioned {in yesterday’s post, for those who didn’t read it}, this is Google’s GENIUS picture program. It searches for every single picture you have on your computer, and if you are like me and have hundreds of random pictures that need some serious organizing, then you WANT this program. Search. Edit. Put comments on pictures. Post them to your website or blog with the click of a button.
• Adsense. This allows people with sites to get paid for placing high-profile ads on their site. I just might set this up myself, to see how effective it is…
• *Gmail. A web-based mail service. I have this. It is very cool. You literally NEVER will have to delete an email again; the amount of space google gives you keeps growing as time passes. And it groups your messages by the sender and topic so that it’s easy to keep track of emails that can easily get lost in the dozens (hundreds, in my case) of messages that flood your inbox.
• *Google Maps. Also from the corporate site, this is “a dynamic online mapping feature users in North America use to find location information, navigate through maps, and get directions quickly and easily. Google Maps is distinguished by easy navigation, detailed route directions, and business locations related to the requested query. Even more fun: by integrating Keyhole technology, Google Maps can display a map view or a satellite view.” …This is GREAT. I tested it to see how well it worked an actually saw a satellite image of my entire neighborhood and could even point out my house {that is kind of scary actually…}. Google Earth is similar, but I don’t think you could locate your pen pal Sue Lee’s house in China with this. Still, it is technology at its best.
• *Blog Search. …self-explanatory. To see it, click here.

interesting google facts:

If you type in “failure”, George Bush’s biography comes up as the first listing. LOL! Don’t believe me? TRY IT!

{note: the *’s mark my favorite google features }

Okay, now that I’ve successfully proved myself a blogging billboard for Google, I shall retire. After all, it IS Friday! Have a greeeeat weekend!