Google - is not only a search engine, Gmail and YouTube. C this brand linked dozens of different projects, and not all of them are equally well known. Layfhaker selected interesting Google services that might escape your notice.
1. google Authenticator
To reliably protect your account, one password may not be enough. Therefore, social networks and other services are increasingly resorting to additional methods of protection. For example, ask for a verification code sent to the user via SMS or generated in a special supplement. Google Authenticator - one of these programs. It creates security codes linked to her account. If you are worried for the safety of personal data, use the Google Authenticator for their accounts.
Price: Free
Price: Free
2. google Alerts
Google Alerts service informs about new publications, which contain references to the words or phrases selected by the user. You can configure multiple alerts, select the options you want for each of them: sources, language, subject and the number of articles and communications frequency, time of sending, and inbox (or RSS-feed) to which they will be come.
With Google Alerts, you will not miss the news of your favorite celebrities, companies, products and other objects of interest. If you are a public figure, you can keep track of references to itself.
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3. google Fonts
Google Fonts - this is a large free fonts directory, especially useful for web designers and web designers. A handy resource filter helps you quickly find the desired font, issuing sorting by type, date added, popularity and other parameters. The database contains sets of both Latin and Cyrillic characters. Favorite font, you can connect to the desired web page or downloaded for local use.
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4. Google Images
This editor helps you quickly draw a flow chart to chart, or make notes on the downloaded image without leaving the browser. "Google Images" integrated into the "Google Docs" package, and interact with other Google services such as "Tables" and "Google Drive." Therefore, in the "Images" you can create a chart based on data in your tables and store them in Google's cloud.
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5. Google Scholar
"Academy Google» - is a search engine on the texts of scientific publications. It scans the sites of publishers, professional societies, universities and other academic resources, to find texts on the requested keywords. As the search results a user sees a list of links to fragments or complete contents of scientific papers, sorted in view of the citation in the scientific community. What is important, for each text service shows a list of similar publications. "Academy Google» can be useful to any scientist or student.
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6. Google Sites
Having your own site offers tremendous opportunities to promote ideas or products on the Internet. But what if you do not know how to program and do not want to spend the budget for the developers? In this case, you can help out service «Google Sites" - Designer simple site that does not require any advanced technical knowledge. With it, you can quickly create and publish content to fill a set of web page templates, customized for your purposes.
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7. Google forms
«Google Forms" - a handy tool for cloud surveys. The user configures the application form with the required fields, sends a link to it, and the participants have access to on the basis of the responses received statistics. Service is ideal for business tasks such as customer surveys and for household chores, such as drawing up a guest list. Forms can draw to your taste, add their images and videos. Poll results are available as tables and illustrative charts.
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8. Search by image
What to do if you find an image, but it ruined other people's notes, or has the wrong size? In this situation, rescues tool "Search by Image", with which you can find other copies of the image in different sizes. To use it, you need to open the page "Google images", Click on the camera icon in the search box, and download the original image. You can simply drag and drop an image from a folder in the search bar area.
When the system displays the results, select the "All Sizes" or "Similar images" - depending on what you are looking for.
9. Think with Google
Information resource Think with Google introduces visitors to the research results, trends, ideas and case studies from the world of digital marketing. Much of the material is devoted to working with Google's products. On our site you will find articles from the staff of the Google and interviews with experts from other companies. Content to create a resource in Russian. In order not to miss the new publication, you can subscribe to the mailing list.
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10. google Primer
With this Google Apps helps marketers understand the new professional tools and trends. It contains English-language mini-courses on topics SEO, content marketing, analytics, online advertising and strategy. Theory of complementary small interactive exercises to help you better learn the material. All lessons can be downloaded to your smartphone to view offline. Many courses in the Primer is designed for entry-level knowledge, but there are those that will be of interest to professionals with experience.