Google has created over 50 additional software services.  In the class you took, we only had time to cover a fraction of the 50.  This page lists all 50+ Google services.

As you know, Google is one of the best sites to use to search all of the internet.  Google Product Search (formerly Froogle) is an excellent site if you want to search for products to purchase.  Another excellent site you can use to search for things to purchase is Pricegrabber. 

When you do a search in Google, the left side of the page offers several ways you can narrow the results of your search.  For additional information about each of these methodologies, see http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=142143

In our class you learned to use Google Maps.  Several sites have created websites that build on Google Maps.  One of these sites is FareCompare.  It allows you to use a map of a specific city, country, or region, and see a map of all the airfares to other locations.  You can "drill down" through these maps.  For example, you can see a map of airfares from Washington D.C. to other cities, and then hone in first on fares to California, followed by fares to L.A.,  followed by fares on United Airlines to L.A., followed by fares on July 4 from D.C. to L.A.

To use Google Earth, you must first download it to your computer.

Websites that build on Google Maps are generically called Mashups.  There are two terrific websites that list thousands of Mashups.  They are Programmable web and this one.  These websites are continually being updated as new Mashups are created.  One of the most useful Mashups is this one which shows local gas prices.

Many Mashups are more fun than useful.  Some of my favorite Mashups that are a lot of fun are ones that show the presidential birthplaces, find red light cameras, Montgomery County house assessments, Amtrak routes,  fast food restaurants, a pedometer for calculating the distance that you walk, bike or travel, prices of homes for sale or rent, house assessments prices for Montgomery County, median prices of homes in NYC, and finally a Mashup that lists great hikes in all 50 states such as the Billy Goat Trail in Great Falls.

When you visit a web site, your connection to that site takes many hops.  Use Google Maps and this site to see the path of your connection.

If you have a web page that is written in another language, you can have it translated instantly by using this Google translate website.  That same site can also translate a few sentences or paragraphs from English to other languages, or from other languages back to English.  

Google Slam provides entertaining videos that demonstrate several Google technologies

Blogs are one of the hotest areas of the web today.  To search for a blog on a certain topic, you can use this Google website or Sphere, Icerocket or Technorati.  If you'd like to create your own blog, try this free website. 

This website will allow you to create your own website at no cost.

You can download the App Google Goggles for your smartphone.