Google

:For the search engine produced by Google Inc., see Google search; for the underlying technology, see Google platform; for other uses see Google (disambiguation).

Specific searches

For users searching for more specific results, at the top of Google pages are additional tabs to more narrowly define a user's search results.

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• Images: Allows the user to limit a search to images on the internet; the images are identified by Google by the image name saved on the webpage (just because the picture is saved as badger.jpg, for example, does not guarantee a badger picture).
• Groups: Allows the user to create, search and browse groups for discussion.
• News: Brings the user directly to the Google News search page, formatted similar to news websites such as MSNBC or BBC News. The search page provides the option for twenty countries. Google.com.au allows selection criteria for Australia.
• Froogle: Allows the user to shop online searching websites within a user specified budget.
• Local: Useful for looking for places (shops, other specific landmarks) in a neighborhood or region; for the United States, Canada, and the UK only.
• Earth: Allows the user to download a program to have a 3d version of satellite pictures.
• Maps: Provides the user with access to satellite and aerial images of locations which the user can zoom in, zoom out, or pan in any direction. See Google Maps.
• Desktop: Allows the user to search their computer for files, folders, and emails. See Google Desktop.
• Talk: Allows users with Gmail accounts to communicate with each other through instant messaging and have online conversations.
• Videos: Allows the user to limit a search to videos on the internet; Use Google to find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you.
• Blogs: Blog Search allows the user to only search blogs. Results can be sorted by relevance or by date. Although it allows you to search specific blogs, this feature is currently malfunctioning.
• Scholar: Allows users to search peer-reviewed, scholarly journals

Clicking on the "More" tab at the top directs the user to even more Google Services such as Blogger, University Searches, Google products in their Labs section, Help and Alerts.

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