Sign in link...
...opens the Google Account page. You can access many Google services with one account.
Google Logo
Google is a search engine owned by Google, Inc. The mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful".
Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and incorporated in 1998.
It receives over 200 million queries each day.
The logo is clickable and takes you to Google Home from any page.
Images link...
...opens the Google Image Search page with access to over a billion images. Google grants you only the right to view them on the web.
Google analyzes key words in the file name, the text on the page adjacent to the image, and other factors to return most relevant results.
Clicking the link in Google, you automatically resubmit your search as an Image search.
Video link...
...opens access to the Google Video library of TV shows, movies, music videos, documentaries, personal works, etc.
You can download free content, preview or buy commercial videos, and upload your own video.
Also, you can use Google Video for commercial purposes.
Clicking the link in Google, you automatically resubmit your search as a Video search.
News link...
...opens News page with access to news from more than 4,500 sources. Google News headlines are updated every 15 minutes.
The news database is separate from the main Google database. You can search news articles up to 30 days past.
Clicking the link in Google, you automatically resubmit your search as a News search, without having to retype your query.
Maps link...
... opens the Google Maps page. The feature offers a wide range of map-based information, from finding places and driving directions to local businesses, services, and landmarks.
Clicking the link in Google, you automatically resubmit your search as a Maps search.
Gmail link...
...opens the Gmail sign in/ sign up page.
more>> link...
...opens a small menu with links to second-popular Google search features.
The arrangement of navigational links changes constantly. For instance, quite recently there was no Video on the first page. In its place was Groups. Now users are more interested in Video, and it has migrated to the forefront.
Blogs link...
...opens the Google Blog Search page. A typical blog (Web log) is a personal webpage (website) with periodical journal style entries. Bloggers were formerly known as "escribitionists".
Blogs discuss any imaginable topic, and Google indexes millions of them. Blogs "push" updates to their subscribers and search engines, so the most recent information is usually available.
Books link...
...opens the Google Book Search page. You can search the full text of hundreds of thousands of books.
Depending on copyright restrictions, you can have full access to the text of a book, or see its fragments, or only its description and indication where to get it.
Google Book Search allows out-of-copyright material to be downloaded in PDF format.
Google Products link...
...opens the Google Products Search page. As a shopping search engine, Google Products offers product information from price comparisons to store and product ratings and reviews.
Google Products helps you find products online.
Groups link...
...opens access to an archive of Usenet and Google groups. Usenet is one of the oldest parts of the Internet. It has over 30,000 active newsgroups where people discuss all kinds of topics.
You can search postings in both active and defunct groups between 1981 and today.
Clicking the link in Google, you automatically resubmit your search as a Groups search.
Patents link...
...opens the Google Patent Search page. All patents come from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and cover patents issued from the 1790s till about 6 months ago. More recent are not yet available.
Google has converted the entire image database of U.S. patents into a searchable format. You can search the full text of U.S. patents.
Blogger link...
...takes you to the Blogger website. You can search blogs, create your own blog, do all kinds of blog things here.
Blogger.com has been acquired by Google, and now it's an integrated part of the whole system.
Calendar link...
...opens the Google Calendar page. You can create your personal calendar, share it with others, import data from MS Outlook and other calendar programmes, and so on.
You can also display a calendar on your site.
Documents link...
...opens a page with an explanation of the service and a Google Account login dialog.
You can work with your documents and spreadsheets online, make them accessible to designated people, or publish them as web pages.
Orkut link...
...opens the Orkut online community page.
Photos link...
...opens the Google photo sharing page based on Picasa Web Albums.
Picasa lets you view, organize, edit and share the digital photos on your PC.
Reader link...
...opens the Google Reader page.
Google Reader checks news sites and blogs for new content. You can specify what sources to check.
Scholar link...
...takes you to the Google Scholar search page. The Google Scholar sources are peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
Depending on copyright issues, Google Scholar provides multiple ways to access scholarly content, from free full text to library links and purchase options.
Google Finance link...
...opens the Google Finance page which displays a combination of general market news and in-depth financial information on specific stocks, mutual funds, and public and private companies.
The information comes from a variety of financial data providers, as well as from Google's main search database.
Labs link...
...opens the front page of "Google's technology playground".
Many new ideas are tried out here, such as Google RideFinder for a dozen of US cities, Google Mars, and a whole lot more. Some of them will make it to mainstream search features.
more>> link...
...opens a long list of services and tools provided by Google. It has more search interfaces, such as Catalogs or Books, and a lot of related features, such as Labs or Blogger.
Note that the arrangement of navigational links changes constantly. For instance, quite recently Video was in the primary menu line, then it was replaced by Products. Any migrations are possible any time, the only rule is that the more popular features tend to be placed in the primary menu line.
Links to other Google departments...
...open results pages in other Google departments with the same search query.
Such links appear only when Google considers that it has found important hits in other departments.
Search Box...
...has the same functionality as the Search box on the main page.
Advaned Search link...
...opens the Advaned Search page.
Many of the advanced search features, though not all, are accessible from this page. Others require the use of search operators and other tools and techniques.
Preferences link...
...opens the Preferences page. It allows you to customize the way you use Google.
Your selections are stored in cookies on your machine for later retrieval.
Definition link...
...opens a page with definitions of the word(s) in the link.
Words are linked only if they have definitions.
Sponsored Links...
...are links paid for by Google's advertisers.
They may have only indirect relevance to your query.
OneBox specialized results...
...display a short list of results from Google's specialized searches, such as News, Images, etc.
The results appear only when Google "thinks" that they might be useful to your search.
Web page title link...
...opens the web page with your keywords.
You'll see the web page title in the blue title bar across the top of the window.
Excerpt of text...
...shows the context in which your keywords appear on the web page.
URL of result...
...is the full web i of the web page.
It is not a clickable link; you have to click the page title to jump to the page
Size...
...is the size in kilobytes of the text portion of the web page.
Each 1k of text is about 170 words. A page containing 5K characters thus is about 850 words long.
Date link...
...is the date when Google's robot last crawled the page.
It tells you nothing about the date when the page was created.
Cached link...
...displays the version of the page stored on Google's document servers.
It may be different from the current version of the page.
Similar pages link...
...opens a list of pages that Google "thinks" have a lot in common with the listed page.
It is usually pages in the same general category as main result.
Indented result...
...is the second most relevant page from the same site as the result above it.
File format label...
...shows the format of the file that will be opened if you click on the link.
Google recognizes 12 common formats, such as Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf), Microsoft Word (doc), etc.
Searches related to links...
...suggests searches made by other users based on the same keywords.
Goooooogle...
...is a string of o's with each 'o' linked to a results pages.
Each 'o' corresponds to the number under it. You can click on o's instead of numbers to open results pages.
Search within results link...
...opens a new page with a suggestion to conduct a search within the results.
Enter a new query into the search box and click the Search within results button to narrow your results.
Language Tools link...
...allows you to set different language options and translate text to and from various languages.
Search tips link...
...opens Google Help Central. It has links to all sections of Google help system.
It is more than tips.
Dissatisfied link...
...takes you to a form where you can tell Google about your disappointment about a particular search and thus help them improve the service.
Google Home link...
...takes you to the Google home page.
Advertising Programs link...
...opens the Google Advertising Programs page with access to Google AdWords and Google AdSense.
Business Solutions link...
...opens a page with more commercial offers from Google. It is outside of this Use Simulator.
About Google link...
...opens Google's information center. Google Help, products, corporate information etc. are accessible from this page.