| Service: | Blog RSS Feed & Tracking |
| Website: | http://rss2twitter.com |
| Freesource Notes: | Google Feedburner not only lets you gain subscribers when you put their RSS feed on your blog, it also offers an analytic service, so you can track subscribers. There is also a service built-in which automatically updates your Twitter with blog updates. To see more tools that use the RSS feed to update your social media sites, check out the freesourcing blog. |
Google Feedburner
Google Calendar SMS Reminders
| Service: | Organization and Project Management Feature |
| Website: | http://www.google.com/calendar/ |
| Freesource Notes: | If you’re already using Gmail and especially if you’re using Google Calendar, leveraging this feature is a must. Inside the details of each event created there is a “Reminders” option. Reminders can be delivered via pop-up, email, or by text message whenever you want them. What’s more is that Google Calendar will remember your preferences and make them the default on each event, unless you change them. For example, each event added to my Google Calendar includes an email reminder 1 hour prior to the event, and a SMS reminder 15 minutes before. |
Google Checkout
| Service: | Checkout Tool for Buyers & Sellers |
| Website: | http://checkout.google.com/ |
| Freesource Notes: | With Google Checkout, shoppers can stop creating multiple accounts and passwords. Google Checkout™ let’s you quickly and easily buy from stores across the web and track all your orders and shipping in one place. For Sellers, Google Checkout helps attract new leads and convert more sales. Google Checkout users click on ads 10% more when the ad displays the Checkout badge, meaning more traffic to your site AND the fast, convenient checkout process helps Checkout users convert 40% more than shoppers who have not used Checkout before. |
Google Pack
| Service: | Software Selected by Google |
| Website: | http://pack.google.com |
| Freesource Notes: | Google Pack has almost everything your computer needs to run better. You’ll have your choice of everything from media players, internet browsers, spyware & antivirus, to Skype & Google Earth. You can trust anything Google or Google endorsed, and this package has it all. Try your own customized Google Pack and let us know what you think! |
Google Finance
| Service: | Financial Research & Management Tool |
| Website: | http://www.google.com/finance |
| Freesource Notes: | Google Finance offers an easy way to search for stocks, mutual funds, and public and private companies. By combining content licensed from financial data providers with content from the Web, Google Finance lets you easily find and manage your financial information online. This product features company search, interactive charts, news (from Google News), insights into Company Managers, Discussion Group Forums (spam free), and the ability to create, manage, and track your portfolio online. And like most things Google, it’s entirely free. |
Google Adwords: Keyword Tool
| Service: | Keyword Analysis & Suggestion Tool |
| Website: | https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal |
| Freesource Notes: | Google’s Keyword Tool lets you submit one keyword or phrase to see what related word searches your ad will show on. You can use the Keyword Tool to get new keyword ideas and it’s a great way to find new keywords for your ad campaigns and SEO efforts. The results provide some exciting data on keyword search statistics, similar words & phrases and their statistics. If you play with this, I’d recommend visiting the “Keyword Tool Tips” page for some ideas and advice. And like most things Google, the Keyword Tool is entirely free. |
Google Alerts
| Service: | Automated Research & Custom Email Updates |
| Website: | http://www.google.com/alerts |
| Freesource Notes: | Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Some handy uses of Google Alerts include: monitoring a developing news story, keeping current on a competitor or industry, getting the latest on a celebrity or event, keeping tabs on your favorite sports teams. You can customize what, when, and how you want to receive your alerts. Google Alerts are entirely free. |
Google Docs
| Service: | Free Web-based Word Processor and Spreadsheet |
| Website: | http://docs.google.com/ |
| Freesource Notes: | Google Docs are a easy to use, free web-based word processor and spreadsheet programs that allow you share and collaborate within the document. Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc. and operate very similar to the Microsoft office products. |
Google Trends
| Service: | Google Search Trending Reports |
| Website: | http://www.google.com/trends |
| Freesource Notes: | With Google Trends, you can compare the world’s interest/searches on any topic. Enter up to five topics and see how often they’ve been searched on Google over time. Google Trends will also show how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most. |
Google Analytics
| Service: | Free Website Analytics |
| Website: | http://www.google.com/analytics |
| Freesource Notes: | Probably one of the best and most popular site analytics tools available, Google Analytics provides a web analytics solution that gives rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. And like everything Google, it’s awesome and pretty easy to use. |
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