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I've been working for Google on Google Maps since 2012. Every so often I write a little article here about one of our products, just for fun. I'll try to track some of them here.

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Office products:

• Google Docs - Tips on Google Docs.
• Google Sheets - Tips on Google Sheets.
• Google Slides - Tips on Google Slides.
• Google Forms - One of their less used products.

Products:

• Google Maps - Everyone knows Google Maps! I used to work for Google maps.
  • Google Maps - Creating a Big Image Montage from Map Tiles - how to create a montage.
  • Google Maps API - Contains a number of subpages with demos, such as Google Maps API - Add List of Markers.
• Google Earth - Became famous way back, less used now.
• Google Data Studio - Part of Google Analytics 360 Suite, and used to make chart dashboards from various data sources (custom spreadsheets, Google Analytics, YouTube data, etc).
• Google Analytics - Great product.
• Google My Business - Great product to use if you own a business and want it to have correct data and terrific pictures on Google Maps (and other geo products).
• Google Sites - Not a bad WYSIWYG interface. Tips on the product, plus:
  • Google Sites - HTML Tag Cleaner - Helps cleanup the terrible HTML it produces.
• Google Drive - Tips for Google Drive.
• Google Photos - Tips for Google Photos.

Deprecated Products:

• Google Domains - Tips on Google Domains... sadly now deprecated.

Coding:

• Google Code Jam - Good for preparing for code interviews.
• Google Positions - Internal.

Opinionated:

• Google Plus - An honest evaluation I wrote early 2012 of why I thought it would not succeed (and I think I was pretty right!).
• Google - Interesting Articles - A collection of a few articles about Google - many which are negative, but I might find interest in some of their truth.
• Google Offices and Travel - Google offices and travel.