Recent fury about a Google Box was again unleashed at
the latest CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas
this year when a rumor spread that Google would be
unveiling a Google Box. Causing its stock price to rise and
Google watchers’ hearts to drop when there proved to be
no substance to the rumor.

For now Google seems content to ‘piggy-back’ on other
systems. It has announced it will be partnering with
Motorola to place the Google icon and search on certain
Motorola cell phones. So close, yet so far.

Google still insists it is not building a Google Box.
But does it really matter what Google wants… Internet
users want their Google Box and they will get it in one
form or another. It might not even come from Google.
Their lost!

If you haven’t been following the Google Juggernaut, you
may be wondering what’s all this buzz about a Google Box?
Simply put: it’s a rumor/hope/dream that just won’t die.

What are consumers, customers, Internet users (everyone
on the planet) all clamoring for?

They are clamoring for a newly minted integrated ‘all-in-one’
portable handheld device, with a Google OS (operating system)
and an RSS powered Google Browser (via the Firefox model)
that’s an Internet/Phone/Laptop/XM Radio/Ipod Video/TV/GPS/
and last but not least a Search Engine.

If such a device is built it would finally bring the
Internet (screaming and kicking) into our future wireless
universe. It would be our dream technotopia device. One that
would meet all our electronic/communication needs and place
them firmly in the palm of our hand.

It would place all the World’s Information, Videos, TV shows,
Music, a Billion Web Sites, and Aunt Sally neatly in the palm
of your hand. It would deliver all this with the Google Brand
Name, quite frankly who else would you trust with your Aunt
Sally?

Not only should Google Build it, they should give it away
for Free or next to Free, make it affordable to the lowest
income demographic on the planet. It would simply be good
business. It would simply be a better return on its
shareholder’s money.

Technically such a device or Google Box could be built right
now. The resources and expertise are available, just might
take a hefty down payment to give birth to this baby.

Is such a venture realistically feasible for Google to undertake?

As we see from their offer of providing free broadband Wi-Fi
services to the lucky residents of Mountain View, in the
heart of Silicon Valley, it is not that far-fetched. It is not
such a leap of faith that someone at Google may be musing at
the possibility of a world-wide wireless system delivered on
a Google Box.

Advertising is Google’s Bread and Butter. Consider the
Google Box as just a virtual version of your morning
newspaper. It would be the perfect vehicle to carry all
that Google delivered advertising. Delivered to everyone
anywhere in the world. Advertisers would be lining up around
the world for a piece of that action.

Actually, if you really examine the implications of such
a delivery system. Google must build that Google Box or
lose out to others who will build such a delivery device…
it just won’t have the Google name.

How far are we from such a delivery system? How long will we have
to wait for the eternal Google Box? Don’t hold your breath
but have you heard any good rumors lately?

The author runs a modest website on Bizware and Business Solutions, including a section on VoIP Phone Services. VoIP Phone Service
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For better or worst, Google has permeated into almost every aspect
of our everyday life. Being Googled is now a common expression and
an act carried out by millions of users around the world each day.
New Google products and services are coming on stream at a frightening
pace, further increasing Google’s impact on our lives.

Despite this dominating presence, many people still don’t realize
Google offers some excellent free marketing tools for marketers
and webmasters. Marketing tools which can prove extremely valuable
to any webmaster or marketer trying to promote their sites or
products online. Useful tools that will make your promotions
easier and much more profitable.

Don’t be fooled by the ‘free’ label, these marketing tools
might be free but there are also valuable. One even wonders
why Google would be giving away these tools and services for
free? It probably makes good business sense in the long
run, by providing these free tools Google is fostering a
lot of company good-will and building up the Google brand
name in the process. Good PR is good business.

Every marketer and webmaster should be taking advantage of
Google’s good-will and snapping up these professionally run
services and marketing tools. Here’s a quick run-down of
the 10 most valuable free Google Internet marketing tools:

1. Google Analytics

Perhaps the premier marketing tool offered by Google.
It will prove helpful to both the marketer and the webmaster.
Google Analytics gives you a daily snapshot of your web site. Google
Analytics analyzes your traffic, where it comes from and what it does
once it enters your site. You can monitor up to three sites
for free.

Google Analytics is extremely valuable in analyzing your
marketing funnel, it tracks all the steps leading up to your
sales or checkout page. Vital information for raising
your conversion rate and ROI.

You may be placed on a waiting list for this highly in
demand service from Google.

LINK http://www.google.com/analytics/

2. Google Sitemaps

Webmasters can use Google Sitemaps to almost instantly place
newly created pages on their site into the Google Search Index.
This is an XML file that is uploaded to Google as new pages
are added on your site. Needless to say this can be a valuable
service for any webmaster or marketer who wants to get their
information on the web quickly.

LINK https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/about.html

3. Google Alerts

Be notified when someone or another site lists your site
or mentions your name. Great way to keep track of all your
online activities. Great way to monitor all your online
business interests and products.

LINK http://www.google.com/alerts

4. Google Froogle

Froogle is Google’s price directory! It simply lists all
the cheapest prices for different products on the web.
For marketers and webmasters who are promoting products,
it should be studied and analyzed. Optimizing your
site’s content for Froogle may prove to be very beneficial.

Follow Froogle or Google directions exactly on how to
list or display products on your site. Froogle will
spider your site and display your prices and products
to thousands of targeted customers. That, as they say,
is priceless.

LINK http://froogle.google.com/

5. Google Checkout

Not exactly free but for those marketers who use AdWords
— for every $1 spent on AdWords you can process $10 for free.
You can also place the shopping cart logo on your AdWords ad
and take advantage of the prestige and trust the Google
brand name has built up.

Over time marketers may find this tool to be very
effective and valuable.

LINK https://checkout.google.com/

6. Google eBlogger

Blogging has become vitally important to the health and
functioning of your web site. No site should be without
at least one blog and RSS feed. Creating a blog (online journal)
on the topic of your web site or product will bring in extra traffic
and targeted customers. eBlogger is a simple free
blogging service that even lets you publish or post your blog
files to your own web site server. Keep in mind, each blog
has that all important Google Blog Search bar.

LINK http://www.blogger.com/

7. Google Toolbar – Enterprise Version

Try the new enterprise version of the Google Toolbar
for your company or business. Integrates countless
features with all your employees or corporate
network. These could include a common customer
database, company calendar, financial news…

Keep in mind, Google also ranks every page it indexes on
a scale of 0-10. While it is important to know the Page Rank of
your own pages, it is even more important to know the PR of
your competitor’s pages. You can use the toolbar to get
the PR of each page you’re visiting. Extremely helpful
information for webmasters and marketers to know when
forming online linking or business arrangements.

LINK http://toolbar.google.com/T4/enterprise/

8. Google Groups

Every marketer knows the important of having a large
contact list of people with a similar interest. Social
networking will play an ever increasing role in your
success on the web. Just look at the growing popularity
of sites like MySpace and LiveJournal.

Google groups is another form of social and business
networking that every marketer should be aware of and
pursuing.

LINK http://groups.google.com/

9. Google Adsense

One simple way to monetize your web content is to
use Google Adsense. Just place the Adsense code
on your site and receive a check from Google each
month. For webmasters who are not really into
online marketing (does such creatures exist?) Adsense
can be a painless way to earn extra income from
your site.

For professional marketers using the Adsense system can
supply a tremendous amount of marketing information on the
keywords in their particular niche. It keeps the
marketer informed on what keywords are being bid
on and how much advertisers are willing to pay.

Adsense also has an excellent real-time tracking
system you can use to keep track of all your
important web pages.

LINK https://www.google.com/adsense/

10. Google Writely

A recent addition to Google’s stable of free products.
Writely is a full featured online writing editor with
spellcheck and great collaborating features. It also
lets you publish your content directly to your blogs.
One feature that may be of interest to marketers, it lets
your save files in the popular download format of PDF.

Lets face it, until video takes over the web in four
or five years time — the written word is still king on the
net. It is the medium that markets, promotes and sells
your content or products. Writely will help you write better.

LINK http://www.writely.com

Honorable Mention – Google Trends

This Google program will let you search popular trends,
important for marketers searching for the latest hot
product to promote. You can also break down these trends
by different regions.

LINK http://www.google.com/trends

Final Note

Please take note that signing up for a Google account will
usually help you in obtaining most of these free services or
programs. Some of these programs may have to be applied for
individually. But be assured, all these free Google marketing
tools are well worth your time and effort. They will make your
marketing easier and they will help any webmaster or marketer
run their online business more efficiently.

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The author is a full-time online marketer who runs numerous web sites, including two sites on Internet marketing. For the latest web marketing tools try: Internet Marketing Tools Everyone is profiting from Google, why not you? Click here: Google Cash File Copyright © 2006 Titus Hoskins. This article may be freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.

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