Googlepedia: The Ultimate Google Resource, Third Edition

The Bottom Line

If you’re an application developer, Google makes it fairly easy to add Google search and other services into your code. We’ll examine some specific examples of Google applications in the final chapters of this book. In Chapter 44, “Creating Google Gadgets,” you’ll learn how to add your own applications to the Google Desktop and iGoogle home page. In Chapter 45, “Creating Social Applications with OpenSocial,” you’ll learn how to add Google applications to MySpace, Orkut, and other social networks. And in Chapter 46, “Using Google Gears,” you’ll learn how to make your web-based applications work offline. And remember—it’s all possible thanks to Google’s publicly available APIs!