Everybody likes Google

Everybody likes Google these days. In fact you can even get Google apparel right here.

On more important note, not that looking like a Google employee shouldn’t be your highest priority, Google provides several great services, which they encourage you to use.

Let’s take a look at some of their APIs.

Google’s Developer Network can be found here:
http://code.google.com/

And if you can’t find it, just Google it. Here are some of the useful tools you can find.

Google Maps API
Embed Google Maps directly into your own web pages. The Google Maps API opens enough functionality to developers to go as far as create markers and place them on the map (e.g. - Take a look at this weather map example). You can find more documentation here.

Google Webmaster Tools
In this age of information what could be more important than searching for it. Why not optimize your site for Google, the world’s largest search engine, using Google’s provided tools. Working closer with the Webmaster Tools can go a long way to helping people find your site. If that’s what floats your boat.

Google Web Toolkit
Learning cross-browser compliant coding techniques and standards can be very taxing and frustrating. This toolkit allows developers who are better acquainted Java than HTML to write complex web applications.

Google AJAX Search API
The search API allows developers to use Google’s search engine including retrieving results and customizing the scope of the search.

AdWords API
Allows developers to access an AdWords account and interface with SOAP. Resellers of Adwords can create applications managing Adword campaigns.

Google Calendar Data API
The calendar API allows developers to read and write data to Google Calendars, an especially powerful service because of its availability. Who doesn’t use a calendar?

Google Checkout API
The checkout API is Google’s eCommerce engine. Online transactions can be processed through their two APIs: an XML API and an HTML API.