Today was Google day and it was great to have the time to explore some of the changes and additions to Google beyond the basic tools used everyday like the search engine and image search.
I looked at the Directory, Google's attempt to catalogue the web, and through the Reference Category - Libraries I was delighted to find the website
You Are Not Alone (Maybe) Frequently asked reference questions, posted by the University of Michigan's Internet Public Library. This is very much like our old "Where to Look" file that we have in the Humanities Department and I was pleased to see some old favourites like Words ending in GRY - with a few other additions. It has World's All Time Best Selling Books and a nice entry on Genealogy for beginners.
The other product I explored was Orkut. I had no idea that Google had its own social networking site, apparently named after one of their employees who developed it. It seems to have many of the features of Facebook but not the applications and from the testimonials and fun facts, seems to be popular as a dating site. In trends, it looks like (no surprise) it is popular with the younger age demographic and very little use in Canada.
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