多年来，谷歌(Google)已经发布了数十种从其搜索引擎(search engine)分支出来的产品。我们每天都在使用的其中一些产品，例如Gmail，而其他产品则只产生了预期影响的一小部分，例如Google Plus。
虽然大多数人都知道Gmail、地图(Maps)、Docs和其他出色的Google服务，但也有一些成功地在雷达下飞行。但是，与Plus不同的是，有些已被证明非常有用，并且可以与竞争对手抗衡。
在本文中，让我们看一下每个人都应该看看并考虑使用的七项鲜为人知的Google服务。(Google)
Google Keep是 2013 年发布的 Google 记笔记服务，在 Web、 (Google service)Android和 iOS上具有跨平台兼容性。虽然 iOS 的Notes 应用程序(Notes app)也可以通过 Web 界面访问，但在Android上获取它们需要通过Gmail 帐户(Gmail account)进行同步。
Google Keep 更简洁的跨平台实现使其成为理想的替代方案，允许用户以文本、图像、音频和列表的形式记笔记。Keep 还可以直接与Gmail集成，使单个浏览器窗口(browser window)对生产力非常强大。
对于自 2000 年代以来一直在互联网上的任何人来说，Geocities、Angelfire和Tripod等免费网络主机可能会成为美好的回忆(fond memory)。那时(Back)，网络蓬勃发展，免费的非商业网站充斥着人们日常建立和发布的信息和媒体。(information and media)
免费网络主机大多已成为过去，但Google 协作平台(Google Sites)是一个鲜为人知的瑰宝。Google 协作平台(Google Sites)的总体目标是“让任何人都能够创建支持(support collaboration)不同编辑之间协作的简单网站”。借助Google 协作平台(Google Sites)，用户可以完全免费地在网络上发布基于模板或自定义的HTML 内容。(HTML content)
Google 快讯(Google Alerts)是监控网络顶级搜索引擎(search engine)以获取新结果的最佳方式。Google Alerts会监视Google以查找用户选择的搜索查询(search query)，一旦找到结果（或者每天或每周），它就会自动发送一封电子邮件，让用户知道找到了什么。
对于任何有意识管理其在线品牌或声誉(online brand or reputation)的人来说，谷歌快讯(Google Alerts)是绝对必须的。Alerts有很多用途，一些显而易见且实用，但另一些独特且利基，我们很惊讶在谈到 Google 的最佳服务时没有更多地谈论这项服务。(service isn)
作为设计师或网页开发者(designer or web developer)，谷歌字体(Google Fonts)是必须的。现在，谷歌(Google)提供了一种最简洁、最全面的方式来查看、排序和下载一些网络上的顶级字体和字体系列，通过种子文件或充满随机字体的档案进行搜索的日子已经一去不复返了。
Google 字体(Google Fonts)中列出的每种字体都带有快速预览、一组预览样式、字形、解释字体起源和创作的“关于”页面(About page)等等。
它目前索引了 988 个网络上最常用的字体系列，并且只需单击几下鼠标即可下载它们。
对于比较购物者来说，谷歌购物(Google Shopping)是一个很好的工具。购物是谷歌专门针对实体产品定制搜索引擎(search engine)的一种方式，实体产品从网络上数千家值得信赖的商店中编入索引，并以对购物者友好的格式列出，显示价格、评论和产品详细信息。
谷歌(Google)购物的排序选项允许用户通过价格和评论分数(price and review score)找到他们需要的产品，并且它与类似的交易搜索网站和应用程序（如 SlickDeals 和CamelCamelCamel ）很好地配对。在扣动扳机并(trigger and buying)为办公室购买那种花哨的新玩具之前，请务必查看Google购物，看看是否可以找到更便宜的价格。
(Google Forms)在 Google 的Docs(Docs)、Sheets、Slides和Forms套件中， (Forms)Google Forms一直是个丑小鸭。这个 Web 服务集合直接与Microsoft Office 和 OpenOffice(Microsoft Office and OpenOffice)竞争，后者并不完全存在Forms(Forms doesn)的替代品。
但是，Google 表单(Google Forms)是可用的最简单的调查管理 Web(survey administration web)应用程序之一。这是制作允许文本响应、多项选择等的交互式表单的好方法。这些表格可以随机排列他们的问题，回答可以限制为每人一个，等等。
它是高度可配置的并且非常容易上手。对于需要从一群人那里收集数据的人来说，谷歌表单(Google Forms)是一个不错的选择。
简而言之(Simply)，Google Sky 之(Google Sky)于我们的天空，就像Google 地图和地球之(Google Maps and Earth)于我们的星球一样。Sky是Google的一款产品，它允许用户导航显示恒星、星座、星系、行星等的天体地图。
Sky支持红外、微波、历史等不同视图，在自由导航的同时为用户提供不同的视角和体验。用户可以单击并拖动以快速飞行，甚至可以使用搜索字段(search field)输入他们想要查看的星座名称或坐标。
这七项Google服务很少被提及，但它们使互联网成为一个更加有用和有趣的地方。如果您有另一个您认为被低估的Google 最爱，请在下方发表评论！(Google favorite)
7 Lesser-Known Google Services Worth a Look
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While most know about Gmail, Maps, Docs, and other fantastic Google services, there are a few that have managed to fly under the radar. However, unlike Plus, some have proven to be quite useful and stand up strongly against competitors.
In this article, let’s take a look at seven lesser-known Google services that everyone should take a look at and consider using.
Google Keep is a note-taking Google service released back in 2013, with cross-platform compatibility on the web, Android, and iOS. Although iOS’s Notes app is also accessible through a web interface, getting them on Android requires syncing through a Gmail account.
Google Keep’s cleaner cross-platform implementation makes it an ideal alternative, allowing users to take notes in the form of text, images, audio, and lists. Keep can also integrate directly with Gmail, making a single browser window extremely powerful for productivity.
For anyone who has been on the internet since the 2000s, free web hosts such as Geocities, Angelfire, and Tripod may come as a fond memory. Back then, the web was booming with free, non-commercial websites packed with information and media that everyday people built and published.
Free web hosts are mostly a thing of the past, but Google Sites is a gem that not many talk about. The overall goal of Google Sites is for “anyone to be able to create simple web sites that support collaboration between different editors.” With Google Sites, users can publish template-based or custom HTML content on the web, entirely for free.
Google Alerts is the best way to monitor the web’s top search engine for new results. Google Alerts watches Google for a search query of the user’s choice, and as soon as it finds results—or daily or weekly—it will automatically send out an email to let the user know what has been found.
For anyone conscious of managing their online brand or reputation, Google Alerts is an absolute must. There are so many uses for Alerts, some obvious and practical but others unique and niche, and we’re surprised that this service isn’t talked about more when it comes to Google’s best services.
As a designer or web developer, Google Fonts is a must. Gone are the days of searching through torrents or archives full of random fonts now that Google has provided one of the cleanest and most comprehensive ways to view, sort, and download some of the web’s top fonts and font families.
Every font listed on Google Fonts comes with a quick preview, a set of preview styles, glyphs, an About page that explains the font’s origins and creations, and more.
It currently indexes 988 of the web’s most used font families and makes downloading them a matter of a few mouse clicks.
For comparison shoppers, Google Shopping is a great tool. Shopping is Google’s way of tailoring its search engine specifically to physical products, which are indexed from thousands of trustworthy stores across the web and listed in a shopper-friendly format that displays prices, reviews, and product details.
Google Shopping’s sorting options allow users to find the products they need by price and review score, and it pairs well with similar deal-finding websites and apps such as SlickDeals and CamelCamelCamel. Before pulling the trigger and buying that fancy new toy for the office, be sure to check out Google Shopping to see if any cheaper prices can be found.
Google Forms has always been a bit of an ugly duckling in Google’s suite of Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Forms. This collection of web services competes directly with Microsoft Office and OpenOffice, where an alternative to Forms doesn’t exactly exist.
However, Google Forms is one of the easiest survey administration web applications available. It’s a great way to make interactive forms that allow for text responses, multiple choices, and more. The forms can have their questions shuffled in random order, responses can be limited to one per person, and much more.
It’s highly configurable and very easy to get started with. For anyone who needs to collect data from a group of people, Google Forms is a great option.
Simply put, Google Sky is to our sky as Google Maps and Earth are to our planet. Sky is a product from Google that allows users to navigate a celestial map that shows stars, constellations, galaxies, planets, and more.
Sky supports different views such as infrared, microwave, and historical, offering the user different perspectives and experiences while freely navigating. Users can click and drag to quickly fly around or even use a search field to type in constellation names or coordinates that they would like to view.
These seven Google services aren’t often talked about, but they make the internet a much more useful and interesting place. If you have another Google favorite that you feel is underrated, please leave a comment below!
