Here’s a snapshot of the google search services as of today :

• Book Search - New! Use Google to search the full text of books. • Cached Links View a snapshot of each page as it looked when we indexed it. • Calculator Use Google to evaluate mathematical expressions. • Definitions Use Google to get glossary definitions gathered from various online sources. • File Types Search for non-HTML file formats including PDF documents and others. • Froogle To find a product for sale online, use Froogle - Google’s product search service. • I’m Feeling Lucky Bypass our results and go to the first web page returned for your query. • Local Search search for local businesses and services in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. • Movies - New! Use Google to find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you. • News Headlines Enhances your search results with the latest related news stories. • PhoneBook Look up U.S. street address and phone number information. • Q&A - New! Use Google to get quick answers to straightforward questions. • Results Prefetching - New! Makes searching in Firefox faster. • Search By Number Use Google to access package tracking information, US patents, and a variety of online databases. • Similar Pages Display pages that are related to a particular result. • Site Search Restrict your search to a specific site. • Spell Checker Offers alternative spelling for queries. • Stock Quotes - New! Use Google to get live stock quotes and information. • Street Maps Use Google to find U.S. street maps. • Travel Information Check the status of an airline flight in the U.S. or view airport delays and weather conditions. • Weather - New! Check the current weather conditions and forecast for any location in the U.S. • Web Page Translation Provides English speakers access to a variety of non-English web pages • Who Links To You? Find pages that point to a specific URL.

What does this say abt the firm ? One thing is undeniably clear, i.e, They want to search every piece of information on the net. They want to offer a compelling search service so much so that, people woould want to shift their offline information also online, just to make sure that it is efficiently managed. This obviously means, they are moving in a direction of an OS over the web. Will they succeed in what seems to be a grand vision ? attendre et observons !