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"Do you want to add a slick animation, slideshow, carousel or slider to a Google Site using a Google Docs Presentation?  These instructions use a custom gadget made be Romain Vialard to embed a Google Docs Presentation into a Google Site.  The custom gadget hides the borders, the buttons and the Google Docs tag line so the presentation seamlessly integrates into your Google Site.  Many thanks to Romain who is a Google Apps Script Top Contributor and has worked very hard on this gadget."

Google Sites is the collaborative website development tool that is part of the Google Apps Suite. The Google Sites tool allows users to quickly create internal and external websites. In this post, I debunk ten common myths about Google Sites

One of the effects of Google+'s controlled roll out, primarily to tech geeks and Social Media nerds, was an avalanche of "Google+ will be a (fill in the blank) killer" posts.  Twitter - dead! Facebook - dead! Twitter and Facebook - dead! I've tried to hold off on such pronouncements because, A) that's the easy way out, and B) nobody knows what effects exactly Google+ is going to have on the online media habits of millions of people. Let's not forget, while 10 million users in just a couple of weeks is impressive, it's still a relatively small sample size.

Want to sync your Google Plus updates to other social networks, without having to use a browser extension? There's a new way to do this, called "Agent G," which is actually a special Google Plus user account. Once configured, you can automatically share your Google Plus updates to the social networks of your choice, just by adding "Agent G" alongside the names of the Circles or friends you're sharing a post with on Google Plus.

Despite starting conservatively with my personal Google+ use, I've had quite a few people ask me what I thought of G+ and when we'd write a post about it here on TopRank's Online Marketing Blog.  With all the hype and past track record with Google's social media tests, I decided to wait.  I've been a bit more active on Google+ as of late and strangely enough, nearly 6,000 people have decided this was worth a Circle inclusion. You can find me here: Lee Odden G+.

Google Plus or Google+ or G+ has now been out and about for roughly a week, and I was fortunate enough to get to play with it quite early on. I know that lots of people haven't as yet, so this is an overview post so that when you DO, you'll have some idea of what you're looking at.

For those who prefer using feed readers to streamline their online consumption, you can now follow individual Google+ user streams via RSS feeds using a webapp called, simply, Google Plus Feed.

Google share buttons and embedded code.

"This site is a collection of information and "How tos" about Google Sites provided by Google Sites Top Contributor 'philridout'. There are a number of other sites around that provide similar information and I have linked to them below."

"Circloscope is a Google Chrome extension for various circle management tasks in Google+. It is not free software but you can install and try it for free (you can install directly using the button below or install from chrome webstore). "

The "Experiments" section of the Google Cultural Institute website includes a catalogue of how they have been attempting to apply "machine learning" to the question of organizing artworks.

In this article I am going to tell you some Google Analytics tricks that you should use for your website.

After months of chipping away at its lead, Google Chrome has finally overtaken Internet Explorer to become most popular web browser worldwide.

Google+ Hints and Tips

Google+ Counters - creating and using lists

What Google+ is all about - slideshow using Picassa

Google is widely (and rightly) recognised as the mother of all search engines. But, if you need to drill down your searches by more specific details, do you trust Google to give you what you need every single time? Here's a collection of 3o vertical search engines which you should have up your sleeve when you need some specialist power.

What is Google+ ? Where your social graph meets your interest graph.

Timeline is also great for pulling in media from different sources. It has built in support for pulling in Tweets and media from Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, Google Maps and SoundCloud. More media types will be supported in the future. Creating one is as easy as filling in a Google spreadsheet or as detailed as JSON.

CircleCount helps you better understand Google+