This document contains a list of some of the official and unofficial Google forums and newsgroups. The official forums mentioned here have been gathered from various official Google services, mostly from the help center pages. With many Google services you should be able to find the appropriate discussion group by going to the main page of that Google service, clicking the link for the help pages and then the link for the discussion group. You can find links to most of the Google Help Centers here: http://www.google.com/support/.
Android http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers http://groups.google.com/group/android-internals http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss Blogger http://groups.google.com/group/blogger-help Blogger Data API http://groups.google.com/group/bloggerDev Gmail http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-Discussion Google AdWords http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-help Google AJAX Search API http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API Google Analytics http://groups.google.com/group/analytics-help Google Apps http://groups.google.com/group/apps-discuss Google Base http://groups.google.com/group/base-help-discussion Google Calendar http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Calendar-Help Google Checkout http://groups.google.com/group/google-checkout-merchants-forum Google Code http://groups.google.com/group/codesite-discuss Google Code Search http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Code-Search Google Custom Buttons http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Custom-Buttons Google Custom Search Engine (Google Co-op) http://groups.google.com/group/google-custom-search Google Dashboard Widgets for Mac http://groups.google.com/group/macwidgets Google Desktop http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Desktop Google Docs & Spreadsheets http://groups.google.com/group/GoogleDocsSpreadsheets Google Earth http://groups.google.com/group/earth-help http://bbs.keyhole.com Google Finance http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Finance Google Firefox Extensions http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Firefox-Extensions Google for Educators http://groups.google.com/group/google-for-educators Google Gears http://groups.google.com/group/google-gears Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Groups-Guide Google Mail http://groups.google.com/group/Google-mail-help-discussion-group-uk Google Maps http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps Google Maps API http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API Google Maps for mobile http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-for-mobile Google Mars http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Mars Google Mini http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Mini Google Mobile http://groups.google.com/group/google-mobile-help Google Music Trends http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Music-Trends Google News http://groups.google.com/group/googlenews-help Google Notebook http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Notebook Google Pack http://groups.google.com/group/google-pack Google Page Creator http://groups.google.com/group/GPCDiscussionGroup Google Reader http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Reader-Help Google Related Links http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Related-Links Google Ride Finder http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Google-Ride-Finder Google Scholar http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Google-Scholar Google Site Flavored Search http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-site-flavored Google Sites http://groups.google.com/group/sites-help Google SketchUp http://groups.google.com/group/sketchup Google SMS http://groups.google.com/group/Google-SMS Google Suggest http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Google-Suggest Google Talk http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Talk-Help-Discuss Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer http://groups.google.com/group/IEToolbar-Group Google Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox http://groups.google.com/group/FFToolbar-Group Google Transit http://groups.google.com/group/googletransit Google Translate http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate Google Trends http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Trends Google Video http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Video-Help Google Voice Local Search / GOOG-411 http://groups.google.com/group/goog411 Google Web Accelerator http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Accelerator Google Webmaster http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help Google Web Search http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help Google Web Toolkit http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit Google WiFi http://groups.google.com/group/WiFi-Help-Discussion Joga http://groups.google.com/group/Joga-Help Macs Inside Google http://groups.google.com/group/google-mac OpenSocial http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial orkut http://groups.google.com/group/orkut-help Picasa http://groups.google.com/group/picasa Picasa for Linux http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux YouTube APIs http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api
Before people could create Google Groups discussion groups, in the past Google used Usenet newsgroups. E.g. google.public.support.general was created in year 2001. Some of the products don't even exist anymore, but you might find some info about them by using Google Web Search: google.public.labs.compute http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.compute (google.public.labs.frooglewml) (http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.frooglewml) google.public.labs.glossary http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.glossary google.public.labs.google-deskbar http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.google-deskbar google.public.labs.google-viewer http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.google-viewer google.public.labs.keyboard-shortcuts http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.keyboard-shortcuts google.public.labs.location http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.location google.public.labs.newsalerts http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.newsalerts google.public.labs.personalized http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.personalized google.public.labs.sets http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.sets google.public.labs.voice-search http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.voice-search google.public.labs.webquotes http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.labs.webquotes google.public.programming-contest http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.programming-contest google.public.support.general http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.support.general google.public.web-apis http://groups.google.com/group/google.public.web-apis
Forums not hosted by Google: EmailDiscussions.com: Google Gmail Forum http://www.emaildiscussions.com/forumdisplay.php?f=30 Google Community http://www.googlecommunity.com/ SearchEngineWatch.com: Google http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29 WebmasterWorld: The Google World http://www.webmasterworld.com/category30.htm Forums hosted by Google Groups: Gmail down http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-down Gmail-Users http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Users Google Calendar Users http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Calendar-Users Google Helpers http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Helpers Google Page Creator Guide http://groups.google.com/group/GooglePagesGuide Google Problems http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Problems
Below are some unofficial Usenet newsgroups about Google: alt.comp.google http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.google alt.fan.dejanews (DejaNews was acquired by Google in 2001) http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.dejanews comp.internet.services.google http://groups.google.com/group/comp.internet.services.google ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 2007—2008: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com). Disclaimer: This article is provided as is without any express or implied warranties. While every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this article, the contributor assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
Last modified: March 18th, 2008
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
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