Comments for Suggest a Google Product Feature and Win a Ticket to Google I/O

Suggest a Google Product Feature and Win a Ticket to Google I/O

2009-02-18T19:58:00Z

Google I/O is a now annual event being held this year on May 27 - 28, 2009 in San Francisco. It's aimed at web developers, to whom Google will showcase "how to develop web applications with Google and open technologies." ReadWriteWeb has 10 free tickets to give away to Google I/O; and we thought an interesting way to do that would be to ask for your feature requests on current Google products. Choose any product you like - e.g. Google Reader, Google Health, or the new Google Latitude - and tell us what feature you'd like to see Google add to it. Or if the product has an API, what third party app you would like to see.

]]> The ReadWriteWeb team will select the 10 most interesting responses and offer a free Google I/O ticket to those people. You can enter as many times as you like (1 comment per entry) and if you happen to have more than one winning comment, we'll give you an extra ticket for each winner.

The I/O stands for "Innovation/Open" (i/o is also a programmer term input/output). Google told us in May 2008 that we're at an "inflection point for web app development" and that Google is all about "driving usage of the Internet". The Web is now the defacto platform for application development, according to Google, and so naturally they want to encourage developers to use both Google and Open Web products.

Please leave your feature suggestions in the comments below and be in to win a Google I/O ticket, worth $400 USD each.

Comment from Kelly R on 2011-05-26

2011-05-26T10:10:01Z

I know this post is really old, but I think that the following features for Google Health would be extremely useful:

I think that it would be really good if you integrated google correlate with google health, so that we can tell, for example, if a certain medication has an effect.

I would like to be able to download my data as an excel file.

I would like to edit my privacy settings to restrict how much people can view. For example, it may be useful for certain doctors to know about relevant health issues, but I would prefer it if other issues remained confidential. For example, a dentist may be interested in my teeth brushing habits, but I would prefer not to share my embarrassing and irrelevant health issues with him/her.

Another thing that would be useful is a graph view for medications. So that we can correlate the data.

Thank you!

Comment from عرب قيرلز on 2011-04-20

2011-04-20T13:50:32Z

This is such a nice addition thanks!!!

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Comment from Web Application Development on 2011-04-06

2011-04-06T16:32:40Z

Google’s annual I/O conference is still over four months away, but the company is already ramping up for the event.

Comment from PleaseMakeThisWork on 2010-07-28

2010-07-28T16:15:26Z

I like the Google "Shopping" link. You can type in a search & it will find *products* that meet the criteria and sort them by price, etc.

But what about *services*?

What if I'm searching for hosted exchange services, or Online backup services, or PCI scanning services, etc. Those hits don't show up in the shopping link, so I cant see nor sort the hits by pricing.

Comment from Avinash on 2010-05-20

2010-05-20T09:29:35Z

Hey my Fev. Google Team

Im from India ...but when I type www.google.com
Im get SAD bcoz ...why U change Google 3d look style.

Comment from Bill on 2010-04-07

2010-04-07T18:29:33Z

Add Favorites so I don't have to export/import my MS Internet Explorer favorites among the computers that I use.

Comment from Gryphius von Odenhobler on 2010-02-02

2010-02-02T22:15:09Z

I'd like to do group decisions according to the www.sk-prinzip.net,
using a docs/spreadsheet - form. Until now, it's nearly possible.

Also, I've a quite clear imagination how an application for mobiles should/could look and work like, guiding a group through the process to find out, which proposition (of a lot) is closest to the perfect consensus of the group.

Comment from fannious on 2009-12-31

2010-01-01T01:37:32Z

i was thinking of a new why of home networking and file sharing
my idea - buy one desktop/server for the home, then just add monitors that would communicate with the server via wireless or cable, the monitors themselves would be like dumb terminals with just a mouse, keyboard and remote attached to it. the monitor would have a basic computer to process the input commands to the sever and to process the display output from the server, i was thinking of something like a wireless display card that plugs into the server, i guess in a nutshell something like terminal services. would have to build in USB and dvd/ bluray inputs into the monitors
one computer, ten displays, one save location, easier setup for the home user not to mention could be cheaper

Comment from cheryl pettigrew on 2009-12-17

2009-12-17T18:13:12Z

Add a feature for sounds. You have 'Images'.
A catalog of sounds that a person can search and play.
Examples:
The sound of a Harley-Davidson
The sound of a baby crying / laughing
The sound of a specific species of bird's song
The sounds of EVERYTHING individually listed.
People can up-load contributions like You-tube.

Visualy impared people will find the catalog of sounds a treasure-trove for exploration
Researchers can compare the song of a blue bird with the call of a cara-cara
An old man can relive the sound of his muscle car cranking up
etc. etc. etc.

Comment from Ed Gaudette on 2009-11-29

2009-11-29T11:08:52Z

A great enhancement to Google Earth would be the availability to select a "half way" point to meet between destinations. For us frequent travelers between two points we often meet people at a half way point. Since Google earth has a databank of restaurants, hotels, etc it makes sense to provide the user with a way to pick a half way point for meetings. This feature could also be built into contact management tools etc. Hope you like the idea.

Comment from Ravi Kallianpur on 2009-11-21

2009-11-21T17:16:24Z

I am IT Professional who has been engaged with IT user services and helpdesk for more than 22 years. I would love to see Google develop and integrate a service-desk type application in its portfolio of products. What are some of the musts in this system:

1. Integration to organizational LDAP, Outlook, Exchange or other directory services

2. Ability for multiple departments to utilize the same (IT helpdesk, Facilities services, Finance, Library, etc.)

3. Web-enabled and local service/server enabled.

4. Customizable reporting features

It would be my privilege to participate in the design phase of this project. With my experience in higher education and specifically in User Services, Support, helpdesk I believe I could bring in some perspective that might be of value. Thank you.

Ravi Kallianpur
ravi.kallianpur@gmail.com

Comment from Daniel on 2009-11-17

2009-11-17T15:42:45Z

Set up a service for an sms to be sent to the user's handphone whenever an email is received at his gmail address. The email should contain the name of the sender, title of email and maybe about 50 letters of the email content. The user has to subscribe and pay for the sms sent. Currently, it is important for businesses to respond to their customers quickly if not they may risk losing potential customers to their competitors. Each email received could be a potential business client.

The user can choose a variety of configurations that include:
1) Not to receive more than 1 sms from the same email sender per day;
2) A maximum daily cap on the cost incurred by using this sms service;
3) An ignore list;
4) VIP emails (Sms must be sent regardless of daily cap)
And etc.... and BTW, I'll subscribe to this service once it's online :)

Comment from sohbetkalite on 2009-09-15

2009-09-15T22:40:00Z

They have lots of suggestor i dont think that they need mine :)

Comment from daniel fleri-soler on 2009-09-06

2009-09-06T10:44:21Z

How about including a 'sounds like' feature for a word or phrase one's not so sure about?
for example "a*plane" for "aeroplane/aerohydroplane/airplane/aquaplane..."?
(a broader version of "did you mean")

Regards
DFS

Comment from Ganesh on 2009-09-04

2009-09-04T19:24:48Z

Google should have an application where in I can maintain my Daily Journals. This could be linked to the Google Calendar for ease of maintenance(if necessary). There are no good journal websites or softwares online.

Cheers,
Ganesh

Comment from links london on 2009-07-29

2009-07-30T01:20:26Z

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Comment from hugo oyunları on 2009-07-22

2009-07-22T07:14:29Z

I would like to see a goggle maps that was also a travel guide. So you can go somewhere and put in adress and have a list of all the interest things in a town/city.

Comment from Brian on 2009-07-20

2009-07-20T16:50:27Z

Google Reader - Provide an easy way to e-mail multiple posts from different feeds.

Example: I'm reading along and find 3 posts I want to send to a friend. There is no easy way to share those, other than adding them to my Shared Items list (which happens to be linked to my blog, so I don't want to do that). Besides, they don't need to see all of the other items in my Shared items -- they just need to see these three posts.

Comment from John Keller on 2009-07-11

2009-07-11T16:43:27Z

I would like to see a goggle maps that was also a travel guide. So you can go somewhere and put in adress and have a list of all the interest things in a town/city.

Comment from nick mead on 2009-05-25

2009-05-25T10:32:20Z

I would like the ability to highlight certain features on google maps. Like select canals, railway stations, railway lines. So those are made to stand out. This woudl be really useful when planning trips.

Comment from Neil on 2009-05-08

2009-05-08T14:03:37Z

My office utilizes blogspot, rss feeds (from local charities), and google calendar to serve as a resource for local young people looking for community service opportunities. Right now I can use google reader or google homepage to stay updated on local nonprofits' blogs. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way they could post events to an RSS feed? Google calendars could let you choose whose events you would want to be notified, and it could automatically add those events to your calendar.

Our "Community Service Calendar" would always be up to date with the latest community service events, as well as any changes to those events. I think many others could find ways to utilize this option as well.

Comment from Harrie on 2009-05-06

2009-05-06T07:33:28Z

I would like to suggest a web-based ebook reader with full DRM that is as impressive as Gmail and Google maps.

Right now, the promising medium of ebooks is crippled by poorly designed desktop readers and vulnerable DRM solutions. Of the 60 ebooks I have bought in about six years, I can only read 4. The rest has become the victim of DRM messing up.

My ideal solution would be:

- web application
- as fast as gmail and Google maps
- purchased ebooks are stored on line
- DRM is also handled by the server
- books can be lent to and borrowed from other users for 30 days.

etc.

Harrie

Comment from Fernando M on 2009-04-30

2009-04-30T18:29:24Z

In Google Chrome I want to be able to right click a tab, and click on an option that lets me edit a timer thing and a little comment next to the time. This way i can have my chrome browser remind me to check certain websites every day, or maybe just once at a certain time and loads them automatically into the tabbed window. Wouldn't that be freaking sweet? Maybe i'm just lazy....

Comment from Constantin on 2009-04-28

2009-04-28T23:42:54Z

Google Analytics: have an API to feed Analytics my own data, which doesn't come from web-browsing visitors. This would allow to have Analytics reports on REST API usage.

For a concrete example, I have an AppEngine torrent tracker http://tracko.appspot.com and would like to view segmentation reports on country, BitTorrent client and the like.

Comment from Sylvain Lavoie on 2009-04-04

2009-04-04T20:32:53Z

(I usually speak french) I have to travel a lot during work and we always use google map to find the road. On the screen, we can see the scale of the map in the bottom left side of the screen but when we print the map it could be interested in to add this scale on the sheet.

It is very important for me.

Thank you.

Sylvain Lavoie

Comment from Chris Haseler on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T23:26:12Z

Google Schools:

Google should improve Google Apps Education Edition to include school intranets. The intranet should be host student files. To turn in an assignment, the student simply puts his/her document into the "To Be Graded" folder. This would not only help teachers and students become organized, but save a ton of money on paper! Also, for the students interested in the internet, they could host their own web pages. Google Schools should allow the school to easily set up its own intranet. The intranet can include activity signup, social networking, and the schools latest news. The collaborative documents should be made easier to use, and incorporated into Google Schools. Students and teachers would have to login to view files of course, and with Google's amazing security and spam filters, this would be possible. Google could place subtle ads at the bottom of the page, to make the service free and accessible to most schools.

Lets go Google Schools!

Comment from Liat on 2009-03-26

2009-03-26T12:29:05Z

Gmail: Should allow searching for mail with specific attachment (i.e. doc/pdf/jpg/mp3). It is mostly needed for pictures. Would be fantastic to be able to easily see all the pictures I have sent/received from my mailbox.

Comment from Weston Gross on 2009-03-25

2009-03-25T23:42:48Z

If Google wants to make another billion dollars, then create a handle held google maps device that is free to use once you buy the device.

The upgraded version of the hand held device could include a gps to pinpoint where you are.

No phone plans, no month to month. Buy the phone and your good.

I would pay a $400 one time fee for google maps alone. I'm sure there could be upgrades to include other stuff.

The bottom line is one time fee, no monthly or minutely charges.

Comment from Nico on 2009-03-16

2009-03-16T19:50:43Z

Google Docs/Spreadsheet/Presentation should have an way to measure activity. For example, the word count could include how many words each person has contributed. Or then it could show much time was spent preparing a document.

Comment from Bryan Thompson on 2009-03-12

2009-03-13T02:29:07Z

One of the easiest things google could do is add auto-capitalize to gmail and google docs. It would turn the first letter of each sentence into a capital, as with I instead of i. Adding autocorrect would be easy and extremely useful. I would like to be able to draft docs in google docs but i find i usually write them in microsoft word and then transfer them in. google docs is good for sharing files but terrible for editing and writing them.

Comment from Paul Tiffany on 2009-03-12

2009-03-12T13:57:26Z

Feature for Google Search in Google Chrome

When navigating search results on your browser, the up and down keys scroll results. Set left and right keys to navigate forward and backward through page results.

For example, when on
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS291US303&q=readwriteweb&start=10&sa=N

right key press opens
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS291US303&q=readwriteweb&start=20&sa=N

Comment from ahmed on 2009-03-06

2009-03-06T09:43:17Z

Peace upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings

My idea is simple. I am a Muslim and we pray to Allah (god) and as we pray five times a day we need to pray for a direction a pole which is Mecca ( in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ) now my idea is why don't we use Google earth to map the direction for us for example as I am using Google to locate my home, along with the location of the mosque in Mecca is fixed around the globe which make it easier for use to indentify the right direction for us to pray to.
As I have explained it’s very helpful for us as although we depend on the direction of our local mosques where they use composes in the first place or astrology. It will make all of us lives much easier smarter and more likely Google would benefit of the frequent clicks of visitors. :) My idea can be extended for many other reasons or religions as well obviously.

Kind Regards
Ahmed Al Mutawa

Comment from Ahmed Al Mutawa on 2009-03-06

2009-03-06T09:41:04Z

Peace upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings

As I have explained its very helpful for us as although we depend on the direction of our local mosques where they use composes in the first place or astrology.

It will make all of us lives much easier smarter and more likely Google would benefit of the frequent clicks of visitors. :) My idea can be extended for many other reasons or religions as well obviously.

Kind Regards
Ahmed Al Mutawa

Comment from Amity on 2009-03-04

2009-03-04T08:29:11Z

In my daily e-mailing, I have found that my associates send e-mails to me which might have to be forwarded to other people. Sometimes, I even get multiple e-mails that need to be forwarded to a single person or group of persons.

What I would like to suggest is to expand on the Forwarding feature in Gmail.

Currently, I can forward e-mails in the following manner:
a) One e-mail to One recipient
b) One e-mail to Many recipients

I cannot forward e-mails in the ways described below:
a) Many e-mails to One recipient
b) Many e-mails to Many recipients

The upgraded forwarding feature would allow the Gmail user to select the e-mails s/he wants to forward. The feature would combine all the e-mails together with horizontal lines separating them from each other in a single message. Then, the Gmail user will be allowed to forward the now consolidated e-mails altogether at once in a single message to whomever they need to send them just as simply as forwarding an e-mail in the first two ways listed.

Comment from Amity on 2009-03-04

2009-03-04T08:26:23Z

What I would like to suggest is to expand on the Forwarding feature in Gmail.

Currently, I can forward e-mails in the following manner:
a) One e-mail to One recipient
b) One e-mail to Many recipients

I cannot forward e-mails in the ways described below:
a) Many e-mails to One recipient
b) Many e-mails to Many recipients

Comment from Nikolay Nenov on 2009-03-03

2009-03-04T00:54:48Z

Comments feature should be included for Friends' shared items in Google Reader.

By now, people can only leave comments by "Share with note" the same article over and over again...

Comment from George Anagnostopoulos on 2009-03-01

2009-03-01T23:45:36Z

I can sort my files and pictures by date. Why can't I do the same with Google search results?

Sometimes, I don't want all the information about something, I just want the newest information to be higher in my list, or I want to see when something was first mentioned on the Internet (or at least when Google picked it up).

Should be pretty easy to implement, no?

George

Comment from Brandon on 2009-02-28

2009-03-01T04:24:27Z

Add Semantics to Google Alerts:
Move beyond keywords and integrate semantics into Alerts to identify topics based on their context.

Background:
I use Google Alerts to stay up to date on topics such as "Flex" and "Azure." The value of Alerts diminishes quickly when I receive many alerts for "flex fuels" or "Bentley Azure". The value in adding semantics is to filter out all the junk.

Example:
The following link shows the integration of twitter and OpenCalais to provide accurate real-time information on political candidates:
http://election.windycitizen.com/candidates/all

Bonus Features:
- Subscribe directly to Google Alerts (RSS) in Google Reader
- A Google Alert API for Developer to leverage Google's indexing in real time

Comment from Filip on 2009-02-26

2009-02-26T10:24:27Z

Hi Richard,

I work for www.nomadesk.com, which offers easy and secure file sharing, wherever you are. I read your post on Google's GDrive with great interest and just wanted to add NomaDesk to the mix.

NomaDesk, trusted by mobile (“nomadic”) businesses for several years now both in Europe and the U.S., has similar features such as the ones you mention. We are convinced that the more data gets synchronized, the more likely it gets compromised. Therefore, NomaDesk includes an encrypted virtual drive that keeps your files securely available off-line and remote file shredding and IP-tracking with TheftGuard. Of course, we impose no limits on storage and bandwidth.A Mac version is on its way.

NomaDesk works with a local client and allows access to your files from anywhere on the web. We have very good reasons to work with a local client, next to the already "traditional" web interface (e.g., box.net, the late Xdrive, etc.):

(1) 100% availability of the data, regardless of network quality
(2) 100% performance when editing files, using any type of program
(3) 100% simplicity; just drag-n-drop files to synchronize and share them
(4) 100% security on the PC also: the virtual drives that NomaDesk creates on the PC are encrypted and can be shred remotely via our online TheftGuard service.

The bulk of our users, which are SOHO and SMB teams, appreciate the straightforward and secure file sharing they get through using the NomaDesk client software. You should know that in most cases NomaDesk replaces the traditional file server, FTP and VPN - with success!

Please let me know your thoughts.

Kind regards,
F.

Comment from SixChip on 2009-02-25

2009-02-25T15:01:20Z

Android: Allow iGoogle gadgets to be placed on the Android desktop.

Comment from SixChip on 2009-02-25

2009-02-25T14:53:11Z

Picasa: I would love to be able to add tags to photos as they are being imported into Picasa. Currently tags can only be added after which adds a step.

Comment from Deji on 2009-02-24

2009-02-24T16:49:48Z

I don't have any of the fine ideas stated in the comments above, I have a rather simple request/change for google search.

I usually find that when I am searching google recently, I would like to filter results by date e.g. I was searching for compatibility issues between Safari 4 and Gmail and found several results that indeed discuss this but problems was they were about 3/4 years old (safari 2/3 issues with gmail). I realised that I wold like to see a filter system for google search results, sort of like in the Google News section (with date ranges on the side). As more websites/blogs like this one have a timestamp on article or comment, then google should implement it into search results to further streamline and customise results.

At the very least a timestamp of the page returned in the results should be included...

Comment from Ian on 2009-02-23

2009-02-24T03:47:35Z

Yes, I do like Google Maps on my AT&T Blackberry 8820. But like all other Google applications, Google Map on Blackberry has very big issue and that is it can not make of free Wi-Fi interface available on the device and to make things worse, Upon opening, Google maps is secretly using the data plan on my AT&T SIM card without the feedback given to the user. I know the big carrier is happier. But Is Google happy too?

This problem is well-known and exists for all Google applications on Blackberry platform and it is against original spirit of the Google founders.

So the #1 Google feature I am requesting is to:

Free Us and Let Google freeware be truly free and let us use wi-fi only mode, please.

Thank you for listening
Ian

Comment from Herve Kabla on 2009-02-23

2009-02-23T23:12:14Z

Provided a lot of people are still using Microsoft Outlook and could possibly move to Google mail, calendar, tasks if they are sure to get all their sensitive data in the tool, provide a single sync tool between Microsot Outlook and GMail.Google Calendar.

Comment from Matt Millar on 2009-02-23

2009-02-23T10:10:49Z

Google Earth + Google Maps:

"Transport view" - extend streetview into the world of public transport. Map out the route that you need to take to get to the right platform/bus stop/terminal/gate/pier for all forms of train/bus/airplane/boat transport.

Demystify traveling by public transport - integrate with the Google Transit journey planning and let people see an image walk through of how to get to where they want to go using public transport.

As an added bonus a 3d, zoomable representation of the world's underground networks would be a cool side effect too.

Comment from ozgur alaz on 2009-02-20

2009-02-21T00:54:12Z

I'like to add multiple notes to posts from Google Reader. Currently, notes are non-editable and dont support multiple notes within a post.

I think this improvement'd be remarkable. Because, most of people uses google reader as a personal information aggregator.

Comment from jeanlebon on 2009-02-20

2009-02-20T20:25:07Z

I have a comment about : Google apps

Find a new name for Google apps!

This is more of a marketing issue.
I'm working in a school and I see a huge potential for Google Education but because of this Geekname like «Google apps» the staff they dont get it.

Thaks,
Jean

Comment from Bob on 2009-02-20

2009-02-20T18:48:43Z

I would love to see Google Latitude work in some sort of functionality that could sense traffic (cars) patterns, adjust the timing of lights and suggest alternative routes.

Imagine going to work, your phone senses where traffic congestion is then switches light patterns to adjust for it. If there's a wreck, you know it in real-time and it suggests alternative routes.

Small changes like this could make us more productive, help users save money and the environment.

~Bob
www.onehalfamazing.com

Comment from muhabbet on 2009-02-20

2009-02-20T17:19:40Z

If the Android userbase picks up half as much as the iPhone with the upcoming lineup of smartphones, this could enable Google to compete well with Twitter in the realtime web arena.
mIRC , Chat

Comment from np on 2009-02-20

2009-02-20T08:06:38Z

Google reader could have following features:
- There should be mutiple ways of filering feeds.
e.g right google allows tabs to to classify feeds and these tags are more like creating directories where feeds will be files. Google can add another layer of tagging so that I can search my entries using bothe layer1 tags as well as layer2-layerN tags.

- Similarly for bookmarking right now it allows just star, it will be good if I can bookmark like I bookmark in browser i.e create folder(or say tags) and add starred item in that.
(another way they can also add stars of multiple colors as there is some add on in gmail)

- Filtering for feeds while reading: reader should be able to filter individual feeds based on popularity or some other criteria e.g. there is postarnk add on, but this add on is not enough I might define another criteria that could be saved and reader will preset entries based on my criteria

- There are tons of ideas on similar line.. if google is interested you can ask them to contact me.

Comment from Dane on 2009-02-19

2009-02-20T04:19:19Z

I’m not sure what google was trying to accomplish with orkut, but I’d like to see them implement some of the ideas in social networking tools to their other products. For instance, when my friends share items with me in reader, I’d sometimes like to make comments about the items to them rather than on the blog or whatever it originally came from. After all, if they felt it interesting enough to share in the first place then a dialogue about the item should be welcomed. Other people who that person has shared with should also be able to see such comments (depending on facebook-like levels of privacy that would need to be implemented with this sort of thing). I’d also like to see incorporation of Nikos’ idea in tandem with this as another option. Basically more, and selective sociability across the entire google “suite” of apps.

I’d also like to be able to easily show people anything in talk with accompanying video feed (ie. Pics, charts, drawing board etc.).

Comment from SJ on 2009-02-19

2009-02-20T03:55:47Z

I am a huge Google Fan and I usually spend a lot of time on Google Reader and Gmail. Here are my suggestions for Google Reader:-
1) The Reader must intelligently eliminate duplicate items i.e., items that are listed on both my subscriptions and the shared items. It will be nice if it can display who all shared the item and any specific note(s) written by them.
2) Allow secure feed subscription (in that way I can actually subscribe to my gmail)
3) Show the items that I have emailed in the shared items division with in the reader. In that way all the items that I have shared (via ..shared items or via email) can be retrieved from a single place.
4) Add Google Talk gadget somewhere on the screen so that we can share an item as an IM instead of email.(I really liked the approach they took for Google Friend Connect Toolbar). and add those items to above # 3 as well.
5) As some one already mentioned, it will be really cool if they can provide a way to discuss any item.

Comment from joe on 2009-02-19

2009-02-20T02:21:35Z

Integration between google maps and google news, i.e. plotting news items on a map would be nice.

Comment from HU YIQUN on 2009-02-19

2009-02-20T01:41:39Z

GRecommend: An integrated multi-modality recommend engine using all sorts of google data. For example, the user's favorite youtube video, recently shared/starred blog articles, recent google history etc. can be used to recommend new content and re-rank the search results to customize the user experience.

That's the most exciting product I would like to see from google.

Comment from Scott on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T23:40:02Z

Android/Google Mobile

Local Search API: ability to do a directional search. Mainly for mobile as most mobiles are now coming out with compasses.

Maps API: ability to rotate maps rather than have them fixed to north.

Comment from marcell mars on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T22:51:41Z

Google Reader:

1. when there are tags one should be able to get view and rss feed of any of Venn diagrams from set of tags.

...[mydate]4/01/09[/mydate][myaction]mail[/myaction]...

inside of the item node/post in rss/xml document...

then respectively i'll dispatch it or do whatever i want with that (ie. in yahoo pipes ;) )...

Google could offer small number of data types/actions and related actions in easy to use user interface...

any google software engineer could design/implement this easily :o)

Comment from marcell mars on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T22:46:24Z

1. Greader when there are tags one should be able to get view and rss feed of any of Venn diagrams from set of tags.

2. When tagged with special syntax like "key:value" it should automatically add xml node into the item in rss feed. Together with rss feed of combination of tags i would be able to do things like:
"mydate:04/01/09 myaction:mail"
and i'll get: ...04/01/09mail... inside of the item node/post in rss/xml document... then respectively i'll dispatch it or do whatever i want with that...

Google could offer small number of data types/actions and related easy to use actions...

Comment from omar anoki on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T21:39:47Z

Accessing labels through tabs positioned
on top of the inbox frame (below the search box)

this will allow you to label & archive messages with filter but still imidiatly see if new message arrived
(indicated by number of unread massages next to the label just like in the sidebar)

This feature could be very useful if you wish
to aggregate messages from many mail accounts
but don't want them to clutter together in the inbox.

Comment from Johannes on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T21:06:44Z

I would like to see an integration of Google Sites and Google Projects (code.google.com/p). For my open source project that is hosted on Google Projects I would like to create a nice web site using Google Sites. It would be nice to have that integrated in one service and Google could become a one-stop Open Source project host.

Comment from Jackie on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T20:11:40Z

Geotag gmail - both on the web and via your mobile device.

Users will be able to search and reference their own email locational info as well as that of any other Gmail users via function enabled.

Comment from James on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T20:11:40Z

Google should release a single unified API, so you can pass credentials and have access to all of your Google related data. This would include the ability to access data and content that exists in your Gmail archives, Goole Reader feeds, Calendar appointments etc. This would be the first step in truly allowing a user complete access to their data to use as they will via a traditional API.

Comment from Jackie on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T20:08:52Z

Google really needs to integrate its services to offer a full mobile interactive experience.

Offer a mobile application that allows you to chat on the go via Google Talk. While you do so, view your location and those of other contacts on Google Maps (feed GPS through Google Latitude), and have the capability to search for relevant info via adjacent Google search bar including Gmail documents, previous conversations, RSS feeds, and Favorites.

Comment from jdfnola on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T19:56:48Z

Google Sites Must Have Feature

One Word: Backup.

Without the ability to backup or export your Google Site you have no way to back up your Google Site's data and Google has no hope in convincing businesses to use Google Sites in any serious way. Give Me My Backup.

Comment from Ankit on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T19:20:26Z

For Google Reader: I would love to see and post comments from inside of my Google Reader. One of the possibilities can be to integrate Google reader with disqus. or better still integrate it with opensocial and post the comments back into orkut.

Also, ability to combine similar posts just like it is in blogsearch.

Comment from Sidney Hargro on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T18:48:59Z

Google could provide an infrastructure to bring crowdsourcing solutions for all (especially for use with nonprofits).

Comment from Michele on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T17:52:32Z

Google Checkout for Non-Profits in Canada (via Google Grants)

Comment from emily on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T17:36:39Z

gmail should definitely add an outbox - a folder that collects the sent mail before it's been opened by the receiver, where people can go in and edit/delete their already sent mail.
if deleted, the other side should still receive an information about the email they missed (from whom it was and when was it sent/deleted).
at minimum, this should be available btwn gmail users at least.

Comment from Leah on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T16:28:58Z

Suggestion: From any Google product, user should be able to identify a keyword and use this a search term within another product.

Example:
From Google Reader: the user should be able to highlight a word, this keyword then could be a search term for images, product search, translation, scholar, book search, etc.

Comment from Patrick Brougham on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T16:13:37Z

I would like to see Google Analytics answer the question of why people visit a site for 00:00. Is it because the link they clicked on was dead, was the headline that brought a viewer to a site not matching up with the body of the story, was the site's aesthetics immediately not to the visitor's liking, etc.

I think an easy solution would be a pop-up to only visitors of a site that open a page and then immediately close that page within 3 seconds. It could be an easy pop-up comment box that simply asks: "Why are you leaving so quickly?", no registration required and they could close that box immediately if they don't want to submit a quick comment.

At least that way, a site manager would have a bit more data as to why people that click a headline from Google.news or Google organic only visit a site for 00:00 according to the data acquired by Google Analytics.

Comment from Jonathan on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T14:56:25Z

adsense for gmail signatures: now you can monetize your emails!

...well i wouldn't be able to fly there anyway :P

Comment from FD on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T14:03:34Z

What about this? Scan the content of your message while composing it in gmail and pop up a warning if you forgot to add an attachment, ... phrases like 'please find attached', etc ... should be dead giveaways ... of course configurable if you don't want this particular feature ...

Comment from Abhishek Garg on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T13:23:59Z

first clear comment!!!!!!
GOOGLE IS THE BEST_______THE FATHER OF ALL SEARCH ENGINES!!!!!

Google team itself updates the newest technology available...
i am still waiting for the g1 phone....It is not available in India and i am eagerly waiting for it...

Google just requires to do something about graphics...
so that all internet users mainly dial-up one's are easily able to use gmail and various other Google applicants...

otherwise Google is the best!!!!!!

Comment from Ananda on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T11:24:32Z

iPhone GReader
1. native iPhone application for google reader to make it more convenient and smart
2. native iPhone application for google book search and preview to make it more convenient and smart

Comment from Ananda on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T11:20:53Z

GMail & Twitter Integration
Looking forward for a Gmail Application, which receives Twitter messages directly into Gmail so that it is archived, searchable and labelled into different groups.

Comment from David on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T11:00:23Z

I'd like to mention this very unknown product: Olipo.

http://olipo.appspot.com

It's a open sync engine (developers can add plugins) that aims at agregating user files spread in the cloud altogether.
Many plugins do exist yet (Picasa, Flickr, Box, RSS, PC-mirroring, a so-called "GDrive" and more...)

It claims to be the convergence of the desktop world and the web world for users' data: ''With Olipo, users get the best of the two worlds. Files/folders manipulations are easy, convenient, painless, fast and well-known; Web Services are beautiful, innovative and rich-featured (sharing, commenting, publishing...). Olipo is the application in the middle: it simplifies and automatizes the upload/download process, it handles the mapping between files/folders and abstract web data.''

It is connected to many APIs around the world and the community side is hosted on Google App Engine.

Comment from cti97 on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T10:38:08Z

I would like a very simple feature in Gmail - a "Send&Archive" button.

Comment from Saheed on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T10:29:14Z

Google should offer better GMail API integration than the currently available gadgets API option available only after a user enables Labs in GMail.

This would allow third party developers create GMail widgets that will help enhance productivity of users whose email serve as a hub of information by offering fine-grained API access to contact information.

Comment from Alain Yap, Morph Labs on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T08:51:43Z

Have Google Reader integrated with Google Book Search and make it richer.

I think it makes sense.

Best.
Alain

Comment from joe on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T08:19:38Z

Persistent chat rooms in gchat. I've been using techwalla's partychat (http://techwalla.googlepages.com/) with some friends for a while, and it's a great idea, but it's not a google product and it's a bit unstable.

It allows us to have a low-key online 'place' and it's a great venue for spontaneous conversations with whoever happens to be online (and you can optionally read chats that occurred while you were offline later when you come back online).

And since gchat already has a basic chatroom function, making a persistent option shouldn't be too difficult.

Comment from joe on 2009-02-19

2009-02-19T08:12:56Z

Adding on to someone else's suggestion for separate shared items feeds for different audiences, I think reader share groups would be a good idea. Each member of a group could post to a single stream. This, in addition with commenting, could allow discussion about shared items within a group inside of google reader.

Comment from Ane on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:52:22Z

Hi, i know this is not the right place to say this, but i'm experiencing HUGELY annoying problems with Facebook at the moment! Since about a week ago, they launched some kind of wap site. Now, in the past, i have been able to use opera mini And my sony ericsson w850i to access the main Facebook site, add comments, And use my applications. Now all of a sudden, the site recognises my phone as a phone, And sends me straight to some mobile site where i am unable to even comment on status updates!! I cant even file complaints, as i am unable to click on anything! This is driving me insane as i am quite addicted to Facebook and i'm sure i'm not the only one out there who is experiencing this. I know the problem does not lie with opera mini, as they haven't sent out an upgrade in ages. This only started happening last week. Please please please fix this soon! I would so love to be able to access the main site through my phone again! Once again, i apologise for posting this here. I had nowhere else to go...

Comment from Björn Klose on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:45:09Z

Integrate delegated authentication into Chrome.

Just like you can now provide an openID delegate on your personal homepage, put that setting (and options for social graph/portable contacts sharing) straight into the browser. And if you're on a mobile, put latitude into the mix as well.

No more password manager, only your "identity provider" settings.

Just like with V8, such a feature would span adoption/focus across all browser vendors to follow suit.

Just think about implications for Google Analytics and the like. Don't filter by browser resolution, but by twitter/friendfeed usage of visitors (as per their openSocial service list). Or even by "size of social graph", if you think that matters.

Comment from Rob on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:32:14Z

Just a tweak to an existing feature in Google Reader -- instead of "share" an item, make it "Recommend" and item. I think this simple change of language would encourage really high quality filtering from more Google Reader users. The great analogy to this is the TimesPeople feature in NYT. It's technically the same feature as digg this, or share this, etc., but the language of "recommend" and the user flow of following recommendations encourages me to only recommend high quality content and gives me a social reward (reputation) for recommending good stuff.

There should be a TimesPeople for the entire web, and google reader is the best place to start.

Comment from joe on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:18:22Z

I would love to see swype (www.swypeinc.com) as an input option for android.

Comment from söve on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:18:19Z

thanks.

Comment from Ceejo Thomas on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:16:56Z

Voice to Tasks !

Either as a part of gmail for mobile and/or in Android, a feature when we press a button on the mobile enables us to speak and then transcribe that as a task in text form. Mostly we think of tasks to do while driving or in malls etc where access to notepad/pen or computer might not be easy. An addition to the gmail tasks at present

cheers

Comment from Jamie Stephens on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:15:00Z

My request is simple and would be quite useful:

Let Google Calendar access Latitude data to help you leave on time for your appointments and to send notifications if it detects you are running late.

Google Calendar knows when and where your meetings are. Google Latitude knows where you are. Therefore, it could easily do two things:

1. Send you a message when you should leave for an appointment if it detects that you are not in the same place as your appointment.

2. If it detects that you are too far away from the appointment location to make it in time (i.e., your appointment is in San Jose in five minutes and you are in SOMA), then it can send you text message asking what you want to do: 1.) have it send an e-mail the other meeting attendees on your behalf or 2.) send you the contact info of the person you are meeting. You can respond simply be replying to the text message.

There are other scenarios Calendar+Latitude would allow, but this one would be really useful.

Comment from söve on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T06:09:59Z

thanks.

Comment from Bogdan on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T05:55:16Z

Google Reader: The ability to rename your tags.

Comment from Isaac on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T05:03:59Z

Google Reader: Skip shortcut.

This would be useful (especially for keyboard shortcut lovers like myself) since when you are blazing through your feed reader and come across an article that isn't worth your time you hit the skip shortcut ('s' maybe?) to essentially mark it as read but it doesn't factor into your reading trends as a "read" article. The article would still be found under "all items" just like all other articles.

This would actually provide accurate feed reading trends since I wouldn't have 100% "read" in every single feed I subscribe to like I do now.

It's a simple feature to implement too.

(If this is already done

Comment from Matt on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T04:53:00Z

Oh ya, obviously, a Google Reader API... last one i swear

Comment from Matt on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T04:50:48Z

Allow Google Docs to import docx files

Combine all products that allow "starring" into 1 app! So you can see all of your important data :)

Comment from Matt on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T04:43:47Z

Use Google Gears to add full support for SVG/Canvas...or in the address bar of Chrome, sell some of the suggestions via adsense

Comment from Mikael on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T04:35:22Z

http://www.naltabyte.se

Comment from Tyler Smith on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T03:32:44Z

This one is simple. Add the "star" button to the bottom of entries in Google Reader on the iPhone web app. I'm tired of reading a long blog post and having to scroll to the top of it just to star it. Simple.

Comment from Analytics on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T03:13:37Z

In Google Analytics, show referers coming from ad words, not just clicks but urls too.

Comment from Matt on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T02:40:34Z

My request is so (conceptually) simple:

Hierarchical labels in GMail.

It would be such a huge UI improvement if I could nest my labels (e.g. school/compsci101, school/math101, etc), as opposed to some silly encoding scheme on the label name.

You still have the power of labels (namely that a single item can have zero or more labels applied to them), but you get the organizational power of folders (these labels are related, and I want to perform some action on all of them).

In my opinion, applying multiple labels (e.g. school and compsci101, school and math101) is insufficient because it quickly becomes unmanageable: you can't "fold" away groups of labels, and you would have to manually apply multiple labels to each item.

Comment from IIWmaster on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T01:54:22Z

[Title: Google Ocean + Google Latitude = Real-time Fishing LBS Contents]
Have you heard about Real-time Fishing LBS Contents? We have proposed this Service Model to Google over 3 years ago. Real-time Fishing LBS Contents is Location Based Service for IPTV, WiMAX, Mobile. This Service Model was created in 2002 by I&IWorld. I&IWorld's located in South Korea. As you know, there're many people enjoy fishing in the world(about 5 hundred million). I&IWorld's Real-time Fishing LBS Contents is like these.

*Main Functions*
1.The underwater topography and 3D views with fishing spots
2.Real-time fishing points tracing by GPS and angling direction guide
3.Service the real-time fishing condition about fishing place(weather, water temp, depth etc)
4.Angler Social network

Visit http://www.koreacontent.org/co/i/iiworld/index.html. If you need more information, please send your email address.

Comment from Daniel Goodwin on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T01:49:33Z

I've taken some time to mockup some example screenshots of what I'm talking about here: http://dang-at-izea.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-id-like-to-see-from-google-reader.html

My suggestion is a two step process. First, it would combine two of Google's apps that are constantly open in my browser, Reader and Gmail. They already look a lot alike and combining these would not take me off guard. So following that, I would love to see Reader (in Gmail) support viewing and posting comments, in a similar fashion to how Gmail shows an email conversation between you and others.

Comment from Matthew on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T01:30:35Z

Google Reader : Easy to install Skins using the Google Interface. The Google Reader skin is getting boring already.

Also make google reader like my google homepage where you could play around with the placement of everything

Comment from Noah on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T01:05:23Z

Wow, these are some great ideas. I can see myself using a substantial chunk of them. I think the Google engineers should listen up!

My contribution:

Everyone uses their email inbox as a to-do list, but GMail isn't set up to reflect this fact right now. We should be able to arbitrarily order and group messages under different headings. We should also be able tag time-sensitive ones with times and dates, and link them to GCal entries. And we should be able to add a new entry more elegantly than just sending ourselves an email.

Comment from Sean on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T01:04:50Z

Unify Mail, talk, contacts, calendar and latitude with a task list management feature to track current location and all previous electronic interactions with people in your network.

This would eliminate the need for a separate 37 signals Highrise application. It would required less effort and provide more detailed trail of past communications.

The Latitude component would be used to alter you when selected contacts are nearby.

Comment from iain on 2009-02-18

2009-02-19T00:41:13Z

Image Search - combine image labeller with face recognition to improve results for people and to provide facebook style names on hovering over a face in a search result. Could possibly work for buildings and other landmarks using geotag or a photosynth style system.

Docs - expand forms into a fully fledged questionairre app that gives real time graphical representation of responses.

If we're counting Android as a Google product then I'd like to see docs integration please.

Also I second the group by site on web search and the google contacts ideas, genius.

Comment from Cheng on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:56:04Z

Gmail:
I am always hoping that Google can provide a âwithdrawâ option for every outgoing email. More than often people feel regret just seconds after they sent the emails. This âwithdrawâ operation should be able to undo the sending. It should work more or less in the same way as the âwithdrawâ function in LinkedIn, where one can withdraw any invitation she/he sent before the receiver read it. It is a little bit complicated since the emails can travel around different email service providers. But as a first attempt, Google can of course try to implement this functionality within the Gmail accounts.

Comment from Weiwei Cheng on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:52:57Z

Gmail:
I am always hoping that Google can provide a “withdraw” option for every outgoing email. More than often people feel regret just seconds after they sent the emails. This “withdraw” operation should be able to undo the sending. It should work more or less in the same way as the “withdraw” function in LinkedIn, where one can withdraw any invitation she/he sent before the receiver read it. It is a little bit complicated since the emails can travel between different email service providers. But as a first attempt, Google can of course try to implement this functionality within the Gmail accounts.

Comment from Tim Davis on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:48:15Z

Google - seriously - you need to release a Mobile Maps API with smaller tile sizes for mobile phones.

Other services such as http://www.cloudmade.com are way ahead of the game using open source maps and mobile maps APIs customised for different phones.

A Mobile Maps API would provide for smaller map tile sizes, faster load times and a better application repository so mobile applications can start using mapping technology easily.

The sooner we get this - the better applications can become using Google Maps.

Comment from Charles on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:45:18Z

Embed Google Chrome into Google Toolbar, which has a HUGE install base. This would be huge driver to accelerate Google's web platform, convert more folks over to a modern browser experience. Imagine a Chrome "Lite" running inside Toolbar inside IE, billed as a "web accelerator".

Comment from Manpreet Singh on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:38:51Z

Google Calendar: one should be able to enter appointments/schedules by entering free text or speaking into a phone! That would save a lot of time for people on the go.

Comment from Nik on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:26:49Z

Text, Images, Video, audio?

Google should acquire Pandora.

Comment from Darren on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:26:13Z

igoogle to google reader import.

I setup most of my fav feeds as gadgets on igoogle and would love a quick way of importing them into google reader.

Comment from Ken on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:24:01Z

iGoogle - allow all Google products to be integrated and seamlessly accessed through iGoogle

Comment from Kato on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:21:50Z

Unlimited google video file size integrated with Picassa capable of HD resolution.

Comment from Ken Johnson on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:21:35Z

Google Maps/Google Docs - Allow address information stored in Google Docs to be dynamically mapped to Google Maps so that updates to the Google Doc are automatically reflected on the map.

Comment from Alvin Wang on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T23:01:58Z

For Google Calendar - I would like a hide feature for calendars that I do not own. I currently import all my Meetup possibilities. If I do not intend on going, I can not delete them and they clutter up my calendar. Delete would be better but I can see how that might be hard. Hide would work just as well.

Comment from Alvin Wang on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:59:24Z

Google Reader - mark some to be read later. Then I can mark the rest as read. Either that or a filter system similar to gmail. Some of the RSS feeds can not seem to stay on topic.

Comment from Matt@webXL on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:55:22Z

Google Bureaucracy: a service to index and expose every single political untruth and program failure since the dawn of time. Users can see what portion of their taxes have been confiscated and wasted just to provide job security to thousands of Blago wannabes. Visitors coming from .gov domains will be have all POST data piped to /dev/null with no warning message (a little frustration is good for all of us, right?). Users will be notified whenever their own or their children's future tax burden increases or... increases. They can also learn some basic economics in order to understand how government has no idea how to create or save a job in the private sector without some cost, which is usually the loss of other jobs and investment.

This can be launched fairly quickly starting with a crawl of recovery.gov and upcoming obamasdoingsomething.gov and howmuch4yourvote.gov. A lot of features can be added in the future because it's Beta afterall, and the governmentis a constant source of entertainment!.

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:53:48Z

Google Maps Mobile: Create turn by turn, voice directions using street view.

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:52:25Z

Gmail: update the "send" button on the fly with the first address in the to: box to ensure you are sending to the right person.

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:51:16Z

Gmail: Highlight a border around input box if more than one recipient is entered.

Prevents accidental "reply to all" mistakes.

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:49:26Z

Google Mobile:

Fully replace your phone's text messaging with google chat's sms to save you money.

Comment from Eugenio on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:49:05Z

Imagine using Google to book "Seats", e.g. in an Restaurant (maybe near to you: again, LBS could help), or in a theater or cinema show (an extended example below). Think about an "Expedia" for any kind of business.

Detailed Movie/Cinema example
do you already use google movie search?!? http://www.google.com/movies It's great! The only thing I miss is that I cannot buy my ticket on line, but I have to get there and walk the line to the desk, which in a multiplex it's quite annoying. And do not bother me with paper tickets: I could show a QR matrix or codebar on my device. It would be great if I could simply book/buy it online.

note on constraints: I know that real time availability it's a tricky thing, but, hey, things like Expedia work because big operators WANT to appear in search related results, so they have an option to provide their services with some kind of API to enable the on-line booking process. Small/medium operators can evaluate mixed strategies.
Many of these services could require a transaction. But I suppose that the payments (micro) business is an inevitable mark for any operator in the industry. How many years away? Two? Three?
I hear that in Japan (which has quite a lucky situation, with a single dominating operator) something in the field is already being done.

Ok, that's the last! ;) Forgive my less then perfect English. :)

Comment from Manpreet Singh on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:48:44Z

Unified search: Google should enable a unified search that allows a user to search through all of their Google data from one place.

This way, I can search through my gmail account, my picassa photo tags, my google documents, appointments in my calendar, my Google notebook and relevant threads in Google groups - all from one place.

This could be, for instance, a special search option on the google.com main page when you're logged in.

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:47:51Z

Google Mobile (Windows Mobile at least!):

Voice-to-SMS,

uses google chat's SMS feature, but be able to speak your text message into the phone and have Google mobile transcribe it.

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:46:17Z

GReader: REMOVE DUPLICATES!!!!

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:45:04Z

GReader: Adjust scrolling speed.

I like to hold down the 'J' key to advance through the entries, and then if my eye catches something interesting, I stop and push 'K' to go back. If we could add a delay, that'd make it easier.

Comment from Garrett on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:44:46Z

How about a Google OS API?

or- Conference chat in GTalk that allows each user to see all the other users in the "room"...

Post-upload YouTube video editor -> post...

Can Google Docs act more like Bento please?

Can I run Windows in iGoogle?

Google coffee anyone? j/k

I'd like Google Cal's XML feed to be feed to the end-user when the event occurs, or at least choose when it will be fed.

Love Skype! Where's Grand Central?

Can I use Gears and Google services without having to store any of it in the "cloud"?...

I didn't get in to Google Lively really, but I'd like to see Google take over Second Life...

Google Fonts? nah.

It's not that I want Google to buyout or push out other products, I just feel Google has always had a good approach and known when to back off. Thanks for the integration Google, you're good at that and it seems most products and services follow your model.

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:43:34Z

GReader: Disable Graphics

Comment from Jorge on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:40:50Z

GReader: Within search results, add a 'mark all as read' button.

(But honestly, the filters suggestion from above is what I'd prefer because that would allow me to filter out, for example, 'Mac software' from my 'beta software' feeds)

Comment from Manpreet Singh on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:30:33Z

Google App Engine should get a background processing mode. Right now, there is only an HTTP request/response model where one can just install handlers for web requests on certain URLs. These handlers have 30 seconds to respond, after which the request is aborted.

What would be cool is if one can schedule CPU/memory intensive tasks in the background that send a notification etc. whenever they complete. This would be useful for resource intensive applications in 3D graphics rendering and genome research for instance.

Currently, one can do this with Amazon EC2 because you effectively lease a VM instance there and you can do whatever you want with it.

Google can setup a paid model for this kind of a service, of course.

Comment from Ben Fremer on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:15:09Z

One less click and server round-trip page reload from the Google home page for many searches --

If I go to google.com as my home page, and want to search through news, or maps or images, I currently have to click the word news, maps images or GMail at the top, then wait for a new screen to load, before I can enter my search term and hit enter. Why not add a drop-down button next to the search button so I can specify what I want to search, or at least make it an option for users to show, and the next screen I see is the SERP I wanted?

(The free Google I/O ticket would be much appreciated and thoroughly used for a neat new startup if selected)

Comment from Eugenio on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:14:50Z

Entry number 2 (guys, for a fan of Google like me, it's easy to think to a lot of hidden values in their services) :)

Location Support in International Google News
I really don't get why they didn't already implement it.
I mean, I use my long bus rides (I told you Rome is big and congested, did I? ^_^ ) to catch up with news. This doesn't mean I want news localized to that block, but ...hey, I'm here in Rome! Could you please at least give some evidence of news related to this town?

Note: the Italian interface of Google News does not provide a "location" field to filter the news (the English one actually does it). Using my position and just a bit of reverse geocoding magics should do the trick.

Comment from Eric on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:10:31Z

I love Google Analytics. I build websites for Unions across the country and teach them how to update their own website once I establish the architecture. Everyone enjoys analyzing their metrics and seeing how their site is doing. But I would really like to introduce all of my non-profit union clients to a visual web developer program by Google. I konw Google has Google Sites, but what if you already have an architecture that would like to update? How can Google help non-profits update existing websites?

Comment from Ben Fremer on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:08:24Z

SocialGoogle -

Across all products, implement a strategy similar to Yahoo's Open Platform Strategy, and then make the Google / iGoogle page home page the equivalent of the newsfeed for people if they want that functionality turned on. Enable sharing of search results within SocialGoogle friends and on all SocialGoogle search results. Integrate the SERP sharing with Facebook Connect and MySpace ID so it is still useful to people who haven't joined GoogleSocial.

All of the product components are there, and integrating the combined app onto one screen (ideally the Google home page) with some awesome AJAX functionality. I think would give it the attention / distribution needed to make a serious play in the area.

Buy FriendFeed to accelerate the process if needed. Perhaps even buy MySpace and add in the communications platform that people like on Facebook, which would essentially allow MySpace to boom on risks as though it were a venture-backed company -- I'm sure Google can bring in some strong engineering there.

Comment from Chris Sajnog on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T22:00:56Z

"Google Infrared Home Inspections"
Blend together Google Earth, infrared satellite imagery and the Presidents $6.2 Billion dollar portion of the stimulus bill for energy efficiency and you have a tool for homeowners to look down on their homes to see if they are losing heat from their homes. Could be connected as part of Google Power Meter.

Comment from Eugenio on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:57:47Z

Google Ride (take-it as a code name) :)
A line of scenery: I live in Rome, a big and quite congested city. I often make use of private taxi. There are a lot more private taxis/limousine services than regular taxi.
I would like to have the dynamic position of these cars on my google maps/latitude display, sharing my position with them (if they also have a cartographic display).

So, we need two features (actually a new API and a feature):
- feed "Latitude" with a stream of data (giving each one of the taxi drivers an always connected device is not an option. Not a convenient one. They should use the typical hub-topology based localisation)
- Once I get in contact with the driver/car I choose, I should be able to share my position with him (without any other "friendship" to be estabilished).

The same service could be applied for regulars taxi/cabs, of course. The reason has more business value for the limousine/private taxi, because their model of business does not require a central hub for collecting calls.

Comment from Jacquelyn Erdman on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:47:53Z

I think something that would be very useful would be an universal ID profile which could be attached to all consumer products.

For instance if I am a vendor on ebay and amazon, and also host a blog, wouldn't it be nice if I could use my universal ID so that all my endeavors link together. That way if people find they like what I sell on ebay, maybe they will also like my blog and perhaps purchase my items on amazon too.

I think a universal ID would go far beyond the rating systems put in place now at individual sites to give people an even better idea of the reliability (or lack there of) of online people. Your reputation can surpass the individual sites and help people discover other places of interest.

Comment from Miguel Angel Morkin on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:46:46Z

Snooze e-mail button

There are some e-mail chains that are worth keeping for reading(like the ones that you use to organize an event), but you don´t like to keep receiveing multiple responses during the whole day, and reading one by one. It´s even worse if you receive notifications!

Then, it would be great to have a "snooze button" insdide GMail e-mail chains. You could "snooze" it, keep receiving e-mails in that chain without receiving notifications, and open it at the end of the day or any time you want..

Comment from Bakhtier on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:40:13Z

I am not very good at IT, but I would like to see (maybe there is already).

Google Reader: filters.
Similar to Gmail filters. Example, you are subscribed to WSJ and receive all financial news (it is the label name), but also you have Google, Apple, Microsoft labels in your Reader. So when WSJ publishes a post about those companies, I would like to see it in both places in WSJ folder/label and Google folder/label. When I will read any of them, they will be marked in entire Reader as a read post. So i will escape double reading and it will be convenient for me to focus on specific topic. why it is good for me, I am an adman, so I have three websites that have print, Tv, outdoor ads sections, but i don't want to surf each feed and read all their news. I want to read only Print ads or Tv ads. I guess it is not really that difficult.

Comment from Marc on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:36:35Z

For Google Reader, a very useful feature would entail discovering feed entries which relate to the same topic, from my own and any friends' subscriptions, and cross-linking those entries. As an example, reading an article VentureBeat about the recent G2 Android phone should automatically highlight related entries from MobileCrunch, GigaOM and other sites/blogs I (and my friends) subscribe to, ranked according to my "trends" wrt to reading frequency.

Comment from Shane Lear on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:35:24Z

I would love to see Google add mp3 file support to Picasa or to create a Picasa-like product specifically for music.

This would be a one-stop place to organize and listen to and share your existing music files.

Comment from Bruce Maxwell on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:34:33Z

I have two...

I would love to see a google checklist web app so that you can make online sharable checklists between co-workers. I build computers/windows servers for a rather large heavy equipment dealer and being able to share a checklist between the department would be AMAZING.

I would also like to see a todo list function added onto the calendar. If you are like me you do not always want to assign a time to what you have going on that day.

Comment from Wilsongeek on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:28:27Z

I'd like to see modification to gmail to avoid sending email to old email addresses. Although it is helpful to have gmail cache all email addresses that I send mail to, it can be a problem when I send email to someone who has updated his or her email address. I regularly end up sending mail to an old address because gmail auto-fills it in.

So I'd like to be able to start typing and have the usual list come up, but for email addresses that are no longer to be used, I'd like to be able to right click and remove them. (Or something like that.) Or alternatively, I'd like to be able to mark an email address I'm using as the "primary" and then only have primary addresses come up with the auto-fill.

Comment from Rob Weaver on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:26:28Z

Add ability to access protected feeds with Google Reader. Right now you can't even add Google Groups feed unless it is public (even though you are already logged in).

Phase I - allow access of non-public Google Group feed
Phase II - allow access to other protected RSS feeds using OpenID or other SSO method.

Comment from James Levy on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:24:04Z

Google App Engine could be far more than a variation on Amazon Web Services.

Google Apps is growing quickly, and based on Google's recent move to open a program of Google Apps resellers, it seems like they're eager to get Google Apps to dominate the enterprise cloud-based software management.

Here's an idea - a Google Apps store (or a Marketplace or a Bazaar...) allowing App Engine applications to have some special hooks into Google Apps taking advantage of all of those underused Apps features like Groups and messaging. This would increase the value of both Apps and App Engine, and since App Engine already ships with customized APIs, it wouldn't be very difficult at all to make it very easy for App Engine developers to serve Apps user. In fact, App Engine's upcoming XMPP support is a *huge* opportunity for App Engine developers to offer all kinds of collaboration tools to Apps users.

Wait a second....does this not sound so unfamiliar? Perhaps that's because you've tried the Labs feature for Google Apps where with one-click, you can add applications to your Google Apps account like Moderator and Short Links. These Labs applications - yep, that's right - all running on App Engine.

Between Google Apps Labs and the Google Apps Marketplace, Mountain View is already half-way there.

Go the rest of the way FTW, Google. It's a no-brainer.

Comment from Rob Weaver on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:22:45Z

Low hanging fruit: integration of Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Groups.

Use Google Docs to edit group pages, integrate group calendar, and replace files section with a Google Docs folder.

Comment from Scott on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:13:59Z

Google Search needs to enable something similar to Search Monkey by Yahoo! so we can get this Semantic Web ball rolling.

Comment from Steve Smith on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:13:56Z

The AJAX libraries need to provide more data (both more results and more data per result) with fewer limitations.

Google could easily sell this as a premium service.

Comment from Nikos Anagnostou on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:12:48Z

Apply the Friend Connect way of making friends in Google Reader and get rid of the silly Gtalk invitations used for the same purpose. Allow commenting on others' shares without resharing. And, finally, create plugins that will show notes and comments under the oginal blogposts in the originating blogs (Friendfeed style).

Comment from Steve Smith on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:08:01Z

Stale data is the bane of the Web. Google Web Search needs to be able to sort (or at least flag) results by date.

Comment from ricefield on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:06:45Z

Gdrive - online storage with a dropbox-like ability to sync with a file directory on your desktop, hopefully with the feature to to sync any/multiple directories - this would be fantastic for collaboration, since not many people i know use dropbox, but if it were google, then it would be different (plus all my contact would automatically be integrated)

Comment from Manpreet Singh on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:05:51Z

The webkit browser on the Android platform should expose the GPS location via an API for applications to use. This would spur a whole new range of location-aware browser based applications for Android and will shift focus to browser based mobile development.

That will obviously be a more unified approach to mobile app development (not having to implement natively for various phone platform) and also what Google really wants in the long run.

Comment from Andres on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:04:15Z

GMail needs drag/drop support for images and files.

Comment from Andres on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T21:03:11Z

GData APIs:

Google needs a geospatial data API (Google GeoData API) that supports read/write for data that has a spatial component (points, lines, polygons) like the ones created on Google My Maps. Would be great to be able to call this data as KML or JSON (GeoJSON).

Comment from Andres on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:58:35Z

Google AppEngine needs to support languages other than Python.

Comment from Royal8 on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:57:14Z

Google Apps: Everything under one roof. Picassa and all the other disparate products available to Apps users with a single sign in and re-sellable as a bundle for Google. Inclusive of the elusive GDrive.

Comment from Andres on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:55:53Z

Google Maps would benefit from a utility or tool for "My Maps" that allows users to overlay/georeference images on maps in similar fashion to Yahoo!'s MapMixer (http://maps.yahoo.com/mapmixer ... since retired) and Microsoft's MapCruncher (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/mapcruncher/ ... a desktop app!).

This is kind of doable via the API, but obviously would be much more accessible on the main maps site and complement the user generated points/lines/polygons on My Maps. This is a frequent question that comes up with some of the folks we have helped...

Comment from Manpreet Singh on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:52:47Z

Google should really add Jaiku lifestreaming to the android platform. If the Android userbase picks up half as much as the iPhone with the upcoming lineup of smartphones, this could enable Google to compete well with Twitter in the realtime web arena.

Comment from Sam Johnston on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:52:03Z

Google Apps should implement the APIs of common messaging and groupware systems so that users can point their clients at the cloud (e.g. Microsoft Outlook, Office, Lotus Notes) and collaborate seamlessly with their colleagues the way they are accustomed.

There is precedent for this approach with the recent implementation of ActiveSync, but it doesn't go far enough.

Comment from ricefield on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:46:13Z

New service - Google Contacts, which would provide a more featured contact manager that would be able to sync with social networks (namely, fb, myspace) and allow you to explicitly define who appears in your chat list or not - google cannot become a real social network until it deals with the problem of "my real friends aren't on google, theyre on facebook" (which was an initial criticism of latitude)

Comment from Björn Klose on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:46:02Z

Not really a feature as is, but there should be an established process to deploy
from google code

to google app engine (exists, with web hooks, somehow)
AND to google solutions marketplace

AND Gmail Labs, iGoogle, OpenSocial containers

AND/OR to Android (marketplace), where applicable.

integration is the key feature. Just look at using Gmail, Google Sites and Google Docs WYSIWYG features. Same, but then again, quite different.

In other words: simple templates for building a new google/open-stack powered app, to target mashups / enterprise / browser / labs / mobile (all powered by app engine?).

Did i mention the need for a central developer hub? and i don't mean a feed mashup of the 80 blogs they have, but a holistic overview of all the groups, apis, services and resources available to those interested.

And why not have developers be paid through google checkout for using their appengine apps on your google apps domain?

Comment from ricefield on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:43:35Z

Google Talk: google really needs to release a new version for all the gtalk fans who want to use it on their desktop instead of inside gmail, but also want to be able to video chat...

Comment from ricefield on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:40:35Z

Google Latitude: should include semantic location data (as opposed to addresses, coordinate, or map data, which is how latitude currently allows you to find your friends), which would allow you to know where your friends are via textual data such as "friendx is @ locationame"

ie: "Jon is @ UC Berkeley" or even "Jon is @ Dwinelle Hall"

this could be integrated with the user-defined locations in gmaps; gmaps already has a vast directory of semantic location data, it can be put to good use in location-based networking/services and then mashed together with other location-based services (everyblock, etc) or location-relevant services/data (yelp, movietickets.com)

Comment from Christopher on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:28:41Z

Within Google Reader, I wish Google could show results across all RSS feeds when I query, not just the RSS feeds to which I subscribe (or have starred).

Comment from muchio on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:27:49Z

For Google Reader: save/archive feed with user defined category name
For Google Search: group search results by domain. Add collapse/expand aka more pages/results from this domain.

Cheers!

Comment from Leo on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:24:19Z

I think that Google should provide an API to GMail that allow third party developers to build plug-ins like the GMail labs.

Comment from Elroy Jetson on 2009-02-18

2009-02-18T20:16:23Z

The best enhancement Google could do is add multiple shared feeds to Google reader. That way you can tailor information sharing for particular audiences.