Google Forums

Google Forums

Introduction

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/.

Official Forums

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 DoubleClick Rich Media Forum http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/richmedia Gmail http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail Google Ad Manager Help http://groups.google.com/group/admanager-help Google AdWords http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdWords Google AJAX Search API http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API Google Analytics http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Analytics Google App Engine http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine Google Apps http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Apps Google Apps Security & Compliance / Postini http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AppSecurity Google Audio Indexing (Gaudi) http://groups.google.com/group/google-audio-indexing Google Base http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/base Google Book Search APIs forum http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/booksearch-apis Google Calendar http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Calendar Google Checkout http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/checkout-merchants Google Chrome Help http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome Google Code http://groups.google.com/group/codesite-discuss Google Code Search http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Code-Search Google Contacts Data API Developer Forum http://groups.google.com/group/google-contacts-api Google Custom Buttons http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Custom-Buttons Google Custom Search Engine (Google Co-op) http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/customsearch Google Dashboard Widgets for Mac http://groups.google.com/group/macwidgets Google Desktop http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Desktop Google Docs http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Docs Google Earth http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/earth 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 for Non-Profits Discussion Group http://groups.google.com/group/googlefornonprofits-discuss Google Fusion Tables http://groups.google.com/group/fusion-tables-users-group Google Gears http://groups.google.com/group/gears-users/ Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Groups-Guide Google India Labs / Google Noticeboard http://groups.google.com/group/Google-India-Labs Google Mail http://groups.google.com/group/Google-mail-help-discussion-group-uk Google Maps http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/maps Google Maps API http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API Google Message Security Discussion http://groups.google.com/group/gms-discuss Google Mobile / Google Latitude http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile Google Music Trends http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Music-Trends Google News http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/news Google Notebook http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Notebook Google O3D http://groups.google.com/group/o3d-discuss Google O3D Announce (only announcements) http://groups.google.com/group/o3d-announce Google Page Creator http://groups.google.com/group/GPCDiscussionGroup Google Page Creator Updates (only announcements) http://groups.google.com/group/gpc-updates Google Reader http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Reader-Help 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 Search Appliance / Google Mini http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Search-Appliance Google Site Flavored Search http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-site-flavored Google Sites http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sites Google SketchUp http://groups.google.com/group/sketchup Google SMS http://groups.google.com/group/Google-SMS Google Talk http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Talk/ Google Toolbar http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Toolbar 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 Visualization API forum http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api Google Wave API http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api Google Web Accelerator http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Accelerator Google Web Elements http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/webelements Google Webmaster Help http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters Google Web Search http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web+Search 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 KML Developer Support http://groups.google.com/group/kml-support Macs Inside Google http://groups.google.com/group/google-mac OpenSocial http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial orkut http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/orkut Picasa http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa Picasa APIs http://groups.google.com/group/google-picasa-apis Picasa for Linux http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux Protocol Buffers http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf YouTube APIs http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api YouTube API Service Notifications (announcements only) http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-notify

Old Official Discussion Groups

Official Google forums sometimes get replaced by newer ones, but if you are interested in browsing the archives of old messages, here are some of the old archive-only forums: Gmail http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-Discussion Google AdWords http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-help 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 Book Search APIs forum http://groups.google.com/group/booksearch-apis Google Calendar http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Calendar-Help Google Checkout http://groups.google.com/group/google-checkout-merchants-forum Google Chrome Help http://groups.google.com/group/google-chrome-help Google Custom Search Engine (Google Co-op) http://groups.google.com/group/google-custom-search Google Docs http://groups.google.com/group/GoogleDocs Google Earth http://groups.google.com/group/earth-help Google Mail http://groups.google.com/group/Google-mail-help-discussion-group-uk Google Maps http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps Google Message Security Discussion http://groups.google.com/group/gms-discuss Google Mini http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Mini Google Mobile http://groups.google.com/group/google-mobile-help Google News http://groups.google.com/group/googlenews-help Google Pack http://groups.google.com/group/google-pack Google Sites http://groups.google.com/group/sites-help 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 Video http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/video Google Video (older) http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Video-Help Google Webmaster Help http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help Google Web Search http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help Lively Help Group http://groups.google.com/group/lively-help orkut http://groups.google.com/group/orkut-help Picasa http://groups.google.com/group/picasa Postini Support for Policy Management and Message Recovery for Google Apps http://groups.google.com/group/postinisupportforGoogleApps

Old Official Newsgroups

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

Unofficial Forums

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.htmForums 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 KNOL Users http://groups.google.com/group/knol-users

Unofficial Newsgroups

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—2009: 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: June 18th, 2009

Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)

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