Another fairly dull update... but I thought I'd share it:

In January, I asked whether AdSense was coming to Google Apps:
ruscoe.net/blog/2007/01/adsens ...

Well that service doesn't exist anymore, so maybe they decided against the idea.

However, they now seem to have added the following:

   * Prometheus (uses the same code as Google Mashups Editor)
   www.google.com/a/ruscoe.net/Se ...

   * Knowledge Search (same code as the recent Russian site)
   www.google.com/a/ruscoe.net/Se ...

And also one I briefly mentioned it a while ago in another thread:

   * Webmaster tool
   www.google.com/a/ruscoe.net/Se ...

The rest are still listed here:
ruscoe.net/google/google-accou ...

I'm not quite sure how all these could benefit being part of Google Apps but I guess time will tell...

Tony: i could not get the login form Knowledge Search via the link above.

others can try this link: www.google.com/accounts/Servic ...

once you login, if you speak only english, like me, try this translation URL:
google.com/translate?u=http%3A ...

btw, looks interesting.

>I'm not quite sure how all these could benefit being part of Google Apps but I guess time will tell..

Not very sure about Prometheus & Knowledge Search but surely webmasters tool will help a lot of people

Why to have it under different Google account when you already have the hosted account for the same domain.

>>Not very sure about Prometheus & Knowledge Search but surely webmasters tool will help a lot of people

I feel the opposite. I think that the Google Answers 2.0 will be more favored by SMBs and big corps, whether being used internally or as a customer support forum.

<< Tony: i could not get the login form Knowledge Search via the link above. >>

Josue, these are Google Apps services and behave differently to Google Accounts services.

Basically, when a Google Apps service exists, you will see a page which shows the title in the top bar and says "Service not available" like this:

www.google.com/a/ruscoe.net/Se ...

If the service doesn't not exist, you get a "Bad Request" message like this:

www.google.com/a/ruscoe.net/Se ...

That is in contrast to the Google Accounts links which will show either a login box when it exists:

www.google.com/accounts/Servic ...

Or a "page you requested is invalid" error when it doesn't:

www.google.com/accounts/Servic ...

Haochi, that's an interesting way of looking at it. I hadn't thought of that way to use the Knowledge Search!

I think any Google service can have a corporate use.

Agreed, but many don't benefit from being part of Google Apps other than the benefit of it being one login to maintain for the user.

Tony: In these two instances I can see the benefits to making them part of Google Apps.

GME: Host my mashups on my Google Apps domain? Yes please. Similarly, have people sign-in (and control permissioning for Mashups) using my Google Apps domain. I Want!

Knowledge Search: As Haochi suggested, it would be very useful to control permissions / access to Q&A internally.

And moreover, the more products, the more justification there is for the price tag of Google Apps

Google Apps isn't that expensive compared to other corporate systems though. And the fact that it's hosted externally by a reputable business means that the cost of maintenance is near enough zero.

FYI.

Haochi mentions a new "Google Answers China" site here:

googlified.com/2007google-answ ...

It seems they're somehow using the Knowledge Search "cf" Google Apps login along with a SAML request:

www.google.com/a/tianya.cn/Ser ...

Just check the URL parameters when you click this sign in link in the top right: wenda.tianya.cn/wenda/loginred ...

www.google.com/accounts/Servic ... is in Russian?!

Oh ok, otvety, I remember now