Google (GOOG) just officially announced its SketchUp blog (though the blog has actually been around since the beginning of June). SketchUp, Google’s product for creating 3D models, fits neatly into its suite of three products for the architecture and drafting crowd. Its companions include Google Earth and 3D Warehouse, which is, as one might guess, an online location where people can keep 3D items they’ve created.
The SketchUp blog is a decidedly Google-like combination of geekiness and whimsy. On the one hand, there are instructions for adding color to Google Earth snapshots and notes about a plug-in for Adobe Systems’s (ADBE) Photoshop 3 Extended product that allows 3D modelers to view and share items in 3D Warehouse. On the other hand, there are pictures of the mustaches of the SketchUp crew. (As the blog got closer to its public launch, however, it does seem to have gotten more serious.)
By my count, this brings the number of official Google blogs to 71 (including the different language versions), just about all of them connected to product user communities. Looks like Google is putting a lot of effort into keeping its marketing folks and engineers in touch with the user community. The best list of Google blogs I could find:
AdWords API blog
AJAX Search API blog
Analytics 日本版 公式ブログ
Blogger Buzz
Blogs of Note
Custom Search Engine blog
Docs & Spreadsheets blog
Google Analytics blog
Google Base blog
Google Checkout API blog
Google Checkout blog
Google Code (Featured Projects)
Google Code (Updates)
Google CPG blog
Google Data APIs blog
Google Desktop API blog
Google Enterprise blog
Google Finance blog
Google Gears API blog
Google Gmail Blog
Google Health Advertising Blog
Google LatLong
Google Mac blog
Google Maps API blog
Google Mashup Editor blog
Google News Blog
Google Online Security blog
Google Public Policy Blog
Google Reader blog
Google Research blog
Google SketchUp blog
Google Talkabout
Google Testing blog
Google Web Toolkit blog
google.org blog
Inside AdSense
Inside AdSense – Deutsche
Inside AdSense – Espanol
Inside AdSense – Français
Inside AdSense – Italiano
Inside AdSense – Nederlandse
Inside AdSense – Portuguese
Inside AdSense – Türkiye
Inside AdSense – 日本
Inside AdSense – 한국
Inside AdWords
Inside AdWords – Brasil
Inside AdWords – Espanol
Inside AdWords – 日本
Inside Google Book Search
Inside Google Desktop
Librarian Central
o blog oficial do orkut
Official Google blog
Official Google blog – 한국
Official Google blog – Australia
Official Google blog – Brasil
Official Google blog – Italia
Official Google blog – Japan
Official Google blog – México
Official Google blog – Polska
Official Google blog – Česká republika
Official Google blog – Россия
Official Google blog – 中国
orkut Blog
Summer of Code blog
Webmaster Central blog
Webmaster Central blog – Deutsche
YouTube API blog
YouTube blog
AdWords API blog
AJAX Search API blog
Analytics 日本版 公式ブログ
Blogger Buzz
Blogs of Note
Custom Search Engine blog
Docs & Spreadsheets blog
Google Analytics blog
Google Base blog
Google Checkout API blog
Google Checkout blog
Google Code (Featured Projects)
Google Code (Updates)
Google CPG blog
Google Data APIs blog
Google Desktop API blog
Google Enterprise blog
Google Finance blog
Google Gears API blog
Google Gmail Blog
Google Health Advertising Blog
Google LatLong
Google Mac blog
Google Maps API blog
Google Mashup Editor blog
Google News Blog
Google Online Security blog
Google Public Policy Blog
Google Reader blog
Google Research blog
Google SketchUp blog
Google Talkabout
Google Testing blog
Google Web Toolkit blog
google.org blog
Inside AdSense
Inside AdSense – Deutsche
Inside AdSense – Espanol
Inside AdSense – Français
Inside AdSense – Italiano
Inside AdSense – Nederlandse
Inside AdSense – Portuguese
Inside AdSense – Türkiye
Inside AdSense – 日本
Inside AdSense – 한국
Inside AdWords
Inside AdWords – Brasil
Inside AdWords – Espanol
Inside AdWords – 日本
Inside Google Book Search
Inside Google Desktop
Librarian Central
o blog oficial do orkut
Official Google blog
Official Google blog – 한국
Official Google blog – Australia
Official Google blog – Brasil
Official Google blog – Italia
Official Google blog – Japan
Official Google blog – México
Official Google blog – Polska
Official Google blog – Česká republika
Official Google blog – Россия
Official Google blog – 中国
orkut Blog
Summer of Code blog
Webmaster Central blog
Webmaster Central blog – Deutsche
YouTube API blog
YouTube blog
