Google Power Tools Bible

Ted Coombs

Roderico DeLeon

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Dedication

To Ocean, Sebastian, Diego and Ana Paula; may Google help you toward a better future.

About the Authors

Ted Coombs has written many books on computer programming, networking, and Internet applications, including Setting Up an Internet Site For Dummies. He works in the area of computer forensics. He also heads the effort of documenting world history at wikihistory.org. He lives and works in both Hawaii and the Netherlands.

Roderico DeLeon has authored several books on computer technology, networking and Internet applications, and a video game guide. He presently works as a computer applications and forensics consultant in Mexico City. His passion is tourism. When not in Mexico City, he travels the world while running the xtremetours.com travel site.

Acknowledgements

We would first like to thank authors Donna Baker, Craig Long, and Adrian Solomon for their invaluable assistance in completing this book. This was truly a global effort with Roderico in Mexico, Ted in the Netherlands, Donna in Canada, Craig in Hawaii, and Adrian in Romania. Thanks also to Tim Borek and Courtney Allen at Wiley for your support in the creation of this book. A big thanks to Matt Wagner at Fresh Books for managing the whole process, and congratulations on your new baby. Thanks to the entire van den Berg family in Utrecht, Netherlands, Thijs and Lorenzo for putting up with us while writing this book. Finally, thanks to all the wonderful developers at Google who have created some great products and services.

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