I am probably missing large chunks of tracking even with this list.
Enormous amounts of things have some connection into Google. Other connections into Google's equipment potentially include Voice, Talk, Hangouts, embedded Google Plus +1 buttons, embedded YouTube, Blogspot sites, embedded Picasa images.
If you email someone with a GMail account your email address is in Google's servers with the email header containing your IP address.
Google's SafeBrowsing URL check built into FireFox which normally works by hashed URLs but could still track that you are using it, but has a simple version of the API so applications could send plain text URLs to it without you knowing ( https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/ ).
Links going via Google's URL shortening service Goo.gl
Not counting things you choose to use (Chromecast, music, docs, drive, Now, voice search, News, Groups, Finance, Toolbar, Android sat nav, Chrome's open tab sync between your devices via Google Cloud, etc.).
That's not to say they are good or bad, or they are or are not tracked. Just that it's way to late to "avoid Google" just by switching away from GMail and blocking Google Analytics.
Enormous amounts of things have some connection into Google. Other connections into Google's equipment potentially include Voice, Talk, Hangouts, embedded Google Plus +1 buttons, embedded YouTube, Blogspot sites, embedded Picasa images.
Google runs ReCAPTCHA. ( http://www.google.com/recaptcha/ )
If you email someone with a GMail account your email address is in Google's servers with the email header containing your IP address.
Google's SafeBrowsing URL check built into FireFox which normally works by hashed URLs but could still track that you are using it, but has a simple version of the API so applications could send plain text URLs to it without you knowing ( https://developers.google.com/safe-browsing/ ).
Sites hosted on Google AppEngine ( https://developers.google.com/appengine/ ).
If you have IOS, Safari defaults to Google suggestions - i.e. sending everything you type in the address/search bar to Google.
Google Maps, built into other websites and services. Google Geolocation API built into other software ( https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/business/ge... ).
Google DNS (last time I read the privacy policy, it said queries are not combined with other data Google collects).
Sites loading popular JavaScript from Google's hosted libraries ( https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/devguide ).
Sites embedding Google Sparklines ( https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery... )
Links going via Google's URL shortening service Goo.gl
Not counting things you choose to use (Chromecast, music, docs, drive, Now, voice search, News, Groups, Finance, Toolbar, Android sat nav, Chrome's open tab sync between your devices via Google Cloud, etc.).
That's not to say they are good or bad, or they are or are not tracked. Just that it's way to late to "avoid Google" just by switching away from GMail and blocking Google Analytics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products