If you can’t lounge around the well-known, award-winning Google HQ offices as an employee, there are other ways to make money off the big G. Here are some ways to get a small piece of the Google pie:

1. Blogger – Whether you’re running ads, selling products, promoting affiliates, or using this blog platform as a way to promote your business or services, this Google service can aid you in making money online.

2. AdSense – This is one common way to monetise blogs and websites. Also see: How Adsense Publishers Can Make More Money.

3. AdWords – You can advertise your business, products, or services using AdWords. This is, of course, in conjunction with the Adsense programme.

4. Google Image Labeler – Just a roundabout way of making money by tagging photos online.

5. Google-Related Competitions – Sometimes, independent businesses throw contests that are related to Google, such as this $10,000 bounty for re-indexing sites.

6. Google Aps’ Online Collaboration – Work on your online projects using Google Aps.

7. Google Checkout – Use this online payment system to help you process your web business transactions.

8. YouTube – There are different ways you can monetise YouTube.

Can you think of other ways to use Google to make money online?