Google Inc. on Thursday launched a developer website that contains software tools for adding the search engine's services to web applications.

The site also includes discussion groups and links to all of Google's application programming interfaces, or APIs, which are used in developing applications that tie into Google services, such as AdWords, Blogger, Desktop Search, Gmail and web search.

Developers can get regular updates on new projects and tools on the site through any standard newsreader.

Chris DiBona, open source program manager for Google, launched the site through the Mountain View, Calif.-based, company's blog. Google engineers who have helped build the software tools will also help build communities around their use, DiBona said.