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12 December 2006

GAM and Fiji: New Google Services?

(This is another one of those non-posts, but I figured I’d make it anyway so that when these new services are eventually unveiled, I can say that you saw it here first!)

After noticing the Google Online Assessment and Google Workplace service codes went live recently, I thought I’d check to see if there were any more new Google services out there.

So, this is what’s new:

GAM

Service name: gam
Code name: gam
NewAccount: Invalid request.
CreateAccount: Invalid request.
EditUserServiceData: User has not signed up for the service.
Login: OK
ServiceLogin: OK

I would guess that “GAM” stands for something – like “Google Ads for Magazines“ or whatever – but the fact that it’s not fully spelt out makes it look a little suspicious...

Fiji

Service name: New Service
Code name: fiji
NewAccount: Invalid request.
CreateAccount: Invalid request.
EditUserServiceData: User has not signed up for the service.
Login: OK
ServiceLogin: OK

This is even more cryptic. Neither the service code or the service name that’s being used in the login screens give any clues what this could be – unless anyone’s ever heard of a Project Fiji...?

(And if it makes any difference, fiji.corp.google.com is one of Google’s internal subdomains.)

Also just added to my list of Google Account Service Names are a few services we already know about but that have only just surfaced as Google Accounts services fairly recently: