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  • More Options for Google+ Badges

    Google Webmaster Central Blog
    Maile Ohye
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:53 pm
    Webmaster Level: All When we launched Google+ pages in November, we also released Google+ badges to promote your Google+ presence right on your site. Starting today in developer preview (and soon available to all your users), we're adding more options for integrating the Google+ badge into your website. You can configure a badge with a width that fits your site design and choose a version that works better on darker sites. You'll also see that Google+ badges now include the unified +1 and circle count that we added to Pages last month. If you’re still considering whether to add a Google+…

  • Google Offers Keeps Momentum in 2012: Five New Cities Launch Today

    Google Commerce
    Commerce Blog
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    2011 was quite a year for Google Offers. In only six months (since we first launched in Portland) we introduced amazing deals from beloved local business in 33 cities in the U.S., launched national deals and released our first mobile app. Well, good news deal lovers! We’re keeping up the momentum and 2012 is going to be just as exciting. As of today, Google Offers is available in five new cities including: Charlotte, Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Antonio and Tampa. Here are the details about our debut deals in these terrific locations: Charlotte: $11 for a beer tasting, growler bottle,…

  • An amazing 3D tour of the Costa Concordia

    Google Earth Blog
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:09 am
    Last week we showed you the fresh satellite imagery and tour of the wreck of the Costa Concordia. It was a great file that helped to show what happened, but now Peter Olsen (who just days ago unveiled the excellent Terra Nova models) has built an incredible 3D tour of the wreck, with the entire journey animated! The speed has been increased to save time, so you don't have to wait 2-1/2 hours for it to finish, but it's otherwise as accurate as possible. To see it for yourself, simply visit the Costa Concordia Disaster Animation page in the Google 3D Warehouse and choose the "View in Google…

  • Grad School to Google: How Larry and Sergey Became Billionaires

    Google Tutor
    Brian Wallace
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:58 am
    This exceptional infographic not only knocks it out of the park graphically but the story keeps you interested and entertained. It is the story of Google creators, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The infographic shows you how they went from Stanford to billionaires, over the course of 16 years. (Select Image to Begin) Created by Online PhD Gmail problems or confused about Picasa? I’ll help you in the forums. Similar Posts:5 Awesome Infographics On Google YouTube Instant and Instant Search For Images & Google Maps Google Earth Pro 5.2 Out of Beta What Does It Take To Get A Job At…

  • Resources to support a new and open world for learning

    The Official Google Blog
    A Googler
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm
    Googlers are the types who never really leave the classroom. Guest speakers come to campus to give talks on subjects ranging from fiction to physics. Diverse groups of people work together to understand and solve big problems while groups of Googlers engage in passionate debate in our cafeterias. Given this environment, it’s no surprise how highly we value our external work in education. We have a growing number of successful education programs from primary school through to university, as well as a suite of free and open tools that reach families and classrooms around the world. Recently,…
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  • A história por trás do logotipo do Gmail

    Renê Fraga
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:01 am
    De acordo com Kevin Fox, ex-designer de interfaces no Google, o logotipo do Gmail foi criado por Dennis Hwang, o homem responsável por desenhar os Doodles especiais da empresa. “O logotipo foi desenhado, literalmente, na noite anterior ao lançamento do produto. Trabalhamos até muito tarde naquele dia e Sergey e eu descemos ao seu cubo para vê-lo fazer”, disse Fox no serviço Quora. “A versão inicial utilizava a mesma fonte como o logotipo do Google (Catull), mas Catull tem uma letra ‘a’ muito estranha, então Dennis decidiu usar Catull no ‘G’…

  • Google Earth ganha uma melhor experiência visual e integração com o Google+

    João Francisco
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:02 am
    O Google anunciou, nesta última quinta-feira, uma nova versão do Google Earth, a plataforma que permite visualizar imagens de todo o planeta. Na versão 6.2, o produto do Google traz uma nova maneira de renderizar as imagens a fim de suavizar o mosaico de imagens. “O resultado final é uma maravilhosa e nova experiência de ver a Terra, que preserva as texturas únicas das distintas paisagens geográficas do nosso mundo, sem o efeito de colcha de retalhos”, explicou Peter Birch, gerente de produto, Google Earth. A pesquisa também foi aperfeiçoada e teve seu design…

  • Google+ abre suas portas aos adolescentes

    Renê Fraga
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:01 pm
    Bradley Horowitz, vice-presidente de produtos do Google, anunciou hoje algumas melhorias de segurança no serviço e a possibilidade para que os adolescentes, aqueles entre 13 e 18, agora possam participar do Projeto Google+. “Adolescentes e jovens adultos são os usuários de internet mais ativos do planeta. E surpresa, surpresa: eles também são seres humanos que gostam de passar tempo com amigos e familiares. Colocar essas duas coisas juntas faz com que eles fiquem cada vez mais se conectar online. Infelizmente, compartilhamento on-line ainda é de segunda categoria para este grupo…

  • Google Takeout exporta dados do Docs e Knol

    Renê Fraga
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:24 am
    Em um post no Google+, o engenheiro de software do Google, Gregory Kick, avisa que o produto Takeout passou por uma atualização e agora traz suporte ao Google Docs e o descontinuado Knol. “Lançamos uma nova versão do Google Takeout com suporte para a exportação de dados do Docs e Knol. Também colocamos novos recursos: aviso por e-mail assim que o backup está pronto, formatos de saída configuráveis e atualização da interface e ícones”, explicou. Lançado em Junho de 2011, o Google Takeout permite criar um arquivo de backup com todos os dados disponíveis em diversos…

  • Barack Obama participará de Hangout no Google+

    João Francisco
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:29 am
    O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, planeja realizar uma ação online junto com usuários do Google+, durante 45 minutos, por meio do Hangout, no próximo dia 30/01. As pessoas interessadas em falar com Obama poderão enviar perguntas sobre qualquer assunto por meio de vídeo ou de texto no canal da Casa Branca no YouTube. Elas podem ser enviadas até a meia-noite de sábado, dia 28. Os usuários poderão assistir ao Hangout por meio do canal da Casa Branca no YouTube ou pela página no Google+. A ação vem sendo discutida como parte da campanha de reeleição de Obama. As…
 
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    The Official Google Blog

  • Resources to support a new and open world for learning

    A Googler
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm
    Googlers are the types who never really leave the classroom. Guest speakers come to campus to give talks on subjects ranging from fiction to physics. Diverse groups of people work together to understand and solve big problems while groups of Googlers engage in passionate debate in our cafeterias. Given this environment, it’s no surprise how highly we value our external work in education. We have a growing number of successful education programs from primary school through to university, as well as a suite of free and open tools that reach families and classrooms around the world. Recently,…

  • Google Earth 6.2: It’s a beautiful world

    A Googler
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pm
    We're taking bird's eye view to a whole new level with the latest version of Google Earth, released today. With Google Earth 6.2, we’re bringing you the most beautiful Google Earth yet, with more seamless imagery and a new search interface. Additionally, we’ve introduced a feature that enables you to share an image from within Google Earth, so you can now simply and easily share your virtual adventures with family and friends on Google+. A seamless globe The Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on different dates and under different lighting…

  • Updating our privacy policies and terms of service

    A Googler
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:30 pm
    In just over a month we will make some changes to our privacy policies and Google Terms of Service. This stuff matters, so we wanted to explain what’s changing, why and what these changes mean for users. First, our privacy policies. Despite trimming our policies in 2010, we still have more than 70 (yes, you read right … 70) privacy documents covering all of our different products. This approach is somewhat complicated. It’s also at odds with our efforts to integrate our different products more closely so that we can create a beautifully simple, intuitive user experience across Google.

  • Your Interview with President Obama

    A Googler
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:08 am
    If you could hang out with President Obama, what would you ask him? Would your question be about jobs or unemployment? The threat of nuclear weapons? Immigration reform? Whatever your question is, submit it on YouTube for the opportunity to ask the President directly in a special interview over a Google+ Hangout from the White House. On Monday, January 30, a few days after delivering his State of the Union address to the nation, President Obama will answer a selection of top-voted questions you’ve submitted in a live-streamed interview. Starting today through January 28, you can visit the…

  • Jagriti Yatra: a journey of entrepreneurship through India

    A Googler
    20 Jan 2012 | 4:26 pm
    As part of our ongoing commitment to entrepreneurship around the world, we recently took part in a worthy experiment crisscrossing India. Jagriti Yatra is an annual train journey that takes more than 400 of India's highly motivated youth (ages 20-26) on an 15-day trip to introduce them to India’s challenges, and to the individuals and institutions that are developing unique solutions to those challenges. The goal is to inspire these young people to develop and lead social and economic entrepreneurship in their own communities. Each year, around 50 experienced professionals also join the…
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    Google Webmaster Central Blog

  • More Options for Google+ Badges

    Maile Ohye
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:53 pm
    Webmaster Level: All When we launched Google+ pages in November, we also released Google+ badges to promote your Google+ presence right on your site. Starting today in developer preview (and soon available to all your users), we're adding more options for integrating the Google+ badge into your website. You can configure a badge with a width that fits your site design and choose a version that works better on darker sites. You'll also see that Google+ badges now include the unified +1 and circle count that we added to Pages last month. If you’re still considering whether to add a Google+…

  • What’s new with Sitemaps

    Jonathan Simon
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:18 pm
    Webmaster level: AllSitemaps are a way to tell Google about pages on your site. Webmaster Tools’ Sitemaps feature gives you feedback on your submitted Sitemaps, such as how many Sitemap URLs have been indexed, or whether your Sitemaps have any errors. Recently, we’ve added even more information! Let’s check it out:The Sitemaps page displays details based on content-type. Now statistics from Web, Videos, Images and News are featured prominently. This lets you see how many items of each type were submitted (if any), and for some content types, we also show how many items have been…

  • Update to Top Search Queries data

    Susan Moskwa
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Webmaster level: All Starting today, we’re updating our Top Search Queries feature to make it better match expectations about search engine rankings. Previously we reported the average position of all URLs from your site for a given query. As of today, we’ll instead average only the top position that a URL from your site appeared in. An example Let’s say Nick searched for [bacon] and URLs from your site appeared in positions 3, 6, and 12. Jane also searched for [bacon] and URLs from your site appeared in positions 5 and 9. Previously, we would have averaged all these positions together…

  • Making form-filling faster, easier and smarter

    Maile Ohye
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Webmaster Level: Intermediate One of the biggest bottlenecks on any conversion funnel is filling out an online form – shopping and registration flows all rely on forms as a crucial and demanding step in accomplishing the goals of your site. For many users, online forms mean repeatedly typing common information like our names and addresses on different sites across the web – a tedious task that causes many to give up and abandon the flow entirely. Chrome’s Autofill and other form-filling providers help to break down this barrier by remembering common profile information and…

  • Page layout algorithm improvement

    Maile Ohye
    19 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Webmaster Level: All In our ongoing effort to help you find more high-quality websites in search results, today we’re launching an algorithmic change that looks at the layout of a webpage and the amount of content you see on the page once you click on a result. As we’ve mentioned previously, we’ve heard complaints from users that if they click on a result and it’s difficult to find the actual content, they aren’t happy with the experience. Rather than scrolling down the page past a slew of ads, users want to see content right away. So sites that don’t have much content…
 
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    Google Commerce

  • Google Offers Keeps Momentum in 2012: Five New Cities Launch Today

    Commerce Blog
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    2011 was quite a year for Google Offers. In only six months (since we first launched in Portland) we introduced amazing deals from beloved local business in 33 cities in the U.S., launched national deals and released our first mobile app. Well, good news deal lovers! We’re keeping up the momentum and 2012 is going to be just as exciting. As of today, Google Offers is available in five new cities including: Charlotte, Kansas City, Milwaukee, San Antonio and Tampa. Here are the details about our debut deals in these terrific locations: Charlotte: $11 for a beer tasting, growler bottle,…

  • Google Offers to feature a week of Zagat’s top-rated eateries in Washington, D.C.

    Commerce Blog
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    Since the launch of Google Offers in Washington, D.C. this past September, we’ve partnered with a diverse list of restaurants all over the city, putting their unique fare in the hands (and mouths) of local foodies. We’re kicking off 2012 by showcasing several of the top Zagat rated restaurants in the D.C. community. Our goal is to continue to connect D.C. residents with local staples and foster the discovery of hidden gems. Starting January 23, if you’re a Google Offers subscriber in Washington, D.C., we’ll send you an email featuring a special deal for a Zagat rated restaurant. If…

  • Google is going 'Big' at NRF 2012

    Commerce Blog
    13 Jan 2012 | 12:04 pm
    In just a few days, we’ll be in New York to take part in the National Retail Federation’s 101st Annual Convention & EXPO-- A.k.a: Retail’s BIG Show. We’re excited to be at the show again this year and look forward to showcasing Google’s Commerce products including Google Wallet, Google Offers, Google Shopper, Google Catalogs, Google Product Search, Google Trusted Stores, Google Commerce Search, Offer Extensions, Product Listing Ads and more.Come visit us on the EXPO floor at booth number 2375, between January…

  • Together Google Offers and NYC Bakery, Fat Witch, deliver a sweet deal

    Commerce Blog
    9 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Located in New York's Chelsea Market, Fat Witch Bakery has been wowing customers and critics for more than 20 years with its all-natural brownies. Owner Patricia Helding worked as a Wall Street trader before launching her celebrated line of "witches.” Since then, Helding's bakery has grown to become a local, and national, favorite having been profiled on Oprah's "Favorite Things," the Food Network, and Good Morning America in recent years. Patricia Helding, Owner, Fat Witch Bakery Since opening the bakery in 1991, Patricia has never implemented a traditional paid advertising campaign…

  • Let’s play some games!

    Commerce Blog
    22 Dec 2011 | 4:10 pm
    I’m a huge gamer at heart. And because of this, I love working with Google In-App Payments and helping developers make money from their awesome games. Many of us will be spending the holidays at home enjoying family time and some rest and relaxation. What better way to rest and unwind than with some awesome games that you can play in the browser instantly? Below are some of my favorite games that showcase how developers are utilizing the web platform and creating immersive, monetizable games. Bastion Bastion is a story-driven action RPG with beautiful 2D visuals. You control ‘the kid’…
 
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    Google Code Blog

  • Fridaygram: faster web, stronger machines, prettier planet

    Scott Knaster
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:55 pm
    By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog Editor Everybody likes a faster web, and that theme has been evident this week here on Google Code Blog. On Monday, Yuchung Cheng wrote about Google’s research into making TCP faster through various proposals and experiments. Yesterday, Roberto Peon and Will Chan blogged about SPDY (pronounced speedy), Google’s protocol for speeding up the web’s application layer historically handled by HTTP. In related news this week, the chairman of the HTTPbis Working Group announced support for SPDY in a public post. At Google, these projects are part of our Make…

  • Making the web speedier and safer with SPDY

    Scott Knaster
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:31 pm
    Will Roberto By Roberto Peon and Will Chan, Software Engineers Cross-posted with the Chromium Blog In the two years since we announced SPDY, we’ve been working with the web community on evolving the spec and getting SPDY deployed on the Web. Chrome, Android Honeycomb devices, and Google's servers have been speaking SPDY for some time, bringing important benefits to users. For example, thanks to SPDY, a significant percentage of Chrome users saw a decrease in search latency when we launched SSL-search. Given that Google search results are some of the most highly optimized pages on the…

  • Let's make TCP faster

    Scott Knaster
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    By Yuchung Cheng, Make The Web Faster Team Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the workhorse of the Internet, is designed to deliver all the Web’s content and operate over a huge range of network types. To deliver content effectively, Web browsers typically open several dozen parallel TCP connections ahead of making actual requests. This strategy overcomes inherent TCP limitations but results in high latency in many situations and is not scalable. Our research shows that the key to reducing latency is saving round trips. We’re experimenting with several improvements to TCP. Here’s a…

  • Fridaygram: don’t censor the web, rediscovering Darwin, beautiful nebula

    Scott Knaster
    20 Jan 2012 | 3:26 pm
    By Scott Knaster, Google Code Blog Editor Last Wednesday, the web looked very different than it usually does. Dozens of popular sites went dark or were modified in some way. We censored the logo on our homepage. As you probably know by now, all this was done to call attention to prospective legislation being debated by the U.S. Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). These bills would censor the web, eliminate due process, and despite their titles, would not stop piracy. We asked you to take action by signing a petition to Congress, and you responded. More…

  • Google Apps EMEA Developer Tour (continued)

    Scott Knaster
    19 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    By Nicolas Garnier, Developer Relations Team Cross-posted from the Google Apps Developer Blog Two months ago we announced that a few of us from the Google Apps Developer Relations team would be going around EMEA to meet with developers and talk about Google Apps technologies. We have met great developers from Germany, France, Russia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Switzerland, Israel, and Spain during Google Developer Days, hackathons, developer conferences and GTUG meetings. This year we are continuing the tour with a series of Google Apps Script hackathons taking place in Vienna, Milan, Madrid,…
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    Official Google Australia Blog

  • Five Myths of Viral Video

    A Googler
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:57 pm
    This blog post was initially published on AdNewsYou’d be hard pressed to find someone who couldn’t name at least one example of how a viral video has launched a person or company into fame (Justin Bieber ring any bells?). From talking twin babies to Rebecca Black or Aussie video-blogger Natalie Tran, viral videos have become a part of our pop culture.The success of these videos clearly demonstrates YouTube’s ability to build a brand. However they’ve also created a dangerous misconception among businesses — the myth that you need a viral hit to be successful on YouTube. A little…

  • Picture perfect: Welcome customers into your business on Google Maps

    A Googler
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:24 pm
    When we initially announced the Business Photos pilot program, we wanted to give business owners an easy way to get customers in the door online using interactive, high-quality, 360-degree images of places on Google Maps and on Google Search results. With thousands of businesses under our belt — from cafes tohotels— we’ve been hearing the same question again and again from both business owners and photographers alike: How can I participate?Well, with the overwhelming success of the first pilot, we’ve decided to unveil a complementary initiative that will help us reach more interested…

  • Google Earth 6.2: It’s a beautiful world

    A Googler
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:27 pm
    This is a cross-post from the Google LatLong blog.We're taking bird's eye view to a whole new level with the latest version of Google Earth, released today. With Google Earth 6.2, we’re bringing you the most beautiful Google Earth yet, with more seamless imagery and a new search interface. Additionally, we’ve introduced a feature that enables you to share an image from within Google Earth, so you can now simply and easily share your virtual adventures with family and friends on Google+A seamless globeThe Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs taken on…

  • Android Developer Labs Coming to Australia

    A Googler
    22 Jan 2012 | 9:10 pm
    Our Android Developer Advocates are kicking off 2012 with new events to get out and meet Android developers around the world. First stop: Australia & New Zealand!Android Developer Labs (ADLs) will be taking place in Melbourne (Tuesday 31 January), Sydney (Friday 3 February) and Auckland (Wednesday 8 February). ADLs are aimed at accomplished Android developers who want to learn the best practices for building truly world-class Android apps. Ideally, developers will enter an ADL with a good app that has already garnered some success, but leave with a great app that will appeal to Android…

  • Think fast in the first Think Quarterly of 2012

    A Googler
    19 Jan 2012 | 9:09 pm
    In the amount of time it takes you to read this blog post, roughly 382 Android phones will be activated, 250,000+ words will be written on Blogger and more than 48 hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube. The world is moving faster than ever before, bringing us instant access and split-second connections to people and information.Speed is important in technology, but equally essential in business. Consumer expectations are rising as we learn to take speed for granted; today’s email is tomorrow’s snail mail. In our hyper-real-time world, nanoseconds matter—which means we need to…
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    Google Mobile Blog

  • New, easier-to-use Google Search for Android

    Jessica Tsai
    11 Jan 2012 | 3:10 pm
    Hot on the heels of Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, we’ve updated Google Search for previous versions of Android: it’s all around faster, to get what you need quickly. In this version, you’ll notice:Faster, smoother performance, with an updated and simplified user interface.Suggestions for your search grouped by type, with web suggestions at the top.Country-specific suggestions and search results for all countries with Google domains.Long press to remove history items.Search history, search suggestions and on-device resultsHere are some additional tips we’d like to share:Tap the…

  • Galaxy Nexus now available in the U.S.

    Effie Seiberg
    15 Dec 2011 | 11:24 am
    Starting today, Galaxy Nexus by Samsung will be available in the U.S. on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network. Visit google.com/nexus to buy it online, or go to your nearest Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, Costco or Radio Shack store. Galaxy Nexus is also available through our carrier partners in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Korea and Japan. Soon, it will be available in Australia, France, Russia, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere! Galaxy Nexus is the first phone with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich and combines the latest Google software with cutting-edge Samsung hardware.

  • Androidify yourself with new winter gear

    Effie Seiberg
    9 Dec 2011 | 1:00 pm
    Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year and Androidify yourself with a bunch of new winter gear. Dress up your Android with candy canes, mittens, skis, antlers, sweaters and more! (Did someone say 2012 party glasses?) Head over to Android Market to get the latest Androidify update and make your Android ready for the season! Posted by Thomas Gayno, Marketing Manager, Creative Lab

  • Now playing: Faster movie search on Android and iPhone

    dly
    9 Dec 2011 | 10:30 am
    (Cross-posted on the Inside Search blog)With the December movie season in full swing, we’ve just made it even faster and easier to discover movies, showtimes and theaters, all from your smartphone. Now when you search for [movies] or your favorite theater like [century san francisco] on Google.com from your phone, you’ll see interactive results for movies in a new swipeable ribbon, with the most relevant information displayed at the top of the page.For each movie, you’ll see the movie poster, a short summary, ratings and the nearest theaters and showtimes. Designed to help you quickly…

  • Google Currents is hot off the press

    Alex
    8 Dec 2011 | 1:42 pm
    We strive to give you beautiful and simple ways to experience all the content the web has to offer, such as sharing photos on Google+, watching YouTube videos and discovering books, movies and music from Android Market. Today we’re expanding our content offering with the introduction of Google Currents, a new application for Android devices, iPads and iPhones that lets you explore online magazines and other content with the swipe of a finger.Ready for consumersWe’ve worked with more than 150 publishing partners to offer full-length articles from more than 180 editions including CNET,…
 
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    Custom Search Engine

  • A new and easy way to add new pages to your Custom Search Engine’s index

    Custom Search Team
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:27 am
    Our users have been telling us that while they love the concept of on-demand indexing, manually entering URLs or keeping a Sitemap up to date is too cumbersome.  A new year brings a new and improved solution.  If you are a Webmaster Tools verified site owner and have a page that links to your site’s latest content, simply provide us with that page’s URL and we will periodically visit it to discover your site’s new content. For example, as the owners of this blog, we can provide the URL of the blog’s landing page, googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com, to our CSE.  It will…

  • Custom Search JavaScript API is now fully documented!

    Custom Search Team
    13 Jan 2012 | 3:56 pm
    The Custom Search engineers spent 2011 launching great features. But we still hear from our users that our documentation could do with improvement. We hear you. Today we’re launching some updates to our docs: Comprehensive JavaScript reference for the Custom Search Element. We’ve completely overhauled our Custom Search Element API documentation to provide a comprehensive overview of all the JavaScript methods available. We can’t wait to see what you build with it. More languages. The Help Center is now available in Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian,…

  • Improvements to Autocomplete

    Custom Search Team
    9 Dec 2011 | 11:26 am
    Custom Search Autocompletions allow you to add to the list of useful queries users see as they type in the search box. Today we are announcing two major improvements. Promotions in Autocomplete: Promotions are a great way to call special attention to a result by putting it at the top of search results and making it visually distinct. Now you can choose to display them in autocomplete too. To enable this feature, simply click Show promotions in autocomplete in the Promotions section of your CSE’s Control Panel. Note that promotions based on regular expressions or the $q variable will not…

  • Image Results for your Custom Search Engine

    Custom Search Team
    1 Dec 2011 | 12:46 pm
    Since the launch of Custom Search in 2006, CSE has powered searches on a broad range of sites on the web. Until now, those CSEs have only returned text-based results, but in some cases images can be a much faster, easier and more visually appealing way to search. For photos-focused sites, image results are a great way to showcase your beautiful photos and help visitors to your site quickly and easily find the photos they want. We also think sites focused on news, celebrities, art and digital production assets will similarly benefit. Now you can add an image results tab to your CSE to offer…

  • More flexibility for promotions

    Custom Search Team
    22 Nov 2011 | 12:38 pm
    Custom Search promotions enable you to put relevant information at the top of your search results for specific queries. Today, we’re announcing several new features to give you more flexibility on how and when to trigger them. Regular expressions: Use regular expressions instead of verbatim query matches to make it easier to display your promotions for all relevant user queries. Promotion URL and titles based on the user’s query: Instead of manually adding and maintaining a long list of similarly structured URLs and promotion titles, now you can use the $q variable in your promotion URL…
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    Inside AdSense

  • More options for Google+ badges

    Inside AdSense Team
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    (Originally posted on the Google+ Platform Blog, cross posted on the Webmaster Central Blog) When we launched Google+ pages in November, we also released Google+ badges to promote your Google+ presence right on your site. Starting today in developer preview (and soon available to all your users), we're adding more options for integrating the Google+ badge into your website. You can configure a badge with a width that fits your site design and choose a version that works better on darker sites. You'll also see that Google+ badges now include the unified +1 and circle count that we added to…

  • 2012: Our resolutions to improve AdSense for you

    Inside AdSense Team
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am
    It's already a few weeks into the new year, but it's never too late to set resolutions. That’s why today we'd like to share the outcome of our bi-annual publisher satisfaction survey. If you’re opted in to receive occasional surveys from us, you may have seen or filled out this survey. Over 28,000 of you participated globally, and we received more than 33,000 comments on your favorite aspects about AdSense as well as changes you’d like to see. The main areas of improvement that emerged from the survey are: AdSense Program Policies, AdSense Support, and Communication from AdSense. Your…

  • Account performance at a glance with the AdSense Publisher Toolbar

    Inside AdSense Team
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    We’re always looking for new ways to make it easier for you to use our tools, help you save time, and better understand account performance. With this in mind, we’re happy to share with you a new Chrome extension called the AdSense Publisher Toolbar. When viewing your website, this feature will show you a snapshot of your AdSense account performance as a widget in the corner of your browser window. It also includes ad overlays that describe the recent performance of specific ad units, and gives you the option to access AdSense directly. At the moment this toolbar is only available in…

  • Understanding your reports on Google-certified ad networks

    Inside AdSense Team
    17 Jan 2012 | 11:10 am
    Since launching a new report to show you how much you’re earning from Google-certified third party ad networks, we’ve received questions from publishers around how to make sense of the numbers they’re seeing. Some have let us know that they’re now blocking lower-performing ad networks based on revenue per thousand impressions (RPMs), a practice which can actually have a negative impact on overall revenue. Today, we’d like to take a moment to address your questions and provide more guidance around understanding your reports and blocking specific ad networks. Let’s first talk about…

  • Making ads smart -- Adapting ads to the device

    Inside AdSense Team
    13 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    As smartphones and tablets become more and more popular, your websites are being viewed on a wider variety of devices - with different screen sizes and features. We’ve recently discussed the importance of having mobile friendly sites and the best ways to monetize them, and also just released Custom Search Ads for Mobile to help you take advantage of this trend. As part of our focus on helping you monetize your content across all screen sizes, we’ll soon also be improving the way ads appear on different devices. We’re making our text ads smarter and will soon display them differently so…
 
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    Google Public Policy Blog

  • Setting the record straight about our privacy policy changes

    Google Public Policy Blog
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:54 pm
    Posted by Betsy Masiello, Policy Manager A lot has been said about our new privacy policy. Some have praised us for making our privacy policy easier to understand. Others have asked questions, including members of Congress, and that’s understandable too. We look forward to answering those questions, and clearing up some of the misconceptions about our privacy policies that first appeared in the Washington Post. So, here’s the real story: You still have choice and control. You don’t need to log in to use many of our services, including Search, Maps and YouTube. If you are logged in, you…

  • Don’t censor the web

    Google Public Policy Blog
    17 Jan 2012 | 11:43 pm
    Posted by David Drummond, SVP Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer You might notice many of your favorite websites look different today. Wikipedia is down. WordPress is dark. We’re censoring our homepage logo and asking you to petition Congress. So what’s the big deal? Right now in Washington D.C., Congress is considering two bills that would censor the web and impose burdensome regulations on American businesses. They’re known as the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. Here’s what they’d do: PIPA & SOPA will censor…

  • Tech tips that are Good to Know

    Google Public Policy Blog
    16 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Posted by Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) Does this person sound familiar? He can’t be bothered to type a password into his phone every time he wants to play a game of Angry Birds. When he does need a password, maybe for his email or bank website, he chooses one that’s easy to remember like his sister’s name—and he uses the same one for each website he visits. For him, cookies come from the bakery, IP addresses are the locations of Intellectual Property and a correct Google search result is basically magic. Most…

  • Crowdsourcing to Protect: NCMEC’s Newly Redesigned CyberTipline

    Google Public Policy Blog
    6 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    Posted by Liz Eraker, Policy Counsel We are strong believers in the importance of abuse reporting tools that identify harmful and illegal content online. That’s why we are proud to say we recently helped The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) launch a newly redesigned CyberTipline — the national reporting mechanism for cases of child sexual exploitation — to better protect all Internet users. NCMEC receives a staggering amount of information. Since the CyberTipline’s inception over a decade ago, it has handled more than 1.25 million reports of child sexual…

  • Giving back in 2011

    Google Public Policy Blog
    14 Dec 2011 | 9:48 am
    Posted by Shona Brown, SVP, Google.org (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)As the holiday season approaches we thought it was a good moment to update you on some grants we're making to support education, technology and the fight against modern day slavery.STEM and girls’ education Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) open up great opportunities for young people so we've decided to fund 16 great programs in this area. These include Boston-based Citizen Schools and Generating Genius in the U.K., both of which work to help to expand the horizons of underprivileged…
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    Google Earth Blog

  • An amazing 3D tour of the Costa Concordia

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:09 am
    Last week we showed you the fresh satellite imagery and tour of the wreck of the Costa Concordia. It was a great file that helped to show what happened, but now Peter Olsen (who just days ago unveiled the excellent Terra Nova models) has built an incredible 3D tour of the wreck, with the entire journey animated! The speed has been increased to save time, so you don't have to wait 2-1/2 hours for it to finish, but it's otherwise as accurate as possible. To see it for yourself, simply visit the Costa Concordia Disaster Animation page in the Google 3D Warehouse and choose the "View in Google…

  • Google Earth 6.2 Released with Google+

    26 Jan 2012 | 12:51 pm
    Google not only released all new more beautiful imagery of the Earth today, but they also released a whole new version of Google Earth - version 6.2. You can download it here. The biggest news is the integration with Google+: Here is a quick list of the new features: Integration with Google+ - you can now sign into your Google+ account and you can Share your current view with Google+. This feature could have meant that your "My Places" content would be shared on different machines, but apparently they have not implemented that capability yet. New Search Interface - Google has made substantial…

  • Google Releases Pretty Earth

    26 Jan 2012 | 7:01 am
    Google has just this morning released a new, prettier, version of the Earth for Google Earth. The short version is that it now looks much more Earth-like and less like a bunch of satellite and aerial photos patched onto a sphere. And, it really does look MUCH better! Since Google Earth was first released in 2005, Google has made thousands of changes to their imagery. Changes to how the imagery looks (colors, contrast, lighting) when combined so it has a more pleasant look from space. One of the most frequent comments about Google Earth is "why are these ugly patches of rectangular images on…

  • Google Earth 6 now required for Street View

    25 Jan 2012 | 7:28 am
    When Google Earth 6.0 was released, it completely changed the way that Street View worked. However, Google kept the older layer active for previous versions of Google Earth so that those users could continue to use Street View. Not anymore. Sometime in the past few weeks, Google has turned off that old layer. If you're wanting to use Street View in Google Earth, you're now required to be using version 6.0 or higher. Here's a quick look at how to use Street View in Google Earth 6: In addition to that video, I've built a few other Google Earth tutorials to help explain some features, including…

  • 100 years since the Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:57 am
    100 years ago saw two very ill-fated attempts to explore Antarctica; Robert Scott's 1912 expedition to the South Pole and Sir Douglas Mawson's 1912 Eastern Expedition. In honor of those events, Peter Olsen has built a handful of 3D models in Antarctica and they look amazing. You may remember Peter from his excellent models of the MLK National Memorial and Stone Mountain, among many others. Here is a look at Robert Scott's hut at Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica: Peter has a a total of nine models available in his 3D Warehouse collection, with more on the way. To learn more about these…
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    Google Watch

  • Google Music Allows Downloads, YouTube Videos

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Google is providing two new perks for Google Music users, including the ability to shuttle their tracks from the music locker and share YouTube videos. Users have been able to upload up to 20,000 songs to the Google Music locker and play them on their Android smartphone or tablet since the full, non-beta service launched last November. However, once the music was there, that's it. Users could simply stream tracks. Until today--now users have another way to back up their music. Going forward, users can download all songs from Google Music, including songs they uploaded themselves to those…

  • How Many Android Gadgets Do We Wish?

    25 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    The Verge founder Josh Topolsky both marveled at and lamented the sheer volume of smartphones, tablets and other consumer devices trotted out at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Topolsky hosted a panel where he pressed Samsung and HTC marketing executives on "whether or not technology manufacturers were simply producing too many gadgets, outpacing real consumer demand with iterative, insubstantial changes." Complaining that there are too many mobile devices at CES is like complaining there there is a choir singing in a Christian church, but he's entitled to his opinion. More to the point,…

  • Google Keeps Mum on Don't Be Evil Bookmarklet

    25 Jan 2012 | 11:56 am
    Ever since Facebook Product Director Blake Ross unveiled his Don't Be Evil bookmarklet, which uses Google's search indexes to show what Google Search, plus your world would look like if it included results from Facebook, Twitter and other sources, the tech world has been waiting for Google to respond. There will be no response, at least not publicly, not now. As I understand it from speaking with sources familiar with Google's thinking, Google isn't convinced the bookmarkelt, which works in Chrome, Firefox and Safari, is the smoking gun Ross and others make it out to be. Ross positioned the…

  • Google Hotel Finder Now Refines Results by Travel Time

    23 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Google has upgraded the Hotel Finder travel search feature, adding an option to help users filter hotels by how close they want to be to a place when looking for a place to stay. Launched last July to help travelers narrow their options for hotel stays, Hotel Finder surfaces hotels in densely populated cities by selecting an initial shape for users based on what's most popular. At launch, users could refine their hotel search by cost per night, hotel class and user rating. The latest filter, Hotels by Travel Time, lets users enter a city landmark in the search box to see hotels within 30…

  • Why Google Can't Reveal Google+ User Engagement Yet

    22 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Over at VentureBeat, Rocky Agrawal is outraged at Google for being "intellectually dishonest" regarding the user engagement the company is seeing in its Google+ social network. As I noted Saturday, Google CEO Larry Page counted 90 million Google+ accounts, but declined to say how frequently users were accessing +, what they were doing there and for how long. These are key user engagement statistics. Facebook shares tons of them. Google won't. Agrawal said Google also tried to trick users by having Page say "+users are very engaged with our products--over 60 percent of them engage daily, and…
 
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  • Zorgloob » Larry Page à ses employés : « comprenez Google+ ou partez »

    TOMHTML
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:50 am
    Google+, encore plus, toujours plus : c'est trop ! Mais ce n'est que le début, selon le patron de l'entreprise Larry Page.Avec son retour l’an passé à la tête de l’entreprise qu’il a fondée, Larry Page a voulu faire d’une pierre deux coups : rassembler les services de Google au sein d’un même ensemble cohérent plus facile à gérer d’une part, et se débarrasser de tous ceux inutiles/inutilisés/non-maintenables/non-rentables de l’autre. Quand on voit le massacre réalisé pour le nettoyage (on a renoncé à continuer de compter les victimes),…

  • Zorgloob » Google Street View en Corée du Sud

    TOMHTML
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:15 am
    Les voitures de la firme américaine sillonnent les avenues ce pays depuis 2009...C’est sur le blog de Google Maps qu’a été annoncée la nouvelle cette nuit : Séoul et Pusan, les deux principales villes de la Corée du Sud, sont maintenant visibles sur Google Street View. Les prises de vues avaient débuté en octobre 2009 déjà, mais l’affaire des « données wifi » ainsi que la perquisition au siège de Google à Séoul qui en a découlé ont contribué à la mise en ligne tardive des images. La couverture de Google Street View en Corée du Sud Les…

  • Zorgloob » Youtube : une heure de vidéo par seconde

    TOMHTML
    23 Jan 2012 | 1:19 pm
    La célèbre plate-forme vidéo, acquise par Google en 2006, ne cesse de crever des records. Chacun d'entre-eux est l'occasion pour la firme de se faire un peu d'auto-promo, mais le record du jour est particulier...Aujourd’hui, Youtube a annoncé qu’un nouveau record avait été franchi. Un record hautement symbolique, pour ceux qui aiment les chiffres ronds : chaque seconde, c’est un total d’une heure de vidéo qui est mis en ligne par les internautes. À titre de comparaison, en mai 2011, l’aiguille du compteur plafonnait à 48 heures par minute. Ce nouveau record…

  • Zorgloob » Google contre la SOPA

    TOMHTML
    18 Jan 2012 | 6:33 am
    Le projet de loi américain révolte une partie du web, y compris la firme de Mountain View.Wikipedia, Reddit, Facebook, eBay, WordPress, Twitter, Paypal, … tous sont contre le projet de loi Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), dénoncé comme liberticide. Aujourd’hui est un jour crucial aux États-Unis, puisque tous ces acteurs majeurs de l’Internet et bien d’autres ont décidé d’une journée de blackout. Google est aussi de la partie. Sa page d’accueil américaine arbore aujourd’hui un logo censuré, ainsi qu’un lien vers quelques pages…

  • Zorgloob » Buzz Free mobile : l’impact sur les recherches Google

    TOMHTML
    13 Jan 2012 | 7:32 am
    C'est un exploit, peut-être inédit, qu'a réalisé la marque d'Iliad cette semaine...Free Mobile. Le buzz français incontesté de fin 2011 – début 2012. Tout le monde en a parlé, sur toutes les télés, toutes les radios, tous les espaces en ligne. La grille tarifaire ayant été dévoilée le mardi 10 janvier, lors d’un show très attendu, c’est ce jour là que le buzz était à son apogée. Le cirque médiatique et marketing a su titiller la curiosité des français. Nombreux sont ceux ont recherché des informations à ce sujet, à commencer par le site officiel du…
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    Google LatLong

  • Welcome customers into your business on Google

    Vanessa Schneider
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:18 pm
    (Cross-posted on the Small Business Blog.) When we initially announced the Business Photos pilot program, we wanted to give business owners an easy way to get customers in the door online using interactive, high-quality, 360-degree images of places on Google Maps and on Google Search results. With thousands of businesses under our belt — from salons to gift shops — we’ve been hearing the same question again and again from both business owners and photographers alike: How can I participate? Well, with the overwhelming success of the first pilot, we’ve decided to unveil a…

  • Google Earth 6.2: It’s a beautiful world

    Lat Long Blog
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm
    (Cross-posted on the Official Google and SketchUp blogs)We're taking bird's eye view to a whole new level with the latest version of Google Earth, released today. With Google Earth 6.2, we’re bringing you the most beautiful Google Earth yet, with more seamless imagery and a new search interface. Additionally, we’ve introduced a feature that enables you to share an image from within Google Earth, so you can now simply and easily share your virtual adventures with family and friends on Google+.A seamless globeThe Google Earth globe is made from a mosaic of satellite and aerial photographs…

  • New Biking Directions Legend

    Lat Long Blog
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:31 am
    If you’re looking for new ways to get around for fun or to work, or might be trying to live a greener lifestyle in 2012, why not try biking? In March 2010 we introduced biking directions and since then Google Maps has been sharing biking directions with cyclists across the U.S and Canada.Since no bike path is the same, many users have requested an easier way to differentiate the different types of bike routes that are available. Starting today, a new legend feature can help you understand what the different colors on the bike maps symbolize.Dark green is for dedicated trails and paths Light…

  • Public Alerts now on Google Maps

    Lat Long Blog
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:07 am
    (Cross posted from the Google.org Blog)Today marks the launch of a new Google Crisis Response project: Google Public Alerts, a platform designed to bring you relevant emergency alerts when and where you’re searching for them. If a major weather event is headed for your area, you might go online to search for the information you need: What’s happening? Where and when will it strike? How severe will it be? What resources are available to help? The Google Crisis Response team works on providing critical emergency information during crises. Our goal is to surface emergency information through…

  • Take a tour of South Korea using Street View

    Lat Long Blog
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am
    Tourism to South Korea is on the rise, with neighbors from East Asia and beyond making trips to see the birthplace of Korean dramas and K-Pop, sample authentic kimchee, and find cutting-edge fashions in the capital’s Myeongdong shopping district. Today we’re introducing Street View imagery for the two biggest cities, Seoul and Busan, making it even easier for travelers to plan their next visit to South Korea using Google Maps.For example, you can preview your vacation in Seoul by starting right in Gwanghwamun square. Viewing the surroundings and statue of naval commander Yi Sun-sin…
 
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  • Multiple Google Calendars available on Windows Phone 7.5

    Paul Lamkin
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:18 am
    Syncing fun Windows Phone 7.5 users rejoice - for multiple Google Calendar syncing is now available on your Mango handset. That's right - after months of waiting and having to do complicated work-arounds, no longer will you forget to go to that important meeting / send your mum a birthday present (delete as appropriate, depending on what calendar you thought had preference; personal or business) as you can now see all your calendars in one place. "Multiple Calendars is a feature that lets you select which of your Google Calendars are synced to your device," said Google's Li Yin from the Sync…

  • Android kills the menu button, demands action

    Paul Lamkin
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:11 am
    Action bar is the future The menu button on Google's Android is all but dead and is to be replaced permanently by the action bar. That's the message from Scott Main, lead tech writer for developer.android.com, who has posted an article advising Android developers to change their ways. "Honeycomb removed the reliance on physical buttons, and introduced the ActionBar class as the standard solution to make actions from the user options immediately visible and quick to invoke," he wrote. "In order to provide the most intuitive and consistent user experience in your apps, you should migrate your…

  • Google Maps adds Public Alerts to keep searchers safe

    Paul Lamkin
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    New feature from the Big G Google is always tweaking with its services, adding the odd feature here and there, and its latest jiggery-pokery with Google Maps has seen the addition of Google Public Alerts - "a platform designed to bring you relevant emergency alerts when and where you’re searching for them". Google knows that the first thing that you're likely to do if disaster strikes, or is forecast to strike, is go online to find out just what the heck is going on. So, as part of its Google Crisis Response project, Google Public Alerts will provide critical, local emergency…

  • Apple doubles iPad shipments but Android gains ground

    Paul Lamkin
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Google catching up fast The Q4 2011 tablet results are in and, despite Apple growing its global iPad shipments - increasing 111 per cent year on year - from 7.3 million to 15.4 million, there will be concern in the Cupertino board room that its market dominance is declining. And that's because of the rise in status of the Android tab market share; increasing by 3.1 million units shipped in the last quarter of 2010 to 10.5 million units in the same period of 2011. That means Apple's ascendancy has waned from 68.2 per cent to 57.6 per cent and Android's has grown by more than 10 per cent to sit…

  • Google privacy streamlined ahead of big EU data changes

    Paul Lamkin
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:44 am
    Policy fun Google is combining its 70+ privacy policies into one, hopefully easier to understand, single policy that covers all of its online services (bar a few it has to keep for legal reasons). So whether you're using Google+, Google's mobile search engine, YouTube or Gmail - you'll be treated the same. The idea, says the internet giant, is to make the policy "more readable" and create a "beautifully simple, intuitive user experience across Google". The changes will affect users who sign in to Google, no matter what platform they signed in on - so remember to stay signed out or use private…
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    Google Tutor

  • Grad School to Google: How Larry and Sergey Became Billionaires

    Brian Wallace
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:58 am
    This exceptional infographic not only knocks it out of the park graphically but the story keeps you interested and entertained. It is the story of Google creators, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The infographic shows you how they went from Stanford to billionaires, over the course of 16 years. (Select Image to Begin) Created by Online PhD Gmail problems or confused about Picasa? I’ll help you in the forums. Similar Posts:5 Awesome Infographics On Google YouTube Instant and Instant Search For Images & Google Maps Google Earth Pro 5.2 Out of Beta What Does It Take To Get A Job At…

  • Where Did Google Make Their Money In 2011?

    Brian Wallace
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:58 am
    The Google numbers are in, and the empire went from 32.2 billion to 37.9 billion since the beginning of last year. The latest infographic on the subject shows us just where Google made it’s money and which keywords were the most popular. © 2012 WordStream, a Provider of AdWords and PPC Management Software. Need help with Adsense, Adwords or SEO? I’ll help you in the forums: http://www.googletutor.com/forums/ Similar Posts:Top 20 Most Expensive Keywords (Infographic) What Does It Take To Get A Job At Google? (Infographic) 5 Awesome Infographics On Google YouTube Hits One Billion…

  • Gmail Offline Chrome App Gets More Features

    Abhijeet Mukherjee
    20 Jan 2012 | 8:24 am
    Remember the Gmail Offline Chrome app we talked about that lets you work on Gmail in offline mode? Well, looks like it got better with more features. You’ll now see a Settings button specifically for the offline app where you can change certain settings. As you see in the screenshot above, Gmail now gives you more mail sync options in terms of the number of days of emails you want to sync. So you could sync a week, 2 weeks or even a month worth of emails. How is this useful you might ask? Well, as the Gmail team put it elegantly in their official announcement, “the next time you…

  • Google’s Campaign Against SOPA and PIPA Saw 4.5 Million Signing the Petition

    Abhijeet Mukherjee
    19 Jan 2012 | 8:16 am
    I’m sure each one of you would agree that yesterday was an unprecedented day in the history of the Internet. A huge number of major sites, like Wikipedia, WordPress, WIRED, Reddit and many more were on strike protesting the draconian SOPA and PIPA acts and were blacked out as a result. Google did its part too by blacking out the logo, and directing users to their take action page in order to urge them to sign a petition telling the Congress to not censor the web. Looks like Google’s efforts bore fruits. LA Times reports that the petition was signed by 4.5 million according to a…

  • Has Google Erred Big Time With Search Plus Your World?

    Abhijeet Mukherjee
    18 Jan 2012 | 8:28 am
    Have you started noticing more of Google+ in the results when you search Google while you are signed in to your Google account? Like, Google+ status updates and photos of those who are in your circles and are saying something relevant to your search query? An example of that can be seen in the screenshot below. These changes are part of what Google calls Search, plus Your World that it introduced last week and it basically integrates Google+ deeper into Google search results. This works only when you are signed in to your Google account and have personalized search enabled, which is enabled…
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    Inside AdWords

  • Love at first Search

    Inside AdWords crew
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    More and more people are falling in love with Valentine’s Day. According to a recent survey by ORC International, Valentine’s Day is now the number two gift giving holiday, right behind Christmas, with 88% of Americans saying they plan on giving a present to their loved ones. This should be great news for businesses, but marketers still have trouble making a love connection with consumers based on charts that look more like dated EKG readings than real-time insights into the heart of the consumer. Since getting the affections of one person is hard enough, below are some timely insights…

  • Create more Automated Rules and undo changes

    Inside AdWords crew
    17 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm
    We heard your feedback that you want Automated Rules to be even more flexible and useful, so we rolled out two improvements - increased rule limit to 100 and the ability to undo changes made by a rule. 1. Increased rule limit to 100 We increased the number of rules you can create from 10 rules per user to 100. This should allow you to easily try out new rules -- have a look at common examples to see how advertisers are using Automated Rules. 2. Ability to undo changes made by a rule In the event that a rule doesn’t make the changes that you expect, you can easily undo them by clicking…

  • Coming Soon: Ad Group Impression Share Metrics

    Katie Wasilenko
    17 Jan 2012 | 11:32 am
    Based on advertiser requests, we will soon offer ad group level impression share metrics for the Search and Display Networks. Once released, you can use ad group impression share data to, for example, better identify high performing ad groups that aren't capturing the majority of available impressions.In the next few weeks, you will see three new columns that can be added to your ad groups tab:Impr. Share: the percentage of impressions you received divided by the estimated number of impressions you were eligible to receive.Lost IS (Rank): the share of impressions lost due to your Ad Rank.

  • Visit the re-designed AdWords Help Center today

    Inside AdWords crew
    10 Jan 2012 | 12:34 pm
    Brits, Aussies, and Kiwis: see what Americans have been buzzing about for weeks!We launched a new look for the AdWords Help Center and it's now available in your countries! Since we introduced it in the U.S. just a few weeks ago, thousands of AdWords users in America have already opted-in. And the feedback is overwhelmingly positive! You asked for a better Help Center -- you got it!Here are the changes we're rolling out today:1. Simpler navigation: More easily navigate to the right content using the new menu at the top of each page.(click for full-size image)2. Visible contact options: Find…

  • On your marks, get set, GOMC!

    Inside AdWords crew
    27 Dec 2011 | 12:00 pm
    We’re pleased to announce that professor registration for the 2012 Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC 2012), our global student competition, is now open! Student registration, however, will open January 31, 2012. In order for student teams to participate in the competition, their professors must first register. But what is this challenge, you ask?  The Google Online Marketing Challenge is a global online marketing competition for students from any higher education institution in the world. Students must develop and run a successful online advertising campaigns through Google…
 
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    Google Operating System

  • Google+ and the Post-Web Google

    Alex Chitu
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:21 pm
    I've noticed an increasing number of ads that no longer send people to the company's sites. Instead, the ads only include a link to the official Facebook page. Sites suddenly look outdated, no longer include the latest information and people stop visiting them.There are still people that visit those outdated sites and many are coming from search engines like Google. Despite Google's efforts to have a comprehensive index, there's a growing subset of the Web it can't properly index and that's Facebook. Sure, Google indexes a lot of Facebook pages, but that's like trying to find your keys in a…

  • Google+ Now Open for Teens

    Alex Chitu
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:32 pm
    Google+ changed the age requirements so that any Google Account user can join Google+. In most countries you need to be at least 13 years old to create a Google Account and join Google+, but there are 3 exceptions: Spain, South Korea and Netherlands. Until now, Google+ required to be at least 18 years old to "upgrade" your account.Google's VP Bradley Horowitz mentioned that there are a few tweaks and new default settings for teens. By default, only the people from teens' circles can trigger notifications and comment on their public posts. If someone outside a teen's circles joins a hangout,…

  • Two Ways to Export Your Google Docs

    Alex Chitu
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:58 am
    Google Takeout supports a new service: Google Docs. Now you can use the same interface to batch export your documents.I tried both Google Takeout and the built-in feature from Google Docs that lets you download your documents. Even if they have the same purpose, they're quite different. The Google Docs feature is more flexible: you can choose to download only spreadsheets or presentations and skip all the other documents. You can also skip the files uploaded to Google Docs and not converted to a Google Docs format (for example: PDF files, archives and video files). Google Takeout has a…

  • The Self-Serving Google+ Results

    Alex Chitu
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:11 pm
    Google has been often accused of promoting its own services in Google Search. Whether it was Google News, Image Search, Product Search or Video Search, the specialized search engine showed results from all over the web and not just from Google's own services. Image Search wasn't restricted to Picasa Web Albums, Video Search wasn't restricted to YouTube, Blog Search wasn't restricted to Blogger. Even for services like Google Dictionary and Google Finance that have their OneBox at the top of the Google search results, Google shows a list of other relevant services.Google's special section that…

  • The Story Behind Gmail's Logo

    Alex Chitu
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pm
    If you've ever wondered who designed Gmail's logo, Kevin Fox has the answer: Dennis Hwang designed the Gmail logo. At the time, Dennis designed virtually all of the Google doodles and he did a lot of the new logo work as well.The logo was designed literally the night before the product launched. We were up very late and Sergey and I went down to his cube to watch him make it.The initial version used the same font as the Google logo (Catull), but Catull has a very awkward 'a', so Dennis decided to use Catull for the 'G' to tie the brand to Google, then cast the others in a cleaner sans-serif…
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  • Download Google Earth 6.2

    Rick
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:54 pm
    Download Google Earth 6.2 Yesterday the official Google Blog announced the release of Google Earth 6.2, the software is now available for download to everyone, to download it visit the G Earth download page, click on the big blue download button, and then follow the instructions to install it in your computer. According to Google [...]

  • Port of Miami

    Rick
    21 Jan 2012 | 3:22 am
    The Port of Miami is one of the most popular places in the entire Florida state, and probably in the entire USA. Use the interactive Google map below to explore the Port, search nearby locations, and get directions. To get directions to the Port of Miami simply click on the red pin that’s automatically displayed [...]

  • New Mapquest for Mobile Browsers

    Rick
    2 Jan 2012 | 11:34 pm
    The new Mapquest for mobile browsers is amazing! I have an iPhone, so I don’t know if the site looks and works the same in all mobile phones, to be honest I simply haven’t had the chance to check out their mobile website on other operating systems. Just as their old mobile site, the new [...]

  • MapQuest Vibe

    Rick
    19 Nov 2011 | 8:18 pm
    Denver based Map Quest introduced MapQuest Vibe over a month ago, I decided not to write about it right away, because I wanted to try it out for a while in order to share my own insights about this new service. Before I start yapping about how good this thing is, first I want to [...]

  • Google Maps Traffic Estimates Are Gone

    Rick
    17 Jul 2011 | 9:17 pm
    Today after planning my routes for the day with Google Maps I noticed that some information was missing, I couldn’t see the Google Maps traffic estimates, you know the driving time estimate that Google would display based on how much traffic there was on your route. At first I though there was something wrong with [...]
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  • Google Algorithm Updates - 2012 Latest January

    14 Jan 2012 | 5:12 am
    Hi everybody in SEO Industry, I have noticed that Google has come up with several new updates and changes in there algorithms. This time is gona be on a vast scale.  I expect some more great changes in the coming months as Google would be experimenting with +1 Button to expand there social network. Google has now come up with latest algorithm updates: Image Search landing page quality signals More relevant sitelinks. Soft 404 Detection More accurate country-restricted searches. More rich snippets. Better infrastructure for autocomplete. Better spam detection in Image Search.

  • Google Plus Circles | Hangouts, Huddle, Mobile

    3 Jul 2011 | 12:23 pm
    More About Google Cricels, Hangouts, Huddle, MOBILE - Look into Google + Plus Social Network Circles Google wants to make sharing online more like sharing in real life - different things with different people. For example, you might want to catch up with your pals about your drunken Saturday night out, but you don't necessarily want your parents in your chat. You can keep your conversations separate by putting your contacts into 'circles' such as 'Work crew', 'Uni mates' and 'Parents'. Google+ hangouts HangoutsAs the name suggests, this feature is all about hanging out with your buddies,…

  • Google + Plus Video | Google Sparks Video

    3 Jul 2011 | 12:08 pm
    Google+ Google+ is a new social project which google is testing and will roll out soon. Here is Google Plus Link Google+ is in limited Field Trial At the moment, we're testing with a small number of people, but it won't be long before the Google+ project is ready for everyone. Leave us your email address and we'll make sure that you're the first to know when we're ready to invite more people. 1. Google+ is currently available on an invitation-only basis. 2. Google does not consider it a Facebook competitor (at least publicly). 3. Google+ is currently available for download as an app in the…

  • PR Update 2011 July | Latest Page Rank Update!

    3 Jul 2011 | 11:33 am
    There has been a PR update recently July 2011 Toolbar PR update MORE INFO ABOUT PAGE RANK Update http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/more-info-on-pagerank/ Some of the PAGE RANK UPDATES Google Toolbar PageRank (PR) Update in the year 2011 Updated on Jan 20th 2011 Google Toolbar PageRank (PR) Update in the year 2010Updated on April 03rd 2010 Google Toolbar PageRank (PR) Update in the year 2009Updated on December 30th 2009 Updated on October 30th 2009 Updated on June 25th 2009 Updated on May 27th 2009 Updated on April 1st 2009 Google Toolbar PageRank (PR) Update in the year 2008 Updated on…

  • Google Chromebook Prices Samsung and Acer!

    3 Jul 2011 | 11:04 am
    Buy Google Chromebooks online -Samsung & Acer 0diggShareThe Google Chromebooks with the Google Chrome OS have been unveiled and launched into the market, but they are as of now available only in the 2 popular online stores and yet to come to the local stores and retail digital stores. The Google Chromebooks come with 2 brands – Samsung and Acer. Amazon and Bestbuy are the 2 places online where you can purchase the Chromebooks.  Here are the different models and prices of the Google Chromebooks - Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook Arctic White Color – $499.99 Samsung Series…
 
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