The Conversion Optimizer, our free cost-per-acquisition (CPA) bidding feature for AdWords, came out of beta in January. One of the top requests we’ve heard is from advertisers wanting to use the Conversion Optimizer with AdWords Editor and the AdWords …
Posted by James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer (Google Desktop Team)Some controls have a property called caption that conveniently acts as a built-in label for the control. Let’s look at some examples:
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer Name: Qantas Socceroos WidgetAuthor: Haymarket MediaDescription: Lastest Socceroos news from FourFourTwoMore information | Download gadgetEach week this blog features a recently added Google Desktop gadget that…
Posted by: Michelle Lee and Dave Young, User experience designersWith all of the meeting notes, design documents, bug lists, presentations, and other files we share with our teams at Google, we create up to a dozen new documents a day. Of course, this …
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Faster search for Nokia smartphones now available in eight international flavours
Posted by Paul Hadfield, Software Engineer, Google mobile teamBack in February we announced a new search shortcut for Nokia smartphones. We’ve been really pleased with the uptake and with the very positive reaction it’s received from the Symbian commu…
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U.S. copyright renewal records available for download
Posted by Jon Orwant, Engineering Manager, Google Book SearchIf I handed you a book and asked whether it was in copyright or in the public domain, you’d probably turn to the copyright page first. Unfortunately, a copyright page can’t answer that questi…
Posted by Jeff Ragusa, Partner Programs ManagerAs the number of great SaaS-based business applications increases, its becoming easier for companies of all sizes to run their entire business in the cloud (or even across clouds). The canonical example o…
Posted by Andre Lebedev, Software EngineerWe are happy to have launched custom date entry on our charts. Try clicking the mouse over the date range in the top right corner and enter the exact date range for which you want the chart to be set.Want to se…
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Salesforce.com Releases Google Data Toolkit for Apex developers
Posted by Ryan Boyd, Google Data APIs TeamSalesforce.com just released a Google Data client library for the Force.com platform, enabling access to the full suite of Google Data APIs using Apex code.The Toolkit currently includes high level methods for …
Posted by Adam Winer, Software EngineerOrkut profiles have become a lot more dynamic in the last year. Not only are your photos, videos, and testimonials showcased on your profile, but now users in many parts of the world can also add OpenSocial appli…
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Productivity Games – Using Games to Improve Quality
Editor’s note (Pat Copeland, Engineering Productivity Director, Google): On occasion we ask a special guest to post on an interesting topic. Ross has some really interesting ideas about how to use games to influence behavior. I’m a big fan. Enjoy!Ross …
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer ProgramsWe are trying an experiment, putting up Code Review in a variety of formats, from text to audio (iTunes) and video.You have probably heard by now, but all of the slides and video of the presentations at Google I…
Tomorrow, our engineers will be performing site maintenance from 10am to 3pm PDT. You won’t be able to access your account during this 5-hour time frame, but ad serving and ad targeting will not be affected. In addition, your reports will continue to t…
By Cat Allman, Open Source TeamWith a tip of the hat to Lewis Carroll’s Mad Hatter, it’s a busy “while” for the Open Source Team here at Google.Leslie Hawthorn is in Durban, South Africa, speaking at the Third OpenMRS Implementers Meeting, 17-20 June 2…
Nika Smith, User ExperienceOften, the features we launch seem so simple that you might think they’re the result of blatantly obvious design decisions. In fact, every feature is subjected to a healthy dose of scrutiny within the Gmail team, and usually …