Last Chance to Audition for a Trip to Carnegie Hall!
January 25th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
The deadline is fast approaching to submit your audition videos to be a part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. We hope that you have been practicing, as your last chance to upload your two audition videos is 9pm PST on January 28. Need any last minu…
January 24th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Matt Cutts, Software EngineerThough the spirit of change may be in the air in Washington, some things apparently stay the same. Yes, the old online prank called “Googlebombing” returned for a brief while recently, when Google searches for the…
orkut is turning five!
January 24th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Today marks orkut’s 5th birthday, and the orkut team is in the mood to party. Since we didn’t have quite enough cake to share with all of you, we figured we’d do a special birthday doodle instead. Check it out:Excited? Send 5th birthday cards to your f…
Valentine’s Chefs: A YouTube Challenge
January 24th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Anyone can buy a box of chocolates for their Valentine, but someone who makes something handmade? Now they’re a keeper. This Valentine’s Day, The Food Network and YouTube want to see all you aspiring pastry chefs shine. Helping us spread the culinar…
9 Steps to Becoming an Analytics Emperor
January 23rd, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
What kind of analytics user are you? Our Analytics Evangelist, Avinash Kaushik, has created a “Nine-Point Checklist of Analytics Awesomeness” to help you find out. Are you an Emperor or a Newbie? You’ll need to have mastered all 9 of the below t…
iGoogle’s getting some changes under the hood
January 23rd, 2009 | by Dan Holevoet | published in iGoogle
If you’ve had a chance to look at recent gadgets documentation, or tried out the iGoogle developer sandbox, you’re probably aware that gadgets.* is the new hotness. Sadly, the _IG_* methods are all that work in production.Starting within the next month…
Make a good first impression with Google Docs
January 23rd, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Looking for a job can be a daunting task, but getting your resume completed is often the hardest step. Since your resume and cover letter are usually the first things a prospective employer sees from you, it’s important to get them right. Should you us…
Celebrate The Sundance Film Festival on YouTube
January 23rd, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
This Sunday marks the end of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, but the celebration will continue on YouTube.The Sundance Film Festival recently launched a YouTube channel that allows all of you movie enthusiasts to get a glimpse of what took place durin…
January 23rd, 2009 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
If you have a Blogger site, some of you may have noticed that your ad units began showing public service announcements (PSAs) in the last nine hours. This was due to a technical issue that we’ve now identified and resolved. As a result, you should now …
Advanced 3D Warehouse search in SketchUp 7
January 23rd, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
If you are one of the millions of users who has visited the Google 3D Warehouse, you know it’s bursting at the seams with models of every imaginable variety from lots of different sources. And it’s getting bigger by the hour.That’s great, and all the…
SADA Systems, Inc. uses Google Sites to create its public website
January 23rd, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: We’re pleased to welcome SADA Systems, Inc. to this blog to talk about how they used Google sites to create and maintain their homepage, www.sadasystems.com. SADA is a Google Apps Authorized reseller and – as experts in mail migration,…
The Pope on YouTube
January 23rd, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Today we’re delighted to announce that the Vatican has launched a dedicated YouTube channel. To find out more about why The Pope has taken the decision to interact with YouTube on a regular basis, here is a short introduction from Father Federico Lomba…
New Video: See what people are searching for on your site and act on it!
January 22nd, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
Adding a search box to your site not only offers your visitors an important ease-of-use feature, but provides you, the site owner, with powerful insight into what your visitors really expect from your site. If you don’t have a search box on your site, …
Launched: Sleuth and Chiller TV Network Inventory Available through Google TV Ads
January 22nd, 2009 | by Aly Makishima | published in Google TV Ads Blog
Here at the Google TV Ads engineering offices we’re geeks for TV scheduling and measurement. We spend our days working out the best ways to make television inventory accessible to all advertisers. We go gaga over building an auction marketplace that o…
New Google Base Help Forum
January 22nd, 2009 | by Google Base Blog | published in Google Merchant
Greetings and Happy New Year to all of our Google Base users! As you may know, we’ve recently launched the new Google Base Help Forum. While our previous group served as a resource for you to ask questions, find answers, and share your expertise with …