Improve your AdWords ads to win even more converting customers
July 20th, 2009 | by Evelyn O'Keeffe | published in Google Conversions
With search advertising, the route that a buying customer takes towards making a purchase on your website begins with their search query (your AdWords keyword). But it is the content of your ads that will determine if they ever actually reach y…
Turn the page, travel the world
July 17th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Last year we had a post about authors using Google Maps to tell stories, and pondered whether that was foreshadowing other examples to come. Now author John Higham has taken that to the next level by incorporating Google Earth into his book as a way to…
July 17th, 2009 | by Ali Pasha | published in Google Code
There are several barriers to the free flow of information, but the language barrier is one that we can reduce with a little help from the developer community.To encourage the sharing of ideas and information across the web, early last year we announce…
July 17th, 2009 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
You probably already know that you can quickly compare two date ranges against each other simply by clicking Compare to Past. So, in the screenshot below, clicking Compare to Past will allow me to compare the current period (Mar 16 – Apr 15) with the p…
Grad tip: Check off your to-do’s with Tasks
July 17th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
In the spirit of graduation season, we’re doing a series of posts every Friday throughout the summer that provide tips for graduating seniors, so stay tuned for more!Tasks just graduated from Gmail Labs this week, and it’s a useful feature that can hel…
YouTube Video Volunteers
July 17th, 2009 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
We know that video creation can be a heavy lift for non-profit organizations with limited resources. Luckily, there are individuals on YouTube who have video skills who would gladly volunteer to make a video for an organization they care about. But the…
Tweeting #netneutrality
July 17th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jacob Glick, Canada Policy CounselThis week the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission wrapped up its hearings on Internet traffic management. Earlier in the proceeding I testified on behalf of the Open Internet Coalition…
Public Template Gallery submissions now open to everyone
July 17th, 2009 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Since we launched the public template gallery last year, people who use Google Docs have been asking for a way to share their own templates with all Google Docs users by uploading them to the public gallery.Today, we’ve opened up the template gallery t…
A whole pile of SketchUp 7 books
July 17th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Books about Google SketchUp 7 are popping up everywhere. Without making any recommendations, and in order of publication from most to least recent, here are some of the ones that are available now:Google SketchUp: The Missing Manualby Chris GroverBegin…
789 Gathering: In Video & Pictures
July 17th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Those of you with long memories may remember user gatherings stretching as far back as February ’07, with the “As One” meetup in San Francisco. Last weekend, in New York City, the latest generation of vloggers, viewers and playlisters got together for …
July 16th, 2009 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
by Patrick CopelandYou might not know this but when we started this blog back in January 2007 we were the first at Google to allow readers to comment openly on our posts. We take pride in our goal to participate in the testing community.This openness i…
July 16th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords Group | published in Google Adwords
How do I get better results from my campaigns? It’s a simple question that can often be surprisingly difficult to answer. Where should I focus my efforts? On ad text? Budget? Keywords or bids? Which campaign has the greatest potential for improvement? …
You’re invited…
July 16th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
This Monday we’ll be making a special announcement about Google Earth at the Newseum in Washington DC. The event will last from 11am to 12:30pm and will feature Google speakers, special guests, and product demos.The Newseum is open to the public and ti…
Today’s the day: signups open for free Google Message Security for K-12 schools
July 16th, 2009 | by Ellen Petry Leanse | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Last week we announced we will begin globally offering email security free to current and new eligible K-12 Google Apps Education users that opt-in by July 2010 – and starting today eligible schools can learn how to opt-in to enable Google Messag…
July 16th, 2009 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Posted by: Radu Cornea, Software EngineerEarlier this year, we made it easier to add high quality search to your websites by delivering search functionality right to where many of you manage your sites online: your hoster’s console. The Custom Search p…