Google Analytics Conference in Stockholm, Sweden
April 19th, 2013 | by Adam Singer | published in Uncategorized
April 19th, 2013 | by Adam Singer | published in Uncategorized
April 19th, 2013 | by Mano Marks | published in Google Maps
April 19th, 2013 | by Emily Wood | published in Google Student Blog
As part of our ‘A Day in the Life of a New Grad @ Google Dublin’ series we’re highlighting the work of 8 Googlers in our Google Dublin Office who joined soon after graduating! Today we’re featuring one of our Dutch Googlers, Janna, to give you an inside look into the Associate Account Strategist, Global Customer Services role. If you’re interested in applying for an SMB Sales/Services position, check out our open opportunities at the bottom of this post.
Tell us about your path to Google.
I grew up in Holland, where I did a Bachelors degree in Social Sciences. I then went to the London School of Economics (LSE) where I completed a masters in Organizational and Social Psychology. Upon graduation I spent a year working in sales and marketing in London. One day I received an email from a fellow LSE graduate who told me that Google was hiring. I applied – thinking that at the very least I’d get some good interview experience – and two months later I moved to Google’s EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) HQ in Dublin!
How do you explain to your grandmother what you do at Google?
I’ve tried that before! My core job is to support AdWords advertisers – well in my case, Dutch speaking advertisers. So I help them via email, phone and chat to develop good advertising strategies and to solve any problems they may run into.
In addition, I fulfill several roles on the team. For example, I’m responsible for the content on the Dutch AdWords Help Center. It is my job to make sure that all articles posted are up to date and correct. I also evaluate and monitor the customer-interactions of some of my colleagues to ensure they meet Google standards. Every few quarters we change roles within the team, so that everyone has the chance to learn new skills.
Lots to learn, it seems?
No day is the same! This quarter I have been selected for a 50% rotation which I am really excited about. This means that I will spend half of my time with a different team within the organization to gain new experiences. I joined the Staffing Team. This team falls under the People Operations Group and is responsible for hiring the next generation of Googlers into the organisation. During my rotation, I’ll be developing my project management skills and I’m looking into creating some impactful process improvements for them.
So you’re keeping busy?
Yes, believe it or not, in between our regular foosball competitions we do actually get some work done in the end! And now that we have a miniature golf course on our floor, there’s yet another opportunity for me to broaden my skills set!
Interested in working for Google Dublin? Check out our new grad positions today and apply!
EEA work authorization is required for roles supporting EEA markets.
Posted by Janna Walvoort, Global Customer Services.
April 19th, 2013 | by Emily Wood | published in Google Blog
We’re always looking for ways to expand the use of renewable energy. To date we’ve committed more than $1 billion to renewable energy project investments, signed agreements to procure wind power near our data centers, and installed solar panels at our corporate headquarters.
It’s also important to work directly with our utility partners to find solutions that will make more renewable energy available for us and for others. The most straightforward way to do this is for utilities to offer a renewable power option for companies that request it—something that’s not currently offered by most utilities. We’ve just published a white paper (PDF) laying out our thoughts on how and why such programs might work.
We’re also announcing our first effort to put this idea into practice. We’re expanding our Lenoir, N.C. data center, and our local electricity provider, Duke Energy, has pledged to develop a new program for large companies like Google who want to buy renewable power for their operations. Duke will file the plan with their state commission within 90 days.
Offering companies like Google a renewable energy option has many advantages. Because the service is made available to a wide range of customers, companies that don’t have the ability or resources to pursue alternative approaches can participate. And by tapping utilities’ strengths in power generation and delivery, it makes it easier for companies to buy renewable energy on a larger scale. Of course, the approach is not without its challenges: utilities will need to work out the mechanics of the service within their local regulatory structure, and in many cases state utility commissions will need to approve the programs. There’s also the challenge of finding cost-effective renewable projects.
We’ll continue to find creative ways to supply our facilities with renewable energy, but we think this solution can provide an important new way to increase the use of renewable energy nationwide. We look forward to working with utilities, state utility commissions, companies and other stakeholders to make it a reality.
Posted by Gary Demasi, Director, Global Infrastructure
April 19th, 2013 | by Justin Huskamp | published in Google DoubleClick
(Cross-posted from the DoubleClick Search blog)
April 18th, 2013 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
April 18th, 2013 | by Unknown | published in Google Translate
April 18th, 2013 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Youtube
Posted by Kent Walker, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Google
Cross-posted from the Official YouTube Blog
Today is an important day for the Internet. For the second time, a federal court correctly rejected Viacom’s lawsuit against YouTube. This is a win not just for YouTube, but for the billions of people worldwide who depend on the web to freely exchange ideas and information.
In enacting the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Congress effectively balanced the public interest in free expression with the rights of copyright holders. The court today reaffirmed an established judicial consensus that the DMCA protects web platforms like YouTube that work with rightsholders and take appropriate steps to remove user-generated content that rightsholders notify them is infringing.
The growing YouTube community includes not only a billion individual users, but tens of thousands of partners who earn revenue from the platform — from independent musicians and creators to some of the world’s biggest record labels, movie studios, and news organizations. Today’s decision recognizes YouTube as a thriving and vibrant forum for all these users, creators and consumers alike. Today is an important day for the Internet.
April 18th, 2013 | by Stephanie Taylor | published in Google Open Source
As we near the start of the student application period on April 22nd for Google Summer of Code 2013, we wanted to give a shout out to the other superstars (besides the students) essential to the success of the program, the mentors and organization administrators (org admins). We recently sent a survey to the Google Summer of Code Mentors group list and discovered that the program has come full circle for many of the mentors who once started out as students and had so much fun that they felt the desire to mentor new students themselves.
Of the 132 mentors that filled out the survey, 23 have been a part of the program for four or more years out of the last eight years of the Google Summer of Code program. Below is a list of the mentors and organization administrators* with the organizations they worked with and the years in each role. In many cases they both acted as an organization administrator and a mentor during the summer program.
Thank you for all of your dedication and the guidance you provide the students!
Name
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Organization
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Years Participated as a Student
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Years Participated as a Mentor
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Years Participated as an Org Administrator
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Luca Barbato
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Gentoo, Libav and Audacious
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—-
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2006-2012
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2007
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Reimar Bauer
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MoinMoin Wiki
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—-
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2007-2012
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2010-2012
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Olly Betts
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SWIG and Xapian Search Engine Library
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—-
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2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
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2009, 2011, 2012
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Bastian Blank
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MoinMoin and Debian
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2008
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2009-2012
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2011
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Marc Delisle
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PhpMyAdmin
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—-
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2008-2012
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2010-2012
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Philipp Kewisch
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Mozilla
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—-
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2009-2012
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—-
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Luis Gustavo Lira
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E-cidadania
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—-
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2008-2012
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—-
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Hin-Tak Leung
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The Linux Foundation
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—-
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2008, 2010-2012
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—-
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Scott McCreary
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Haiku
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—-
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2009-2012
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—-
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Aaron Meurer
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SymPy
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2009, 2010
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2011, 2012
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2011, 2012
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Tom Musgrove
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Blender Foundation
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—-
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2010-2012
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2008-2012
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Erik Ogenvik
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Worldforge
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—-
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2008-2012
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2009-2012
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Josef Perktold
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Python Software Foundation
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—-
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2009-2012
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—-
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Lydia Pintscher
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KDE
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—-
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2008
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2007-2012
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Alberto Ruiz
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GNOME
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—-
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2009-2012
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—-
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Kevin Smith
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XSF
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2006
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2007-2009, 2011-2012
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2009, 2011, 2012
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Harlan Stenn
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NTP Project, FreeBSD, Google OSPO, GNU
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—-
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2008-2012
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2009-2012
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Ian Taylor
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GCC
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—-
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2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
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2006-2010
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David Trowbridge
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Review Board
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—-
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2007, 2009-2012
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2009-2012
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Frances Tyers
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Apertium
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—-
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2009-2012
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2009-2012
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Thomas Waldmann
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MoinMoin Wiki
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—-
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2006-2009, 2011, 2012
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2006-2012
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Frank Warmerdam
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OSGeo
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—-
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2006-2010, 2012
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2006
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Marina Zhurakhinskaya
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GNOME
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—-
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2009-2011
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2012
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*This is not a comprehensive list of all mentors and organization administrators who have participated 4 or more times in the program, only a list of those who filled out our survey.
By Stephanie Taylor, Open Source Programs
April 18th, 2013 | by Adam Singer | published in Google Analytics
Montage: Loves Data’s Universal Analytics office experiment will benefit businesses:
April 18th, 2013 | by Emily Wood | published in Google Blogger Buzz
In all cases, you and your readers will only see the comments you have permission to see. Giving people these kinds of controls not only encourages more meaningful sharing—it can lead to more blog traffic.
April 18th, 2013 | by Emily Wood | published in Google Blog
Reading and responding to comments can be one of the most rewarding aspects of blogging. Not only do they help you connect with your readers, they can also inspire later blog entries. The challenge, oftentimes, is following all the conversations around your content—on Google+, for instance, as well as on your website. So we’re making things a lot simpler.
Starting today, you can bring Google+ Comments to your Blogger blog. Once you’ve enabled the feature through your Blogger Dashboard, you’ll enjoy a number of important benefits:
View your blog and Google+ comments, all in one place
Now when you’re browsing your blog’s comment threads, you’ll see activity from direct visitors, and from people talking about your content on Google+. For example, if there’s a public Google+ discussion about one of your blog entries, those comments and replies will also appear on your Blogger blog. This way you can engage with more of your readers, all in one place.
Help readers comment and connect with their circles
Your blog readers will now have the option to comment publicly, or privately to their circles on Google+. And when they’re browsing blog comments, they can view all of them, just the top ones, or only those from the people in their circles.
In all cases, you and your readers will only see the comments you have permission to see. Giving people these kinds of controls not only encourages more meaningful sharing—it can lead to more blog traffic.
To get started with Google+ Comments, just visit the Google+ tab of your Blogger Dashboard, and check “Use Google+ Comments.” (Older comments will continue to appear in the new widget.) You can also visit any post on the Official Google Blog (like this one), or on Blogger Buzz (like this one), to see Google+ Comments in action.
Happy commenting!
Posted by +Yonatan Zunger, Principal Engineer
April 18th, 2013 | by Mano Marks | published in Uncategorized
April 17th, 2013 | by Jarek Wilkiewicz | published in Youtube API
Have you ever been stuck working on a problem only to receive a solution from a friendly person you’ve never met? Some of the most helpful responses on Stack Overflow and open source code examples have been contributed by our YouTube API community members. The Google Developer Expert (GDE) program is designed to recognize the active and passionate YouTube API developers who make these outstanding contributions.
Each year, Google Developer Experts are selected for their existing accomplishments using Google technologies, their continued passion for these technologies, and their willingness to engage with and mentor other developers.
April 17th, 2013 | by Google Analytics team | published in Google Analytics
Working as a practitioner in house at a technology company, one of my jobs is to teach my team members how to fish with Google Analytics. What should they be looking for in GA? Where do they start? What is meaningful? Are the campaigns being measured? …