Going beyond script
September 19th, 2007 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Krzysztof Olczyk, Gadget DeveloperI’ve been interested in programming and software development as long as I can remember, and I’ve used a huge variety of technologies and environments. One day I wanted to try something new, so I installed Goo…
September 19th, 2007 | by Patrick Copeland | published in Google Testing
Posted by Patrick Copeland, Test Engineering DirectorWe thought you might be interested in some articles from our internal monthly testing newsletter called CODE GREEN…Many projects at Google have started using or are considering using Selenium. We r…
September 19th, 2007 | by Kevin McCurley | published in Google Research
Posted by Jeremy BrewerWe’ve gotten an incredible amount of positive feedback about Sky in Google Earth, which lets Google Earth users explore the sky above them with hundreds of millions of stars and galaxies taken from astronomy imagery.From the star…
September 19th, 2007 | by Christian | published in Google Analytics
We have put a tremendous amount of effort into making Google Analytics more intuitive and easy to use. The hard part is teaching people how to use their insights to drive action. We hope to change that with the introduction of our very own Google Ana…
Introducing Google Gadget Ads
September 19th, 2007 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Today we launched Google Gadget Ads, customized “mini-sites” that run as ads on AdSense publisher websites. These ads are interactive, engaging, and will appeal to your users, simultaneously providing value to advertisers while getting visitors to stic…
New Website Optimizer Strategy and Tips
September 19th, 2007 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Recently, we announced new features for Website Optimizer, including the ability to easily create and launch A/B split experiments. Today, we’d like to share with you a new testing strategy for Website Optimizer as well as two opportunities to hear Tom…
Neil Young’s Silver Seed comes to visit
September 19th, 2007 | by A Googler | published in Google.org
Posted by Charles Baron, Team Researcher, google.orgLast week, we had the distinct pleasure of a visit by rock legend Neil Young. Neil is touring the country in a soon-to-be converted 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV named Linc-Volt, spreading the word…
Calendar Mashups Anyone?
September 19th, 2007 | by Paul McDonald | published in Google Code
Posted by Jun Yang, Google Data APIs TeamWhen Google Maps was introduced in early 2005, the world took notice of the uniquely new capabilities it offered. However, more significantly, a group of shrewd developers quickly understood what new opportunit…
Now even better
September 19th, 2007 | by Aidan Chopra | published in Google SketchUp
Posted by Bryce Stout, Product ManagerThe third maintenance release of SketchUp 6 and SketchUp Pro 6 (including LayOut) is now here. We’ve been working long and hard to fix bugs and improve general stability. For SketchUp Pro users, we’ve also made ma…
September 19th, 2007 | by Bill Kee | published in Google Talk
I gave a presentation about the Google Talk Service a while ago at the Google Scalability Conference hosted by Googlers in Seattle. You can watch the video below.Here is the abstract:Since launching Google Talk in the summer of 2005, we have integra…
The Trails of Florianópolis
September 19th, 2007 | by Paul McDonald | published in Google App Engine
Posted by Paul McDonald, Google Mashup Editor TeamIf are planning a trip down to Brazil and you speak Portuguese you might want to check out http://outdoor.googlemashups.com. The author aggregates information about hiking trails around Florianópolis i…
Updates from the Django Sprint
September 19th, 2007 | by Fitz | published in Google Code
by Adrian Holovaty, Django core developerMore than 200 people around the world devoted their time and brainpower to improving the Django Web framework this weekend, during a scheduled Django coding sprint. On Friday, September 14th, the first day of th…
September 19th, 2007 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Sarah Payne, Book Search Support TeamMy obsession of the moment is all things astrological. Case in point: I have both the Tarot.com gadget and the virtual fortune cookie gadget on my iGoogle homepage. It runs in the family: my mother, a teac…
Websites that may merit a low landing page quality score
September 18th, 2007 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Our landing page quality guidelines have always stressed the importance of directing users to easily navigable landing pages that are transparent about the advertiser’s business and that contain relevant and original content. In our ongoing effort to p…
Custom Search for Salesforce Developers
September 18th, 2007 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Posted by: Ryan Pollock, Product MarketingI recently met with Adam Gross, VP of Developer Relations at Salesforce.com, to hear how developer.salesforce.com uses Google Custom Search. The company is building a community and knowledge base for developer…