Analytics for non-profits
May 15th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
Posted by Jessica, Google Grants TeamI think Analytics is a great tool for all advertisers, not just those with shopping carts or e-commerce, and as non-profits there are ways you can make analytics work for you and your organization.But what is analyt…
May 15th, 2008 | by Elizabeth Yin | published in Google OpenSocial
Posted by Chris Schalk, Google Developer AdvocateAt yesterday’s OpenSocial Summit, imeem (www.imeem.com) announced that it has launched as a new OpenSocial container. imeem is the 3rd largest and one of the fastest growing social networks in the U.S., …
App Engine Launcher for Mac OS X
May 15th, 2008 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
Posted by John Skidgel, Senior Interaction Designer
While I was writing scenario applications to test Google App Engine, I had the following idea: If BBEdit, Dreamweaver, CSSEdit, and TextMate were at a party, what kind of application would be welcom…
Google Analytics How-To Videos
May 15th, 2008 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
If you’ve recently signed up for Google Analytics, but aren’t sure how to start interpreting and acting on your data, we’ve posted a couple of videos to our Conversion University Playlist on YouTube to help you out.For an under-10 minute lesson on the …
Android Developer Challenge Judges and Top 50 Details
May 14th, 2008 | by David McLaughlin, Developer Advocate | published in Google Android
It’s been a busy few weeks here as we’ve wrapped up the first round of the Android Developer Challenge. We’d like to share a couple pieces of information with you: The full list of judges is now available. It was fun to work with such a diverse group o…
Webmaster Tools now in 26 languages
May 14th, 2008 | by Liza Ma | published in Google Webmaster Central
Written by Liza Ma, Webmaster Tools TeamWebmasters come from all corners of the world and we are working hard to reach each and everyone of you. A few months back we introduced you to Googlers who help monitor our Webmaster Help Groups in fifteen lang…
Embed your forms
May 14th, 2008 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Posted by: Andrew Chang, Marketing ManagerSince we launched spreadsheet forms in January, one of the top user questions has been “How can I embed my form into a website or blog?” Last night, we added this option. You’ll see this new feature during form…
Google Maps API for Flash
May 14th, 2008 | by Tom Stocky | published in Google Code
By Mickey Kataria, Google Maps API teamWe just released the Google Maps API for Flash, which gives developers access to Google Maps from Flash/Flex apps using ActionScript. For more details, check out the Google Maps API blog, and as always, let us kn…
Creating a live survey for your site
May 14th, 2008 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Have you ever wanted to poll your website visitors on their interests or ask them for feedback on your site content? Now, using a Google Docs spreadsheet, you can create a simple form, collect responses from your visitors in an online spreadsheet, and …
Best Practices: Archival Downloads
May 14th, 2008 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Jason Robbins, Open Source TeamIt’s an Internet world now, we’re all just living in it. The cumulation of many software projects used to be RTM: the point at which the team could “release to manufacturing”, meaning that someone burned a CD and put …
New users and new interactions
May 14th, 2008 | by Lane LiaBraaten | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Lane LiaBraaten, Developer ProgramsWe recently enabled OpenSocial apps for new set of users across the globe, increasing traffic by another 10%. Not only does this increase the number of users with access to your apps, it opens up new possib…
Congratulations to Benjamin Schirmer!
May 14th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop API
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)A new gadget by Benjamin Schirmer is featured on the Inside Google Desktop blog. See the post Featured gadget: Thesaurus.
May 14th, 2008 | by Kathy Walrath [GD Team] | published in Google Desktop
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical WriterName: ThesaurusAuthor: Benjamin SchirmerDescription: Thesaurus lookup for different languages including English, German, Dutch and Spanish.More information | Download gadgetEach week this blog features a recentl…
AdWords system maintenance on May 17th
May 14th, 2008 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On Saturday, May 17th, the AdWords system will be unavailable from approximately 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT due to scheduled maintenance. While you won’t be able to sign in to your accounts during this time, your campaigns will continue to run as usual.AdWo…
Latency optimizations: Feel the need… the need for speed!
May 14th, 2008 | by Arne Roomann-Kurrik | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Arne Roomann-Kurrik, Developer ProgramsIn the social application space, speed is king. Is your application providing a poor user experience by taking too long to load? The Firebug extension for Firefox has support for measuring the latency …