Google brings News to its Turkish users
August 12th, 2008 | by Google News Blog | published in Google News
Posted by Mustafa Icil, Country Marketing Manager, TurkeyToday, we’re delighted to announce the launch of Google News in Turkey. Now, Turkish-speaking users in Turkey and around the world are a click away from the latest news in their native language. …
Farewell to soft 404s
August 12th, 2008 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
We see two kinds of 404 (“File not found”) responses on the web: “hard 404s” and “soft 404s.” We discourage the use of so-called “soft 404s” because they can be a confusing experience for users and search engines. Instead of returning a 404 response co…
Using Google Maps to Visualize ArcGIS Data & Services
August 12th, 2008 | by Pamela Fox | published in Google Maps
Posted by Sterling Quinn, ESRI Developer
Hi, I’m Sterling Quinn and I work on the development team for server-based GIS technologies at ESRI in Redlands, California. We’re happy to report that ESRI software users can now expose their GIS in Googl…
August 12th, 2008 | by Panayiotis Mavrommatis | published in Google Online Security
Written by Amanda Kleha, Google Apps Security & Compliance teamThe Google Apps Security & Compliance team, which provides email and web security for more than 40,000 companies, regularly tracks trends in spam, viruses, and other threats. Check …
August 12th, 2008 | by api.rboyd | published in Google Code
Posted by Ryan Boyd, Google Data APIs TeamBack in April, the Google Enterprise team launched the Solutions Marketplace. I recently have been talking with some developers using Google Data APIs who weren’t aware of the site, so I wanted to shout out on…
Streamlined Login to Google Analytics
August 12th, 2008 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Starting yesterday, logging into your Google Analytics account just got a little easier. We’re talking button-click streamlining here, folks! :-)You know how with Gmail, you can log in to your account and then navigate to another website – but you rema…
August 12th, 2008 | by Amanda Kleha | published in Google Enterprise
Posted by Amanda Kleha, Google Apps Security & Compliance TeamIn July, our Postini datacenters saw the biggest volume of email virus attacks so far in 2008, with a peak of nearly 10 million messages on July 24. One of the more prominent attacks in …
Best practices for your Google Grant
August 12th, 2008 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
As you know, you’re in control of your Google Grants AdWords account 24/7 and understanding and following the program guidelines will contribute greatly to your success in the program. But we also wanted to give you a quick list of other things you can…
App Communities: The How & Why
August 12th, 2008 | by Lane LiaBraaten | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Lane LiaBraaten, orkut teamThis week we have a guest author on the orkut developer blog. Sugumaran Uppili, from the Games2win team, will share some insights on how to use orkut communities to interact with your users and market your app…Sl…
Google Earth Geographic Web updates
August 12th, 2008 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Organizing the world’s spatial information means benefiting from the collective knowledge and experiences of people around the globe. Making this information universally accessible enables you to discover the world and its places, not only as they are,…
August 12th, 2008 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Apps, Google Talk
Have you ever wished that you could chat with your family and friends in your native language? Sometimes there’s just no substitute for expressing a thought in your own language. Google Talk now has transliteration bots that will convert text from Eng…
Spice Up Your Blog with Google Gadgets!
August 11th, 2008 | by Prashant | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Fresh out of Blogger’s own testing ground, Google Gadgets have now been enabled for all layouts blogs. This new interface allows for the integration of iGoogle Gadgets directly into your sidebar, with an array of customization options for easy tweaking…
We feel your pain, and we’re sorry
August 11th, 2008 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Todd Jackson, Gmail Product ManagerMany of you had trouble accessing Gmail for a couple of hours this afternoon, and we’re really sorry. The issue was caused by a temporary outage in our contacts system that was preventing Gmail from loading …
SES: We’ll Be There
August 11th, 2008 | by Alden DeSoto | published in Google Website Optimizer
Search Engine Strategies, San Jose is next week, August 18-22. On Tuesday, August 19, Tom Leung and Avinash Kaushik will host the “What’s new with Google Analytics and Website Optimizer” session, and Tom will speak at the “Post-Click Marketing: Convert…
It’s 404 week at Webmaster Central
August 11th, 2008 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
This week we’re publishing several blog posts dedicated to helping you with one response code: 404.Response codes are a numeric status (like 200 for “OK”, 301 for “Moved Permanently”) that a webserver returns in response to a request for a URL. The 404…