Broadband provisions in the economic stimulus package
February 11th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsWe’re trying out a new feature on this blog — video interviews with folks from Google’s public policy team.With a deal apparently struck today on the economic stimulus bill befor…
February 11th, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
You can use Google Analytics to find the best keywords and shift budget to the highest converting keywords, but what if you’re looking to expand your keyword lists? In this post, we are going to look at how you can leverage other free Google tools to …
February 11th, 2009 | by Jason Chen | published in Google Android
Android applications can easily be linked together using intents. One example of this involves Shazam, MySpace, and the Amazon MP3 Store. Once Shazam has identified a song, you can also search for the artist’s official MySpace profile page or buy the …
February 11th, 2009 | by Google News Blog | published in Google News
Posted by Abe Epton, News Online Operations TeamFrom time to time, publishers ask us what they can do to improve their listings in Google News. The following are eight of the most frequent, and useful, pieces of advice we give out. Why eight? Because …
Google Friend Connect introduces the social bar
February 11th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
In our previous Google Friend Connect posts, we’ve enjoyed connecting with you, the webmasters, and hearing your feedback about Friend Connect. We’re now standing on our own two feet — find us over at the new Social Web Blog where we just announced th…
Australian fires update
February 11th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
The Google Australia Blog continues to update its map of the Victoria fires, and it now includes recent satellite imagery from the Modis Rapid Response project at NASA/GSFC. You can also view the map, further information about the fires, and recent ne…
Nick Chokas – Google Ambassador
February 11th, 2009 | by Jessica Bagley | published in Google Student Blog
And now a word from Google Ambassador and former Intern, Nick Chokas.After hearing, reading, or in my case, experiencing all the amazing perks and benefits of working at Google it becomes very clear why they are the #1 company to work for in the world….
Add a search box to your site and act on the data
February 11th, 2009 | by Evelyn O'Keeffe | published in Google Conversions
Adding a search box to your site not only offers your visitors an important ease-of-use feature, but provides you, the site owner, with powerful insight into what your visitors really expect from your site. If you don’t have a search box on your site,…
New in Labs: Add your location to your signature
February 10th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Marco Bonechi, Software EngineerSometime ago I noticed how all mail systems tell you when an email was written, but not where it was sent from. Because I love to travel, the first question in many messages I receive is “where are you?” and by…
Rendering plug-in released for SketchUp 7
February 10th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
The Cadalog team just released their latest version of SU Podium 1.6.1 Beta a photo-realistic rendering plug-in for Google SketchUp. Version 1.6.1 includes new wide screen resolution options, support for SketchUp’s parallel projection, and also fixes…
Googlers and Py3K
February 10th, 2009 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
By Brett Cannon, Software Engineering TeamDecember 3, 2008 was an historic day for the Python community: Python 3.0 was released. Under serious development since 2006, Python 3.0 (also playfully known as Python 3000 or Py3K as the year 3000 was the ori…
Learning what rocks the music industry
February 10th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Rob Tai, Policy AnalystOver the past decade, the music industry has adapted to an Internet generation accustomed to MP3 players, file-sharing, and music videos on YouTube. What does the next decade hold, and how will the industry respond to t…
February 10th, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
Quick Reminder: Tuesdays on the blog we’ll be focusing on advanced topics. Today’s topic relates to motion charts, one of the new enterprise features on Google Analytics.Example: Spotting a spike in traffic using the Keywords ReportSpikes often deser…
Calling all Carriers — Introducing AdSense for mobile search
February 10th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
In September 2007, we launched Adsense for mobile content so that publishers could join our mobile content network and monetize their sites with Google text ads.Today, we’re happy to announce a new AdSense product for both mobile network operators and …
February 10th, 2009 | by Jason | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Jason Cooper, orkut teamLate last week, we added API support for fetching albums and photos via apps running in the sandbox. Now your applications can request and display the viewer’s public albums, enabling you to create an even richer, pers…