June 24th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Update (9/16): The remaining items on our to-do list for new channels have been taken care of (with a few remaining bugs expected to be fixed in the next two weeks), so we’re planning on switching all user channels still using the older version on Sept…
App URL migration tool available
June 23rd, 2009 | by Rahul Kulkarni, Product Manager | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Shishir Birmiwal, Software EngineerWe’re glad to announce the availability of the app URL migration tool. There are instances when you need to change the URL for your app XML file – this tool will help you do this without affecting existing u…
App URL migration tool available
June 23rd, 2009 | by Rahul Kulkarni, Product Manager | published in Google Orkut
Posted by Shishir Birmiwal, Software EngineerWe’re glad to announce the availability of the app URL migration tool. There are instances when you need to change the URL for your app XML file – this tool will help you do this without affecting existing u…
Chris DiBona and Leslie Hawthorn at FISL
June 23rd, 2009 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
If you are in South America this week and you have been wanting to find out more about Google’s Open Source activities or the future of Open Source and its communities, Chris DiBona and Leslie Hawthorn from the Google Open Source Programs Office will b…
Final NTEN Google Grants Webinar This Friday, June 26
June 23rd, 2009 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
As many of you know, this Friday, June 26, will be the finale in our Google Grants webinar series with NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. This last webinar, titled “Optimizing your Google Grants Campaign and Maximizing Your Online Initiatives w…
Let’s make the web faster
June 23rd, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
From building data centers in different parts of the world to designing highly efficient user interfaces, we at Google always strive to make our services faster. We focus on speed as a key requirement in product and infrastructure development, because …
Twittering with Google Analytics and Google Website Optimizer
June 23rd, 2009 | by Jeff Gillis | published in Google Analytics
Our good friend John Marshall just posted this Facebook status update: “cycling to work this morning I hear the birds twittering. Instinctively I wonder if they should be doing something more productive.”Lol, John. He’s referring to twitter.com and the…
Speed Matters
June 23rd, 2009 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Jake Brutlag, Web Search InfrastructureAt Google, we’ve gathered hard data to reinforce our intuition that “speed matters” on the Internet. Google runs experiments on the search results page to understand and improve the search experience. R…
June 23rd, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
After reorganizing their ad groups, ExecutiveChefEvents.com saw a 140% increase in their click-through rate (CTR). Many advertisers ask us how to improve their performance, and the answer is that simple one day projects, like the one ExecutiveChefEvent…
Why Enterprise Software Provider Atlassian Chose OpenSocial
June 23rd, 2009 | by Sara | published in Google OpenSocial
Hi, I’m Mark Halvorson the “Chief Imagineer” at Atlassian Software. Whenever I tell people my title it is usually received in one of two ways – a chuckle and a blank stare, or for those in the know some comment about Walt Disney. No, I don’t make rid…
The Role of Search in Integrated Marketing
June 23rd, 2009 | by Jenny Liu, Industry Marketing Manager, CPG | published in Google CPG
It is self-evident that we are living in a time of extraordinary economic upheaval. To succeed in this uncertain environment – and be in position for success when the world economy stabilizes – marketers must embrace the concept of smart, measurabl…
June 23rd, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We are making major updates to the v2009 Sandbox environment starting today and continuing throughout the week. Because of these changes, the v200902 Sandbox environment will be unavailable. We will post more information about what’s new in the v2009 S…
The Iterative Web App: Swipe-to-Archive and Expanded English Language Support
June 23rd, 2009 | by Kai | published in Google Mobile
On April 7th, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements was a complete redesign of the web application’s underlying code which allows us to more rapidly develop and release new featu…
Upcoming Webinar: The 7 Deadly Sins of Landing Page Design
June 23rd, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
Tomorrow, June 24th at 10 AM PDT (new date, see below), we’ll hosting a free webinar on landing page design. Tim Ash of SiteTuners, one of our Website Optimizer Authorized Consultants, will lead the event. He’ll be sharing what he calls the seven deadl…
Books Are Full of Visual Gems: Famous Facial Hair edition!
June 23rd, 2009 | by Inside Google Book Search | published in Google Books
Posted by Ryan Sands, Google Books Online TeamIt may come as no surprise to the book nerds out there (you know who you are), but the annals of written history are full of visual gems.When you come across something amazing in a public domain title scann…