Flash indexing with external resource loading
June 19th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster Level: AllWe just added external resource loading to our Flash indexing capabilities. This means that when a SWF file loads content from some other file—whether it’s text, HTML, XML, another SWF, etc.—we can index this external content to…
Google translates Persian
June 19th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Today, we added Persian (Farsi) to Google Translate. This means you can now translate any text from Persian into English and from English into Persian — whether it’s a news story, a website, a blog, an email, a tweet or a Facebook message. The servic…
June 18th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
The basics of AdWords, such as bids, budgets, and Quality Score, haven’t changed with the new interface. Still, every once in a while, you might find yourself asking, “Where did that go?” Here’s a set of pointers to help you pick up where you left off …
June 18th, 2009 | by Dai | published in Google Analytics
Do you have a Google Analytics account that:is linked to AdWords andhas auto-tagging enabled anddoes not have AdWords cost data applied?If so, we have an important update on how your AdWords cost data is reported. If you are among the majority of user…
June 18th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Did you know: Individuals can achieve an average annual savings of over $8,000 by taking public transportation instead of driving and by living with one less car?For every $1 invested in public transportation infrastructure, $6 is generated in economic…
GoogleServe: Thinking globally and serving locally
June 18th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
What do painting murals, teaching tech classes, and gardening have to do with Google? These are a few of the activities Googlers have participated in over the past few weeks as part of our second annual GoogleServe — a chance for Googlers to give bac…
The new Task Queue API on Google App Engine
June 18th, 2009 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine
With release 1.2.3 of the Python SDK, we are psyched to present an exciting new feature – the Task Queue API. You can now perform offline processing on App Engine by scheduling bundles of work (tasks) for automatic execution in the background. You don…
June 18th, 2009 | by mquagliarello | published in Youtube
Lately, the team has been pushing out features and fixes as they’re ready in “mini-pushes” rather than waiting for the big, numbered releases that occur once a month. Here’s what’s gone out in the last few weeks:* The Wonder of “Wonder Wheel”: Next tim…
Announcing the Google Grants Workshop
June 18th, 2009 | by Google Grants Team Member | published in Google Grants
The Google Grants team wholeheartedly believes in grantee empowerment. We’re focused on providing as many resources as possible to help you, our grantees, become better Google Grants account managers. We also want to keep you informed of other Google p…
Speeding up: the basics and Analytics
June 18th, 2009 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
Today, we’re kicking off a five-week educational series about speeding up your business in a slowdown. We’ll be revisiting the basics of online publishing to help you grow your business, and we’ll share tips about using AdSense and other Google product…
Blogger is turning 10
June 18th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Google’s about to have its second tenth birthday. In late August, Blogger will officially turn 10 years old. As our birthday draws near, we thought it would be interesting to share some fun facts about Blogger:Every minute of every day, 270,000 words a…
June 18th, 2009 | by Kuan Yong | published in Youtube API
At Google I/O 2009, we demoed a nifty sample application that tracks updates to any number of YouTube user activity feeds. The technology behind the application is the Simple Update Protocol (SUP), a simple and compact “ping feed” that enables your app…
June 18th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
The last few weeks have certainly been busy for the Ocean in Google Earth team. On May 28 in Santa Monica, CA, Heal the Bay held their Bring Back the Beach 2009 fundraiser, supporting work to improve water quality and do beach health monitoring across…
June 18th, 2009 | by Scott Knaster | published in Google Mac Blog
By Greg Robbins, Software EngineerIn December, the Picasa Web Albums Uploader added support for downloading a photo album to your Mac. We’ve recently updated the Uploader to include the ability to download all photos from all albums in your account. To…
June 18th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Today, we’re launching a host of new features in Google Books that give you more ways to browse and share the content from the Google Books collection. For example, we’ve added a feature that allows you to embed previews of books in your blog or websit…