July 8th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jennifer Marsh, Policy Analyst Protecting children online is a shared responsibility. The PointSmart.ClickSafe. Task Force, of which we’re a member, is an important example of how industry leaders, safety advocates, and community organization…
July 8th, 2009 | by Misko | published in Google Testing
Take your average developer and ask “do you know language/technology X?” None of us will feel any shame in admitting that we do not know X. After all there are so many languages, frameworks and technologies, how could you know them all? But what if X i…
July 8th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
It’s been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the …
July 7th, 2009 | by Sebastian Tonkin | published in Google Analytics
Have you ever been in the Visitors section of your favorite Google Analytics profile and wondered what the heck “User-Defined” was? Well today it’s time to find out.So, what is “User-Defined?”The user defined variable allows you to “label” a vis…
July 7th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster Level: AllWith the new directions gadget from Google Maps, any business can offer customized Google Maps directions to their business locations. With the directions gadget, you no longer need to type and update multiple sets of text direction…
Native Client Security Contest: The results are in!
July 7th, 2009 | by Mike Marchak | published in Google Code
A few months ago, we challenged you to discover exploits in the Native Client system and more than 600 of you decided to take us up on our invitation. We’re very pleased with the results: participants found bugs that enabled some really clever exploits…
Site maintenance on Saturday, July 11
July 7th, 2009 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
This Saturday, July 11th, our engineers will be performing routine maintenance. While you won’t be able to access your AdSense and Ad Manager accounts from 10am to approximately 2pm PDT, your ad serving and targeting won’t be affected. In addition, you…
7 Deadly Sins of Landing Page Design webinar ready for viewing
July 7th, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
Last week, Tim Ash, one of our Website Optimizer Authorized Consultants, gave a webinar on the 7 Deadly Sins of Landing Page Design. In this webinar he exposes common errors in landing page design that might be holding back your conversion rate and sho…
Webmaster Central YouTube update for June 29th – July 3rd
July 7th, 2009 | by Michael Wyszomierski | published in Google Webmaster Central
Want to see what’s new on the Webmaster Central YouTube channel? Check out the answers to the latest Grab Bag questions:How can I optimize my site on a small budget?When will the data in Webmaster Tools be improved?Can my blogroll affect my blog’s repu…
AdWords Downtime: July 11, 10am-2pm PDT
July 7th, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
We’ll be performing routine system maintenance on Saturday, July 11 from approximately 10:00am to 2:00pm PDT. You won’t be able to access AdWords or the API during this time frame, but your ads will continue to run as normal.Cheers,-Jeffrey Posnick, Ad…
Releasing Neatx, an Open Source NX Server
July 7th, 2009 | by Leslie Hawthorn | published in Google Open Source
We at Google have been looking at remote desktop technologies for quite a while. The good old X Window system can be used over the network, but it has issues with network latency and bandwidth. Neatx remedies some of these issues.In 2003, NoMachine re…
A Brand New Look and Feel for Google Finance!
July 7th, 2009 | by Google Finance Team | published in Google Finance
Posted by Ayan Mandal, Product ManagerOver the last few months, we experimented with some changes on the site. We tried a couple of new layouts and received lots of feedback and suggestions from users and Googlers alike. Now, we’re excited to launch a …
July 7th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords Group | published in Google Adwords
As an AdWords advertiser, it’s important for you that potential customers find you on the Internet. If your business has one or more physical locations, it’s just as important that customers can find where you are.To help your customers find your busin…
July 7th, 2009 | by Jason Toff | published in Google Chrome
Google Chrome has a lot of features that make your browsing easier, but you might not notice them all right away. This is because we’ve taken great care to keep our design clean, so features don’t get in your way when you’re not using them. A great e…
Books Are Full of Visual Gems: 19th century fashion edition!
July 7th, 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…