Innovation in video on the web
August 5th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Today, video is an important part of many people’s everyday activities on the Internet and a big part of many Google products.Because we spend a lot of time working to make the overall web experience better for users, we think that video compression te…
Mail Delegation in Gmail
August 4th, 2009 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
You can now allow others (i.e. administrative assistants) in your domain access to your email.Editions included:Premier EditionLanguages included:US EnglishHow to access what’s new:Administrators must first enable mail delegation by checking the ‘Mail …
August 4th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Christopher Semturs, Software EngineerSome time ago I bought a netbook. It’s perfect in terms of portability, weight and space usage, but the natural drawback is the size of the screen. It’s so small that sometimes I find it hard to read the …
August 4th, 2009 | by Google News Blog | published in Google News
Posted by Abe Epton, Publisher Support TeamGoogle News publishers have long made use of Webmaster Tools to submit and update their News sitemaps, as well as learn more about how Google is crawling their site. Recently, the Webmaster Tools site underwen…
I didn’t know that was there!
August 4th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Here at Google Maps we’re always looking for new ways to allow people to easily explore the world’s information. Well, what could be easier than putting things right on the map? We’ve now added icons and labels of prominent businesses and places of int…
August 4th, 2009 | by Nate Weinstein | published in Youtube
Reservoir Dogs, Requiem for a Dream, and Half Nelson topped critics’ lists when they came out, but before they achieved this recognition, they were all workshopped at the Sundance Directors Lab. Since its inception, the world’s most famous film worksho…
Two more chances to attend a new AdWords interface webinar
August 4th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
For the last two months, we’ve been hosting weekly webinars about the new AdWords interface. In each webinar, members of the AdWords team walk through the changes in the new interface, show how you can use the new features to manage your advertising ca…
August 4th, 2009 | by Aaron Stein | published in Google Earth
Great work figuring out the answers to the quiz! The quiz images were from the satellite GeoEye-1 and they are just so awesome to look at.Here are the answers in case any of the questions stumped you, and below is a more complete listing of areas updat…
Leave the math to us: Advertisers increase their profits using Conversion Optimizer
August 4th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This post is the latest in an ongoing series on The Power of Measurement. Previous topics have covered ways to make your website as successful as possible through tools such as Analytics and Website Optimizer. – Ed.If you’re an old-school AdWords adv…
August 4th, 2009 | by SketchUp Team | published in Google SketchUp
Antwerp is the historic heart of Flanders in Northern Belgium and famous as the birthplace of two Old Masters, Rubens and Van Dyck. Today, two young masters are dedicating themselves to what they consider a “new form of art” – capturing the beauty of t…
Bid simulator and more transparency in Google’s ad auction
August 4th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Policy CommunicationsAs part of our continuing effort to give advertisers more transparency about Google’s advertising system and how our ad auction works, we’re launching a cool new feature in our AdWords sys…
Extending the category filtering beta for English-language ads
August 4th, 2009 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
In April, we gave you a sneak peek into category filtering, a new feature we’ve been developing to give publishers more control over their ads. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re extending the beta to publishers in a number of English-speaking…
Take a peek at our new Street View site
August 4th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
Since our launch of Street View in May 2007, it has consistently been one of Google Maps’ most popular features. We’ve also found that it has been one of the features that folks are most curious about, so we have given our Street View overview site a r…
Play the Google Books game
August 4th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
During which international crisis did Ian Fleming get “firsthand knowledge of espionage” that shaped the character of James Bond? Which infamous book thief got caught stealing from the Chicago Public Library and was later acquitted on grounds of insani…
August 4th, 2009 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Voice
It is hard enough to keep in touch with family and friends, but imagine being half-way around the world in a place like Iraq with limited access to telephones…or having to move and change your phone number every couple years. The military lifestyle …