September 10th, 2009 | by Lane LiaBraaten | published in Google OpenSocial
Today we released Ning Apps, or third-party applications based on OpenSocial 0.8, that serve as new, rich features for our 1.5 million+ Ning Networks and 33 million users. Thanks to OpenSocial and more than 90 Ning App developers, our Ning Network Cr…
Make History with the National September 11th Memorial & Museum
September 10th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
The anniversary of September 11th evokes difficult memories here in New York and all over the world. The events of the day left an indelible mark on many New Yorkers, including me. The offices of my startup were at 30 West Broadway, right next door to …
Congress examines the future of digital books
September 10th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Johanna Shelton, Senior Policy CounselOur Senior VP for Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond is testifying this morning at today’s House Judiciary hearing on “Competition and Commerce in Digital Books”, and here’s some…
New look Conversion Room blog!
September 10th, 2009 | by Evelyn O'Keeffe | published in Google Conversions
This morning we’re delighted to launch our revamped Conversion Room blog, along with some cool new additions to the site. LearnCheck out the ‘Learn’ tab to find information on examining the various components of your website to ensure you are maximis…
Companies & Conversions: How EMC Conchango optimise websites based on user behaviour
September 10th, 2009 | by Evelyn O'Keeffe | published in Google Conversions
EMC Conchango has recently become part of the Google Conversion Professionals programme. In this final post in our current series of Companies & Conversions, David Ellis, Head of Performance Measurement at EMC Conchango considers how websit…
Coming Soon: Finding Your Friends on YouTube
September 10th, 2009 | by Brian | published in Youtube
YouTube has always been a place for you to share and enjoy videos with family and friends. Soon, we’ll be making it even easier for you to find people you know on the site. We’ll start by launching a “You may know these people” suggestions box on the h…
September 9th, 2009 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
On Saturday, September 12th, 2009 the AdWords system will be unavailable from approximately 10AM to 2PM PDT, for maintenance. While you won’t be able to sign in to your accounts during this time, your campaigns will continue to run as usual.AdWords sys…
September 9th, 2009 | by Brian Hutchins | published in Google Voice
I spend a lot of time in Gmail and love how Google Voice email notifications let me see voicemails in my email inbox. I can scan the transcript quickly, and when I want to hear the voicemail, it is just a click away on my computer.However, something a…
September 9th, 2009 | by Google Base Blog | published in Google Merchant
Video product reviews are getting a lot of buzz right now, as shoppers increasingly turn to the web to help them figure out what to buy. We’re excited to announce that we are including relevant and high quality YouTube video reviews on a number of our …
September 9th, 2009 | by Google Base Blog | published in Google Merchant
Video product reviews are getting a lot of buzz right now, as shoppers increasingly turn to the web to help them figure out what to buy. We’re excited to announce that we are including relevant and high quality YouTube video reviews on a number of our …
September 9th, 2009 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail)
Posted by Vincent Paquet, Google Voice Product ManagerGoogle Voice helps you manage your communications with a unique phone number that rings all your existing phones, a single voicemail inbox with online access and automated transcription, and lots of…
Now S-U-P-E-R-sized!
September 9th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
Search, that is. For us, search has always been our focus. And, starting today, you’ll notice on our homepage and on our search results pages, our search box is growing in size. Although this is a very simple idea and an even simpler change, we’re exci…
September 9th, 2009 | by Roman Nurik, Android Developer Relations | published in Google Maps
Calling all Bay Area coders! We’ve just finalized another hackathon for late September! On September 24th, 2009, from 1:30 to 8, Google will host a hackathon for our Geo APIs in our San Francisco office. At the hackathon, Google engineers will give one…
September 9th, 2009 | by Trevor Claiborne | published in Google Website Optimizer
Part of running a good experiment is documenting what you are testing and the results. We released a new feature today called experiment notes, which helps you include documentation as part of your testing. For any of your experiments you can now add y…
You Might As Well Jump!
September 9th, 2009 | by Sean | published in Google Blogger Buzz
by Sean McCullough, Software Engineer, BloggerIt’s time to announce another Blogger Birthday feature! Many users have been asking for an easy way to implement “Read more” links on their blog’s index page. In fact, for years bloggers have been implement…