November 26th, 2009 | by Olivia | published in Youtube
Last week, ABC News’ Good Morning America asked you to share videos about what you’re thankful for. In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, many of you have answered their call and invited others on YouTube to create their own “thankful for” lists.You’…
Break out the turkey and stuffing— it’s time for Thanksgiving!
November 26th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
Remember when we mentioned that the orkut team would celebrate festive dates around the world? Well, it’s time for Thanksgiving!
Lots of food, football games, parades and plenty of time to spend with the people you cherish most in your life. These things are all inescapable parts of Thanksgiving day. But who would want to escape from them anyway?
Thanksgiving is one of the most traditional holidays in the United States, having taken place since 1621. Celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November each year, this holiday is about expressing gratitude for all of the positive things in your life.
Over time, Thanksgiving has become increasingly important in countries outside of the US. If you’d like to participate in the fun, you can use the Superscrap Open Social application to send messages to your friends and loved ones on orkut.
If you haven’t logged into orkut yet today, make sure you do so that you can check out our special Thanksgiving doodle in action:
And, oh, be sure to prepare your stomach— Thanksgiving is filled with plenty of food and culinary treats. So much so that in the US, it’s known as Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Posted by Ariel, orkut operations team
November 26th, 2009 | by John Mueller | published in Google Webmaster Central
How to use “Fetch as Googlebot”, part 1Webmaster level: IntermediateHas your site ever dropped suddenly from the index or disappeared mysteriously from search results? Have you ever received a notice that your site is using cloaking techniques? Unfortu…
November 25th, 2009 | by Maile Ohye | published in Google Webmaster Central
Webmaster Level: Beginner It has probably happened to you: you’re reading articles or watching videos on the web, and you come across some unrelated, gibberish comments. You may wonder what this is all about. Some webmasters abuse other sites by exploi…
November 25th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
If you’ve been to Times Square in New York City over the past couple weeks, on any day from 12:30-2:00pm or 6:30-8:00pm, you may have noticed that Google Search by voice is powering Times Square’s largest combined displays — the Reuters Sign and the N…
November 25th, 2009 | by Nick | published in Google Analytics
This is the third video in our recent Rapid Fire series where you share your most burning questions via the Google Analytics Google Moderator site and we answer them!Generally we want to focus on your questions about key metrics and analysis techniques…
November 25th, 2009 | by Jessica | published in Google Checkout
With the holiday shopping rush underway, Google Checkout can help you find great deals this season. Over 900 Checkout stores including TigerDirect.com, BlueNile.com, and Petco.com are offering exclusive discounts of $5, $10, or $20 on what you buy thro…
November 25th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Orkut
When we launched the new orkut, we thought you’d enjoy changing your profile color with a single click. It was great to discover how much you liked this new feature!
In fact, you seem to have liked it so much that we decided five colors aren’t nearly enough. So we’ve added a range of new colors for your palette:
And since not all colors play nicely with our standard blue background, the orkut background color now also changes to match the new hue you choose:
Have fun coloring with orkut! And remember to keep telling us what you think.
Posted by Eduardo Thuler, orkut product manager
November 25th, 2009 | by Michele Flannery | published in Youtube
If you were one of the millions who tuned in to watch U2 perform live on YouTube last month or if you just love music, you should put this in your calendar: On December 1, R&B superstar Alicia Keys will be performing at an intimate theater in New Y…
November 25th, 2009 | by elaine | published in Google Earth
With families coming together, the start of the ski season, and weekly shopping trips becoming acceptable, there’s a lot to love about the holiday season. What’s that? Gridlocked traffic? Fully booked hotels? Can’t find the perfect gift? Oh my, the ho…
November 25th, 2009 | by miriam | published in Google Student Blog
Jeff Cameron is the Google Student Ambassador at the University of Waterloo, where he studies Computer Science and Math. As part of his role as ambassador, he recently hosted a great event focused on Artificial Intelligence, and we wanted to share his …
November 25th, 2009 | by AdWords API Team | published in Google Adwords API
In a blog post yesterday we introduced ad parameters, a new AdWords feature that allows for dynamic insertion of numeric and currency values into ads while retaining ad history. To manage ad parameters, a new service was added to the v200909 API: the A…
November 25th, 2009 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog)Governments, heads of state, and leaders from around the world are on YouTube, including the Pope, the Royal Family, and Queen Rania and presidents from the United States to France, South Korea to Estonia. Today we’r…
Google Apps Premier Edition Innovation – Year in Review
November 25th, 2009 | by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing Manager | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Google Apps is helping millions of companies save money, but more importantly, Google Apps helps businesses move beyond the slow, multi-year innovation cycle typical of legacy technologies. We’ve released over 100 significant improvements and update…
November 24th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Heads up, movie fans — today we’ve launched a mobile version of our new Google Search results for movies, which makes it easier to plan a trip to the movies. Just go to google.com in the web browser on your iPhone, Palm WebOS, or Android-powered devi…