It’s here! America’s Got Talent: The YouTube Edition
August 10th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Earlier this year, America’s Got Talent turned to YouTube in its ongoing quest to find America’s hottest performers. Thousands of people submitted audition videos to perform live on the show and tonight, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC, you can finally see whic…
August 10th, 2010 | by Fred Sauer, Developer Advocate | published in Google App Engine
We recently announced the Mapper API, a first step in a broader effort to provide full MapReduce capabilities on App Engine. While we still have some work ahead of us, there’s already a lot that can be done with today’s Mapper API. One area of part…
Segment Your Funnels Through The API
August 9th, 2010 | by Nick | published in Google Analytics
Say your website has a check out lead generation process and you want to understand funnel abandonment by new vs. return visitors. You can do this through the Web Interface using many segments, filters and exporting data. But who has time for that?Ente…
The City of Wooster Goes Google for scalability, reliability & usability
August 9th, 2010 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Editor’s note: Following up on our recent announcement of Google Apps for Government, a new edition of Google Apps for our government customers, we invited Jim Dodd, Information Systems Manager for the City of Wooster, Ohio, to share Wooster’s story….
August 9th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is the first in a series of stories from people who have shared how Google has helped them in their lives. Check back the rest of this week for more. -Ed.We talk a lot about the products we build and the things we’re doing, but we don’t often ta…
August 9th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
With pageviews up 115% compared to the same time last year and millions of people reading this blog each month, it’s time for a fresh injection of blog content. So starting today, we’re transitioning posts from the BizBlog, our partner and advertis…
August 9th, 2010 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’re excited to announce a revamped design of three of our AdSense for content ad units! After analyzing publisher site layouts and reviewing requests around the world, we decided to make our formats more space-efficient and visually pleasing by chang…
August 9th, 2010 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Today, we’re happy to announce that you can now convert files already uploaded to your documents list into a Google Docs format. Previously, this option was only available on upload.This addition includes converting image and PDF files to text using…
A joint policy proposal for an open Internet
August 9th, 2010 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Alan Davidson, Google director of public policy and Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president of public affairs, policy, and communications The original architects of the Internet got the big things right. By making the network open, they …
August 9th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords
Late last year, we announced a beta version of the updated Keyword Tool, which brought you increased functionality and a streamlined way to identify new keywords for your account. Since then, we’ve been working hard to meet our long-term goal to comb…
Freedom in Forms: Allow people to edit their submitted responses in Google Forms
August 9th, 2010 | by Jeremiah Dillon, Google Apps Marketing Manager | published in Google Apps, Google Docs, Google Enterprise
I’m a big fan of Google forms because they allow me to quickly gather information from many people without clogging up my inbox. Whether it’s a quick poll to a handful of coworkers or an in-depth company-wide survey, forms allow me to efficiently coll…
August 9th, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
I’m Kirk Russell, a Google Site Reliability Engineer who moves files around the cloud at a massive scale. I use BSD software on a daily basis — in my Android phone, my home NAS and my MacBook. My newest toy is a small ARM board that runs FreeBSD….
Blogger’s 11th Birthday Party
August 9th, 2010 | by Chang Kim | published in Google Blogger Buzz
Posted by Seth Shamban, Blogger Consumer OperationsLast year, Blogger turned ten. We were excited to present you with a (small-but-mighty) bounty of gifts, a token to commemorate all of your contributions over the years. Now we’re a year older (and w…
August 9th, 2010 | by Mike Pegg | published in Google Maps
The following guest blog post was written by Albert Sun of the Wall Street Journal. He takes us behind the scenes in the creation of a recent news graphic titled: “Going the Distance: Comparing Marathons”.
The Google Maps API has been a great boon fo…
São Paulo Open Source Jam 2
August 6th, 2010 | by Ellen Ko | published in Google Open Source
On July 14th, Google Brazil hosted the 2nd Open Source Jam in São Paulo, Brazil. We had about 40 attendees and 10 talks! Here is a quick summary of the talks that were given.The jam began at about 19:00, and after Rodolpho Eckhardt welcomed our guest…