Emilynoel83 wins the first “On the Rise” spotlight
November 5th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Meet Emilynoel83, a morning news anchor who’s also a “makeup addict” who loves to make videos about beauty products. Today she’s on our homepage. And you put her there. Last week, we announced a new initiative to give rising channels greater visibi…
November 5th, 2010 | by Kate | published in Google Earth
Update (11/8/10): For those interested in reading more about the history of this dispute, consider checking out Stefan Geens’ thorough post over at Ogle Earth.Yesterday we became aware of a dispute that referenced the border between Costa Rica and Nica…
Getting Your Product Data Ready for the Holidays
November 5th, 2010 | by Vivek Tata | published in Google Merchant
As the holidays approach, some products are flying off the shelves, and a continuous cycle of sales and promotions means that prices change frequently. Now is a good time to ensure that you’re submitting accurate data in your feed, particularly in rega…
Five new themes now available in Gmail
November 5th, 2010 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps
Five new themes have now been been added to Gmail:Basic BlackBasic WhiteAndroidTree TopsMarkerEditions included: Standard, Premier, Education, Partner Edition and Google Apps for GovernmentLanguages included: All languages supported by Gmail How to acc…
Weekend eye candy: ixlrlxi’s vehicles
November 5th, 2010 | by aidanchopra | published in Google SketchUp
There’s something I’ve been meaning to show you—I pointed to this work in the introduction to our SketchUpdate newsletter a few months ago, but I’ve never mentioned it on this blog. A glaring omission, I realize.ixlrlxi (I don’t even know his…
November 5th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
This is one of a regular series of posts on search experience updates. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. – Ed.As the leaves turn here in Mountain View, we’re reminded again about the importance of time. On the search…
November 5th, 2010 | by Neha | published in Google TV Ads Blog
When you think about anime, you probably think of two things: Japanese cartoons of an adult nature, and kids shows like Pokémon. That limited view of the medium is exactly the problem that FUNimation Entertainment, the largest distributor of ani…
November 5th, 2010 | by Deanna | published in Google Earth
The Google Earth and Maps Imagery team has just released another extensive batch of aeriel and satellite images for your enjoyment! In honor of the upcoming U.S. holiday Veterans Day (November 11th), we’ll take a look at a few military-themed museums…
November 5th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Heather Menicucci, Director, Howcast Filmmakers Program, is writing weekly guest posts for the YouTube blog on filmmaking in the digital age. You can catch up on previous posts here.Last week, we made some arguments for why quality matters in web video…
November 5th, 2010 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’re very excited to announce the launch of our newest Inside AdSense blog: Inside AdSense Polska! Like our other Inside AdSense blogs, it will provide readers with optimization tips, product announcements, and other program information to help our …
An Ingredients List for Testing – Part Six
November 5th, 2010 | by James Whittaker | published in Google Testing
By James WhittakerThe sixth ingredient is variation. Tests often get stale (i.e., they stop finding bugs) as they are run over and over on build after build as a product is being constructed. On the one hand, it is important to continue running tests t…
Announcing Accepted Organizations for Google Code-in
November 5th, 2010 | by Carol Smith | published in Google Open Source
We’re pleased to announce that today we have chosen 20 open source organizations to participate as mentoring organizations in Google Code-in.Here’s a list of our participating organizations this year:1. The Apertium Project2. The Battle for Wesnoth…