Saluting Europe’s eTowns
December 7th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
It’s often assumed that big cities benefit the most from the Internet, but we believe the net offers giant opportunities to everyone from urbanites to small town residents, farmers and nature lovers in the far-flung countryside. We recently tested t…
Continuous improvements with Google Goggles 1.7
December 7th, 2011 | by Jessica Tsai | published in Google Mobile
With Google Goggles, you can quickly add someone to your contacts, learn about paintings, translate foreign text, and even solve Sudoku. Starting today, with Goggles 1.7 for Android, we’re making your visual search experience much faster and providin…
Ideas Made Real: a Wine Bar, a Trebuchet, a Skate Park, a Movie Model…
December 7th, 2011 | by Gopal Shah | published in Google SketchUp, Uncategorized
In November, we launched the Make Ideas Real project with the goal of creating a showcase of the best SketchUp work from around the world. To build out this showcase, we asked you all to share stories of how SketchUp is helping you to turn your ideas i…
Set up a crawler login for increased ad relevancy on pages behind a login
December 7th, 2011 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense, Uncategorized
This is the second post in our two-part AdSense Crawler Errors series.Recently we discussed ways to improve ad targeting and relevancy by making sure that the AdSense crawler can view all pages that have AdSense code on them. Sometimes though, it can b…
December 7th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Google.org, Uncategorized
We’ve been thrilled to see the ways nonprofit organizations use Google+ to raise awareness about their work, as well as the ways people connect with causes on Google+. In the past couple days, several entertainers have helped start a movement for th…
Scheduled Release track features update 12/6/11
December 6th, 2011 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Uncategorized
The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:- No new features to announceThe following features are intended for release to these domains on Dec 13th:Gmail:- The new look for Gmail starts to roll out as the…
3 last-minute Analytics tips for the holiday season
December 6th, 2011 | by Google Analytics | published in Google Analytics
If you’re a marketing professional, you’ve probably spent months preparing your holiday campaigns. But have you focused so much on great creative that you’ve neglected your measurement plan? Don’t despair: there’s still time to make the most of you…
Developing Gmail’s new look
December 6th, 2011 | by The Gmail Team | published in Gmail (Google Mail), Uncategorized
Posted by Mark Striebeck, Engineering DirectorEditor’s note: This post is more technical than most posts here, but we thought some of you might find it interesting to look inside how development on the Gmail team works.Developing the new look for Gmail…
December 6th, 2011 | by Ashley Chandler | published in Google Apps, Google Enterprise
Posted by Jim Lamb, Director of Computer Services, Ebby Halliday RealtorsEditor’s note: In business since 1945, Ebby Halliday is one of the largest independent residential real estate companies in the U.S. with over 1,600 sales agents. Ebby herself, at…
December 6th, 2011 | by Aaron Lichtig | published in Google CPG
As we approach the end of the year, we’ve taken some time to reflect on all of the great brand marketing that we’ve been fortunate to be a part of in 2011. The video below highlights what we think are some of the best examples of CPG marketing done on…
December 6th, 2011 | by Google Apps Team | published in Google Apps, Uncategorized
We have recently made a number of changes to make activating the email service even easier. These include:- MX record setup is now fully unified in the Setup guide providing guided help for the customer through various email setup options such as direc…
December 6th, 2011 | by Dirk Dougherty | published in Google Android
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]
One billion is a pretty big number by any measurement. However, when it’s describing the speed at which something is growing, it’s simply amazing. This past weekend, than…
December 6th, 2011 | by dly | published in Google Mobile
(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog and Android Developer’s Blog)One billion is a pretty big number by any measurement. However, when it’s describing the speed at which something is growing, it’s simply amazing. This past weekend, thanks to A…
December 6th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog
One billion is a pretty big number by any measurement. However, when it’s describing the speed at which something is growing, it’s simply amazing. This past weekend, thanks to Android users around the world, Android Market exceeded 10 billion app d…
December 6th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
Last year, our Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt promised to open a research and development and culture centre in France. Today, Eric returned to Paris to inaugurate our new 10,000-square meter office in a refurbished 19th century Second Empire building…