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With our eyes constantly on Orkut users, we’ve noticed that they love to customize their profiles. We are always trying to offer new and interesting themes since they are one of the most frequently requested options. We are happy to announce the introd…

[As a new feature of the Geo Developers Blog, we’ll be featuring one great Google Maps API site a week as part of our new “Map of the Week” series.]

Map of the Week: TheReelBox
Why we like it: A really great way to see a list of movies near you…

There are more ways now to consume your favorite television shows, movies, and on demand content than ever before. People are turning to their smartphones, tablets, and Internet connected TV’s to watch what they want, when they want it. For broadcast…

(Cross-posted from the Google Commerce blog)Back in January, we announced our new Google Terms of Service to provide a more consistent experience for users across Google’s products. Starting today, March 29, Google Merchant Center will be covered by th…

One of the most rewarding things about working on App Engine is watching our customers use the platform in new and unexpected ways. We’re lucky to have a front row seat to the growth and success of so many innovative new projects, and in that spirit, w…

For the fourth year in a row, Google has partnered with Lime Connect to recognize students with disabilities who have not only shown achievement in Computer Science, but have also demonstrated passion, dedication, and leadership within their studies an…

Posted by Maggie Johnson, Director of Education and University Relations and Andrea Held, University Relations Program Manager Since its launch four years ago, Google App Engine has been the platform for innovative and diverse applications. Today, Goog…

We originally launched Google Maps in Malaysia back in 2009, and since then, Malaysians have been avid users of the service on both their desktops and mobile devices. So today, we are happy to announce three new features for Malaysia that we hope will …

From international brands to local food trucks, every business wants to make important decisions with their customers’ feedback in mind. Which version of your new logo will people like better? How much interest do dog owners have in organic dog food?…

Posted by Paul McDonald, Product Manager

Whether we’re getting the latest election news, making sense of the day’s stock market activity or looking for an update on our favorite celebrities, we rely on publishers to inform and entertain us. Online publishers often fund the creation of this content through ads; sometimes they ask you to pay for content directly, by buying a subscription or purchasing a particular article.

Now, you may see a new option: the ability to access some of this content by responding to microsurveys, without having to pull out your wallet or sign in. When a site has implemented this option, you’ll see a prompt that offers you a choice between answering a market research question or completing another action specified by the publisher (such as signing up for an account or purchasing access). All responses are completely anonymous — they aren’t tied to your identity or later used to target ads. The prompts look like this:



Publishers get paid for hosting surveys. A number of publishers, such as the The Texas Tribune, the Star Tribune and Adweek have already started running these microsurveys on their sites.

So what’s the point of these questions? From international brands to local food trucks, every business owner wants to make important decisions with their customers’ feedback in mind. That’s why we’ve created Google Consumer Surveys, a new business-facing product that makes custom market research easy. It enables companies to ask questions (the ones you’ll later see on your screen) and get back quantitative results quickly, accurately and cost-effectively. Companies have already been using it to research everything from online shopping behavior (Lucky Brand Jeans) to gluten-free baking mixes (King Arthur Flour), and to assess brand awareness (Timbuk2) and inform product development (479 Popcorn). Google shares the money these companies spend with our publisher partners.

The idea behind Google Consumer Surveys is to create a model that benefits everyone. You get to keep enjoying your favorite online content, publishers have an additional option for making money from that content, and businesses have a new way of finding out what their customers want.

If you’re a publisher interested in running microsurveys on your site, let us know.

[This post is by Ellie Powers, a product manager on the Google Play team. — Tim Bray]As your apps have gotten more successful, more people have joined your team. Today, we’re making it easier to work together on analyzing and managing your publis…

If you’re a careful reader of the YouTube API Terms of Service as well as the YouTube Player documentation, you may have noticed that while embedded players smaller than the minimum size might not support all player features, we haven’t defined what …

Searches can become stories. Some are inspiring, some change the way we see the world and some just put a smile on our face. This is a story of how people can use Google to do something extraordinary. If you have a story, share it. – Ed.We all have mem…

Should I take public transit or a taxi to the airport? What’s the fastest way to get to my appointment on time: local streets or the expressway? Oftentimes, the answer to these questions depends on the current traffic conditions.Now using both live a…

London has become one of the world’s great digital capitals. The Internet accounts for eight percent of the U.K. economy and has become, in these days of tough public finances, a welcome engine of economic growth. We believe there is even more potentia…