March 28th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
Every day we aim to make technology so simple and intuitive that you stop thinking about it—we want Google to work so well, it just blends into your life. But sometimes it’s helpful to step back and take stock of what you’re doing online.Today we…
March 28th, 2012 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’ve just launched our official AdSense Google+ page, and we’re excited to start connecting with you in new ways via Google+.On our new page, you’ll find AdSense updates and tips, and you’ll have access to exclusive Hangouts with members of th…
March 28th, 2012 | by Google Chrome Blog | published in Google Chrome
Today’s web brings beautiful, rich experiences right into your browser. With Chrome’s most recent Stable channel release, we’ve sped up graphics and drawing performance for users on capable hardware, and enabled fancier 3D content for other users…
March 27th, 2012 | by Mark W. | published in Google OpenSocial
Today the Apache Software Foundation announces the Apache Rave project as new Top-Level Project.Apache Rave is a new Open Source software mashup platform that allows developers to build and engage with an array of social network tec…
March 27th, 2012 | by Kit Broussard, Product Marketing Manager | published in Google DoubleClick
(cross posted from the DoubleClick Search blog)It’s become a cliche for good reason: the future is mobile.A few relevant statistics:Smartphone users now account for 9% of all online trafficMobile searches have grown by 400% since 2010By 2013, more pe…
March 27th, 2012 | by The App Engine Team | published in Google App Engine, Uncategorized
App Engine’s march of progress continues with another release that’s full of new features, system improvements, and bug fixes. As we spring forward into pre-Google I/O season, we’re keeping our focus on product polish and this release is a shinin…
March 27th, 2012 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords, Uncategorized
The Google Research team has a new study out today that examines how organic search results and ranking impact ad impressions and ad clicks. The team analyzed 390 Search Ads Pause studies and found, on average:81% of ad impressions and 66% of ad clicks…
March 27th, 2012 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by David Chan, Statistician and Lizzy Van Alstine, Research Evangelist In 2011, Google released a Search Ads Pause research study which showed that 89% of the clicks from search ads are incremental, i.e., 89% of the visits to the advertiser…
March 27th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
For the first time, you can ride a train on Street View. Through a partnership with UNESCO and Rhaetian Railways, we captured 75.8 miles/122 km of the famous UNESCO World Heritage Albula/Bernina railway line with Street View cameras. Starting today, i…
March 27th, 2012 | by Lat Long Blog | published in Google Earth, Google Maps, Uncategorized
For the first time, you can ride a train on Street View. Through a partnership with UNESCO and Rhaetian Railways, we captured 75.8 miles/122 km of the famous UNESCO World Heritage Albula/Bernina railway line with Street View cameras. Starting today, in…
March 27th, 2012 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords, Uncategorized
Join us every Wednesday at 11am PST on the Google+ Your Business page to learn about the tools that Google offers your business. This week, we’re excited to bring current AdWords users a Hangout On Air about using AdWords to introduce your business t…
March 27th, 2012 | by Inside AdSense Team | published in Google Adsense
We’ve heard from many of you that a blog in Hebrew would be very useful. With this in mind, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Google Israel for Businesses blog. We have a lot of information to share, so we’ve decided to create this new blog f…
March 27th, 2012 | by Stephanie Taylor | published in Google Open Source, Uncategorized
EclipseCon 2012 begins today in Reston, Virginia with a veritable herd of Googlers on hand to teach, talk and generally hang out with the Eclipse community.The information starts flowing at 9am on Tuesday when Googler Alex Russell delivers the opening …
March 27th, 2012 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy, Uncategorized
Posted by Mark Yoshitake, Product Manager, Google’s Cultural Institute(Cross-posted from the Google Africa Blog) Last year we announced a $1.25 million grant to the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to help preserve and digitize thousands of archival d…
March 27th, 2012 | by A Googler | published in Google Blog, Uncategorized
Last year we announced a $1.25 million grant to the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to help preserve and digitize thousands of archival documents, photographs and videos about Nelson Mandela. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Nelson Mandela Cen…