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As part of the changes shared on the Google Developers Blog today, the Google Maps APIs are transitioning to a 1 year deprecation policy, which has been revised to be clearer and shorter. Any Maps API that is deprecated between April 20th 2012 and Apri…

Over the last six months we’ve done a lot of spring cleaning—though it’s all happened out of season. Spring has now arrived and we’re ready to close or combine another round of products. Focus is crucial if we are to improve our execution. W…

The Google Earth and Maps Imagery team has published another batch of aerial and satellite imagery. In this post, we’ll look at newly released imagery that reflects the themes of past, present, and future. 2011: In the U.S., federal and state taxes w…

Has anyone you know lost control of their online accounts? Cases like the “Mugged in London” scam demonstrate why it’s important to take steps to help secure your activities online. If you reuse the same password on multiple sites and one of those site…

Earlier this year we improved the uploader tool in Panoramio to make the process faster and more intuitive. Since then, members of the Panoramio photo-sharing community have been simply dragging and dropping their photos to the locations where they wer…

Posted by Bob Boorstin, Director, Public Policy and Lewis Segall, Senior Ethics and Compliance CounselNo matter who or what you are, opening up to outside scrutiny isn’t an easy or comfortable process. But that’s what we agreed to do a few years ago …

By default, Gmail lets users automatically forward incoming mail to another address. As an administrator, you can disable this option to prevent users from setting up automatic forwarding. When you disable the option in the Control Panel, users won’t s…

Introduction: The Google Online Marketing Challenge is a global competition providing students with the opportunity to learn about online marketing by using Google AdWords. Our first GOMC Hangout on Air provided general information about the Challenge,…

In the 1950s, major brand marketers, like movie studios and consumer goods companies, embraced television, helping spark a multi-billion dollar industry—and the beginning of TV’s golden age. One reason these brands invested in TV was the emergence…

Learning from the pastIn the 1950s, brands slowly moved to TV, just as they have started to move online today. In both instances, buying and selling systems improved; audiences and new content quickly moved to the new medium; and the creative possibil…

The following features are now available to domains following the Scheduled Release track:- Gmail: New look released to all users. Opt-out link will be removed starting April 18th and continue throughout the week The following features are intended for…

Consider these three exact and phrase match keywords in AdWords. [waterproof sunblock]     “bollard cover”     [single serving coffee maker] Now have a look at these two rows of search queries.1. waterproof sunblock  …

Here at Google we publish a lot of imagery, most of which comes from the satellite and aerial imagery providers with whom we partner. Last week we published something a bit different: images collected from balloons and kites! The resolution is amazing,…

Cross-posted from the Google Enterprise Blog.

In April 2010, 89 million U.S. households returned a census form in which they answered ten basic questions. Once collected, aggregated, and published, the 2010 U.S. census provided rich insights into the …

Back in November we announced the Google Photography Prize 2012, a competition offering student photographers a chance to share their best photographs with the world. Groundbreaking photographer Ansel Adams once said, “There are no rules for good pho…