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<<We're back with our second Quality Score fact. This week's contribution to our newly revived series is: Quality Score does not suffer when your ads are paused or showing infrequently. One of the factors that determines Quality Score is the performance of a keyword in combination with its associ...>>   (more...)

<<The astute conference attendee would have noticed hidden QR codes around the conference, as well as the scannable QR codes on everyone's badge. We wanted to find a fun way for people to bond with their new phones, as well as network with other attendees, so we set about creating a scavenger hunt...>>   (more...)

<<Periodically, we profile a Blogger partner that can add functionality to your blog. This week we'd like to spotlight Lijit , a company building "search powered web applications for publishers" (that's you!). Lijit has made adding its "wijit" as easy as could be - just fill in your blog's URL a...>>   (more...)

<<Attention D.C.-area foodies: Alex Nicholson over at Brightest Young Things used the My Maps feature to make a Google Map of the area restaurants visited by the Obamas. Who knows where the first family's culinary explorations will take them next? View Obama Ate Here in a larger map ...>>   (more...)

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<<Ever since Google Maps launched in Australia in February 2007, we've been committed to adding more and more useful and up-to-date information to make it a truly valuable resource for Australians. From within Google Maps you can now search for a local plumber or chemist ; get driving directions t...>>   (more...)

<<One of the advantages of working at Google is that you get to see neat products and features before the rest of the world does. But that can also be a disadvantage. Sometimes I’d like to talk about a fun Gmail Lab or a new Calendar feature but I’m honestly not sure whether the outsi...>>   (more...)

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<<Over the last few days, we've introduced several improvements to the sandbox to help flesh out what the full social experience will look like for your users. First, sharing a gadget is a richer experience — requestShareApp invites now display notifications at the top of the invitee's iGoogle page...>>   (more...)

<<A common question we hear from users of Website Optimizer is, "What page should I test?" Of course, people have different opinions. For example, some experts say that you should never run a test on your homepage while others may disagree. We recommend taking a data-driven approach when choosing a te...>>   (more...)

<<Here in London, we recently hosted London Open Source Jam 13 (Our 14th jam, as naturally we count from zero.) - unlucky for some, but not for us! We threw the floor open to talks of any kind and we had a bumper crop of lightning talks on a diverse range of topics. We learned how to mak...>>   (more...)

<<A couple of months ago, we published a post on making your site a closer . But, before your website can close a sale, it has to get the visitor's attention. Presenting your visitor with a landing page that's relevant to what she's looking for is the best way to start the conversation and proceed to...>>   (more...)

<<At Google we want to make it easy for you to find the information you need. As such, we've made searching for passages within a book part of the core experience of Google Books. Earlier this month we revamped the search experience to make searching inside a book easier. You can now view...>>   (more...)

<<The 26th International Conference on Machine Learning ( ICML 2009 ) was recently held in Montreal in conjunction with the 22nd Conference On Learning Theory ( COLT 2009 ) and the 25th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence ( UAI 2009 ). This is one of the major forums for researche...>>   (more...)

<<We released the new AdWords interface early to get your feedback on it as soon as possible. And you haven't disappointed us! We receive thousands of comments every month covering likes, dislikes, and ideas for ways to further improve the AdWords interface. We read your comments carefully to priorit...>>   (more...)

<<Earlier this year, Google published research highlighting how the economic conditions had changed online buying behavior. Users are researching more online and looking for deals when it comes to purchasing products. Does the same hold true when it comes to dining? To find out, we worked with Onl...>>   (more...)

<<On April 7th, Google launched a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. We shared the behind-the-scenes story through this blog and decided to share more of what we've learned in a brief series of follow-up blog posts. This week, I'll talk about two kinds of ti...>>   (more...)

<<I'll be heading to the nation's capital to celebrate Independence Day this weekend, so I've been browsing the many maps that the Washington Post has put together to help people take in the festivities. If you'll be in DC too, you can find a map of the various events going on throughout the ...>>   (more...)

<<To help spark ideas and stimulate discussion following the release of the President's cyberspace policy review , last Friday we teamed up with the Center for a New American Security to bring together a panel of experts representing government, military, and industry for a Google D.C. Talk, "...>>   (more...)

<<Ever since the new Google Blog Search homepage launched , we've been fielding requests for a myriad of different features. Today we're happy to announce the launch of our most requested feature: RSS and Atom feeds. Simply click on the links under "Subscribe" in the left-hand column of the Blo...>>   (more...)

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<<Thirty years ago this week, Sony introduced the first Walkman to consumers in Japan. Released on July 1, 1979, the model TPS-L2 was the first in a long history of portable stereo devices. The shape, size, and data format of portable music players continues to evolve, but for many people my age t...>>   (more...)

<<We're well under way with our five-week educational series about speeding up your business in a slowdown, which we kicked off two weeks ago . This week, you'll hear tips from Jack Herrick, the founder of wikiHow.com, about attracting new visitors to your site. As we share more tips over the next t...>>   (more...)

<<Some of you may have noticed that OpenSocial API calls in the sandbox have started returning 401s, regardless of whether or not you've enabled social ACLs in your gadget. We're in the process of changing a few things behind the scenes, one of which has the unfortunate side effect of breaking the ACL...>>   (more...)

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<<If a certain lack of variety has weighed on the format of your day-to-day, feed-to-email deliveries, things are looking up at last. Recent advances in dollar-sign technology have brought some strange and fascinating new capabilities to the Email Branding section of FeedBurner's Email Subscriptions f...>>   (more...)