Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 16, 2009, 7:13 pm
In a newspaper, the most important story is featured on the front page. If it's a really important piece, then it's placed "above the fold," which means you can find it on the top half of the ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 16, 2009, 3:05 pm
Three months ago, we launched Google Fast Flip, a service that seeks to make reading articles online as fast and simple as flipping through a magazine or newspaper. It's still early in this experi...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 16, 2009, 2:00 am
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog) This year has been the biggest yet for online video, and for the first time we're sharing our official Most Watched lists and some of the fastest-rising search...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 15, 2009, 2:00 am
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog) Today, at 8 a.m. ET, a panel of world climate leaders, among them former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and journalist Thomas Friedman, will gather in Copenhag...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 5:20 pm
A few weeks ago, we jump-started the holiday shopping season with Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Like us, you probably browsed the shops and sites for the coolest products and best shopping deals for ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 3:47 pm
2009 has been a busy year for Google in the area of display advertising — that is, the image, video and interactive ad formats that run across the web. Our goal is to improve display advertising on...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 2:31 pm
This morning, we launched updated versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner that offer a new URL shortening service from Google called the Google URL Shortener. We mentioned our URL shortener as a...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 2:27 pm
Hello from the Google Toolbar team! Before we head off for the holidays, we wanted to give you some new features to play with. We've been busy working on even more ways to make web browsing easie...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 14, 2009, 7:30 am
This fall we've seen lots of government agencies decide to make the switch to cloud computing, joining the many businesses already using Google Apps for email and collaboration at work. Today we&#...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 11, 2009, 6:01 pm
This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. - Ed. What a busy week for Google! Fro...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 11, 2009, 4:34 pm
We’ve always said that a top priority for us is making sure that your search results are relevant, useful and safe. Of course, this commitment to a positive search experience extends to the ads you ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 11, 2009, 2:30 pm
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label "Google Apps highlights" and subscribe to the series. - Ed. We've been busy over the...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 11, 2009, 12:16 pm
On Monday, when Amit Singhal introduced Google real-time search, he talked about bringing you information at the speed of light. But speed isn't just about the time it takes the results to load, ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 10, 2009, 1:56 pm
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog) Last week, we announced the CNN/YouTube Climate Debate in Copenhagen, an effort to make sure that your voice is included in the climate debate — and that your qu...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 10, 2009, 9:06 am
Today, at the International Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, we demonstrated a new technology prototype that enables online, global-scale observation and measurement of changes in the ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 9, 2009, 2:52 pm
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog) After nearly 35 years on air, PBS NewsHour recently re-launched its broadcast program and website in an effort to provide viewers with NewsHour content wherever, w...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 11:00 pm
Blogs, wikis, social networks, YouTube and Twitter are changing how many of us connect with others. Yet within most businesses, especially large corporations, the software hasn't evolved much over...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 9:14 pm
Do you ever wonder what's going on inside the browser when a webpage doesn't load or respond as quickly as it should? Many developers do, especially when trying to build powerful web applicati...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 12:00 pm
There's been no shortage of talk recently about the "future of news." Should publishers charge for news online? How do they replace lost sources of revenue such as classified ads? How will account...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 11:00 am
There was nothing more excruciating for me as a kid than seeing the presents pile up under the Christmas tree but knowing that I couldn't open them until Christmas morning. On the Google Chrome te...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 2:00 am
"Use Google to Make 1000s of Dollars!" or "Easy Cash with Google: You Could be Making up to $978 a Day Working from Home!" You may have seen offers like these using Google's name or logo that soun...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 8:30 pm
(Cross-posted from the Google Photos Blog) I used to take a lot of photos with the best intentions of sharing them with friends and family. But most of the time they just sat on my camera's memory...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 4:13 pm
(Cross-posted on the Google Research Blog) Today kicks off the nation’s first Computer Science Education Week. The goal of this week is to encourage students to learn about the discipline that power...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 1:31 pm
Search is a natural starting point for discovering the world's information, and we strive to bring you the freshest, most comprehensive and relevant search results over an ever expanding universe ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 8:00 am
What if you could decide where to shop, eat or hang out, with a little help from local Google users? It might take you a while to ask them all, so to make it easier we've launched a new effort to...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 5:00 am
Representatives from around the world arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark today to negotiate a successor treaty for the Kyoto Protocol. This 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) has been called the most impo...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 4, 2009, 8:03 pm
This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. - Ed. This week, we're pleased to ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 4, 2009, 5:01 pm
Today we're helping people get better search results by extending Personalized Search to signed-out users worldwide, and in more than forty languages. Now when you search using Google, we will be ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 4, 2009, 10:46 am
Ever since we launched real-time and streaming quotes on Google Finance last year, we've heard from users how vital that up-to-date information has been. Especially in today's volatile financi...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 3, 2009, 5:08 pm
Today, we’re excited to introduce a new "Translated search" tool in the Search Options panel that makes finding and reading content written in other languages easier. Translated search is great beca...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 3, 2009, 12:11 pm
(Cross-posted from the Official YouTube Blog) Next week 192 countries will participate in the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen — the first step in setting new international commitments for c...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 3, 2009, 10:35 am
When you type www.wikipedia.org into your browser's address bar, you expect nothing less than to be taken to Wikipedia. Chances are you're not giving much thought to the work being done in the...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 2, 2009, 4:39 pm
You may have noticed that our homepage is sporting a new look. Today we're excited to be releasing a new version of our classic homepage. The main feature of the new homepage is that it "fades in"...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 2, 2009, 1:13 pm
(Cross-posted from the Gmail Blog) Every year around this time I start thinking about the annual holiday email I send to friends and family members. I usually email my mom, dad, sister, friends and c...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 1, 2009, 8:39 pm
(Cross-posted from the Google Australia Blog)  One of the benefits working at Google is the ability to spend 20% of your time on projects you are passionate about. Recently I was lucky enoug...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 1, 2009, 6:38 pm
I love when I get images back in my Google search results. There's no better way to quickly understand the difference between an ocelot and a clouded leopard. But sometimes I want to see more imag...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 1, 2009, 1:08 pm
Have you ever noticed that a lot of the bigger cities in Google Earth have photo-realistic 3D buildings in them? (See Valencia, for example.) Have you ever wondered when someone's going to get aro...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Dec 1, 2009, 7:05 am
Curiosity — it's why we search the web. Whether searching for the latest news, a popular holiday gift, a website you've heard about, the latest singing sensation, or the trailer to a blockbu...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 30, 2009, 11:44 pm
HIV/AIDS has cut a swath of destruction across the globe—infecting more than 60 million people, leaving 14 million orphans in sub-Saharan Africa alone. But a global movement to stop the spread of HI...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 30, 2009, 2:01 am
This holiday season, Google Checkout can help you save time and money. You can shop quickly and easily with one secure login for thousands of stores across the web. And through December 17, save with ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 27, 2009, 12:34 pm
This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. - Ed. This Thanksgiving week, and ...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 27, 2009, 7:00 am
The traditional kick-off to the holiday shopping season, Black Friday, has arrived. If you're anything like us, you'll be seeking out the newest, coolest products and best deals today as you m...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 25, 2009, 2:01 am
(Cross-posted from the YouTube Blog) Governments, heads of state, and leaders from around the world are on YouTube, including the Pope, the Royal Family, and Queen Rania and presidents from the Unite...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 24, 2009, 12:35 pm
At Google, we're committed to giving you the information you want — regardless of the form in which it might appear. Text is often useful, but sometimes videos and pictures are a more effective...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 23, 2009, 2:13 pm
This holiday season, whether you're shopping for a new sweater for Fido, a Lego set for young builders, or that fancy camera you've been eyeing all year, Google Product Search can help you fi...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 23, 2009, 11:32 am
Can you spot the difference between these two sample display ads? Of course you can. However, the most important difference is not discernible to the naked eye. The lower ad was customized and chosen...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 20, 2009, 5:58 pm
This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. - Ed. This week brought a number of ne...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 20, 2009, 10:57 am
This is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label "Google Apps highlights" and subscribe to the series. - Ed. Over the last two weeks, we&...
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 2:00 pm
When I first started at Google, Craig Nevill-Manning, engineering director here in New York, said to me: "The Google homepage doesn't belong to us. It belongs to the millions of people who use it....
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Roxanne d. posted an article on The Official Google Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 12:31 pm
In July we announced that we were working on Google Chrome OS, an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web. Today we are open-sourcing the project as Chromium O...
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