published @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
I spend a fair amount of my time debunking misconceptions about Google. So when I found out that Google Chrome was going to be released, I put on my thinking cap about what objections people would throw out about Google Chrome. Here are the questions that I came up with, along with my personal answers. [...]
published @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
For better or worse, my blog is popular with the Google conspiracy-theorist demographic. I knew that as soon as Google Chrome launched, some readers would ask tough questions about privacy and how/when Google Chrome communicates with google.com.
So I decided to tackle this issue head-on. I talked to the Chrome team to find out if [...]
published @ September 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Update, 12:49 p.m.: You can try Google Chrome at http://www.google.com/chrome and I hope every Windows user takes it for a spin. It’s only a seven megabyte download, which means it’s really fast to download and try.
Update, 12:46 p.m.: Chromium, the site dedicated to open-sourcing Google Chrome is now open at http://www.chromium.org/
According to a [...]
published @ September 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Google just officially confirmed that it will release a new open-source web browser, called Google Chrome (that link should go live sometime tomorrow).
I can’t wait to talk more about Google Chrome, but I’ll hold off until it officially launches. Once people can download Google Chrome, I plan to talk about my experiences using Google Chrome, [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Have you ever been stumped in finding the right words to search for? Back when I was planning my wedding, I had a list of wedding songs in mind, but the problem was that I couldn't remember any of the artist names or song titles. So I started typing into the Google search [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Have you ever been traveling and suddenly realized that you didn't know how to ask the taxi driver to take you to your hotel? It's happened to us too, so the mobile team has put together an iPhone interface for Google Translate, our machine translation project. Read more about it on the Google Mobile [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Imagine the last time you misplaced an important document right when you needed it most: your plane ticket the day of a flight; your driver's license before the morning commute; the warranty on your radio just as the speakers begin to crackle. A frustrating circumstance, perhaps, but a manageable one given the relatively limited [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
You may have read a couple of weeks back about our 40-language initiative and our broader goal of making the world’s information accessible in as many languages as possible. For this reason we were extremely pleased last week to take part in an event in Rotorua, New Zealand for the launch of the Google [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
As we continue to refine our search algorithms to deliver more relevant results, we strive to be as open as possible about how we use data to improve your search experience. Today, we're rolling out a new feature in Google Web Search that will help you better understand how your search results are already [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
We've known it for a long time: the web is big. The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we've seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. Recently, [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
One of our goals is to give everyone using Google the information they want, wherever they are, in whatever language they speak, and through whatever device they're using. A huge part of that goal is making our services available in as many languages as possible. And as I’m sure you can imagine, that isn't [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Posted by Liza Ma, Associate Product ManagerCreating content for the web is easy, but getting people to discover it can be a challenge. When we launched Google Webmaster Tools in 2006, the goal was to reach as many webmasters as possible in order to help them create more search engine-friendly sites. We wanted to help [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Posted by Ron Adler and Janis Stipins, Software EngineersGoogle has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, we've improved the performance of this Flash indexing algorithm by integrating Adobe's Flash Player technology. In the past, web [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Posted by Matt Simmons, Market Data GnomeWe're excited to let you know we're adding more real-time market data to Google Finance, Google.com and other Google properties. Starting today, you'll have access to real-time, last sale prices from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), along with those from NASDAQ, which we recently launched. Here's the NYSE [...]
published @ September 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Posted by Prashanth Koppula, Product ManagerWeb publishers often ask us how they can maximize their visibility on the web. Much of this has to do with search engine optimization -- making sure a publisher's content shows up on all the search engines. However, there are some cases in which publishers need to communicate more information [...]