Google announced an improvement of Google Mobile to make mobile's services easy to use:
"We've included video tutorials or emulators for every service or application, and we've designed the pages in such a way as to make it easy to learn more about the mobile offerings you're interested in."
in Official Googleblog
Google services for mobile devices:
Search Maps Gmail News SMS Blogger
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New Google Website Optimizer tool
Google announced the launch of a new tool in beta: Website Optimizer that is a free tool that helps AdWords advertisers test different landing pages and determine which one drives the most conversions.
For now, this tools is a Beta release and it will be limited to a small number of AdWords advertisers selected from all that apply.
Adsense integrated into Beta Blogger
AdSense ads is now integrated in the new Beta blogger template; Bloggers can now customize ads directly from "Add a Page Element" in new layouts-enabled template.
Post photos from Picasa to Blogger
A new feature for Beta Blogger: Posting photos directly from Google’s Picasa photo organizer to the new version of Blogger in Beta.
Post to the Blogger beta from Picasa
New version of Google Groups in Beta
Google launched a new beta version of Google Groups, with a lot of new features such as:
- New design for individual groups
-Group owners can now create a welcome message, upload a group logo and customize fonts and colors
-Many of the functions of Google Page Creator right into integrated into Google Groups
-Using Gmail's message cards for discussions, which makes them easier to follow
-Adding a Files section so users can share and collaborate on documents
-Helping groups have a better sense of their members with the Member area
The new Groups experience in Official Google Blog
New Google Code Search
Google launched today Google Code Search, which gives programmers a single place to search publicly accessible source code.
Google also launched a number of general-purpose developer and open-source tools like Google Web Toolkit and project hosting on Google Code.
More developer love with Google Code Search in Official Google Blog
Google Talk open for all
Google Talk is now open for all (Gmail accounts no longer required ); but there are still some features including chat histories and mail notifications that will only work if you sign into Google Talk with a Gmail account.
Now anyone can Talk
New version of Google Reader Today
Google launch today a new version of Google Reader with new features
Your inbox for the web in Official Google Blog
Google Reader
Google add weather to Google Calendar
Google add weather to Google Calendar:
"You can add web content events to your own calendar for weather forecasts, moon phases, and even Google doodles (those special-occasion logos you sometimes see on Google.com). Now you can be the first to know when there's a new one!"
Google Calendar does something about the weather
Google Calendar
New Google Notebook
Google launched a new improved version of Google Notebook with new features such a much slicker drag-and-drop UI to let you organize better, a trash bin for all your deleted items, and the ability to undo your last action. And now you can see your notebooks on your personalized homepage.
New release of Google Search Appliance
A new version of "Google Search Appliance" is available today with increased document capacity to handle(up to 30 million document) and some new features such as date and number range search. The interface is now available in 16 languages.
New version of Picasa
Google announce a new version of Picasa, Google's photo organizer; It has new features like Picasa Web Albums that lets upload and share photos online. Google say also they've fixed a whole bunch of things so Picasa can work better.
Site optimization by Google Analytics
A post on Google analytics blog give advices on site optimization in four steps using the data available in Google Analytics.
Free downloads from Google books
Google start today a new free offer: the ability to download full copies of out-of-copyright classics books with Google Book Search.
It is possible now to download Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet for free.
New Google offer : Google Apps for Your Domain
Google lunches Google Apps for Your Domain a set of applications (Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, and Google Page) that organizations (domains owners) can give to theirs users
Google explain : "There's no hardware or software required, and you can customize the user interfaces with your branding and color scheme"
the service is still in beta.
New Google Talk
Google have complete testing a new version of Google talk and The new Google Talk is now available updated with a bunch of new features - File transfer: The "top requested" feature of GTalk users. You can share any type of file, several at a time if you want, including photos, of course. According to a Google representative, when you drop up to 10 photos on Google Talk, smaller previews automatically appear right inside the chat window, so you can chat about them right away.
- Voice mail: You can now leave voice mails for any of your Google Talk contacts when they don't answer a call, but you can also easily record voice notes and send them to anyone you know by just adding their e-mail addresses to your contact list. They don't even have to be running Google Talk. According to the same Google rep: "This is a fun and easy way to just say hello, send someone a reminder, or sing your mom happy birthday. :-)" The Gmail team has added the ability to play back voice mail messages within Gmail.
- Music status sharing: Users can opt to display the titles of the songs they are listening to in their status bar when Google Talk detects that a supported music player is running. Music Status currently supports iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp and Yahoo Music Engine.
- Voice mail: You can now leave voice mails for any of your Google Talk contacts when they don't answer a call, but you can also easily record voice notes and send them to anyone you know by just adding their e-mail addresses to your contact list. They don't even have to be running Google Talk. According to the same Google rep: "This is a fun and easy way to just say hello, send someone a reminder, or sing your mom happy birthday. :-)" The Gmail team has added the ability to play back voice mail messages within Gmail.
- Music status sharing: Users can opt to display the titles of the songs they are listening to in their status bar when Google Talk detects that a supported music player is running. Music Status currently supports iTunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp and Yahoo Music Engine.
New Blogger in Beta
Google has started today testing an enhanced version of its blog publishing service Blogger in Beta;
For now, Google is limiting the number of Blogger's members who can switch over to the new beta version of the service. Those who want to try the new features out right away can create a new account at http://beta.blogger.com/. It's also possible now to use google accounts login to have accces to the service.
Here is some of new interesting features and functions of the new release:
-Categorize posts with labels
-Control access to blogs: add authors so multiple people can post to blog, choose who can view blog just by adding their email address.
-Categorize posts with labels
-Control access to blogs: add authors so multiple people can post to blog, choose who can view blog just by adding their email address.
-Make layout changes : Blogger's Layout feature: edit and customize your Blogger template, edit and customize the colors, fonts, header and sidebar of your blog .
-More feed options
-New Dashboard
-Bunch of new blogger templates
Google Sitemaps became Webmaster Tools
Google has renamed "Google Sitemaps" to "Google Webmaster Tools" and has added the service to their Google Webmaster Central channel which includes :
Site status wizard
Find out whether your site is currently being indexed by Google.
Webmaster tools (including Sitemaps)
Statistics, diagnostics and management of Google's crawling and indexing of your website, including Sitemap submission and reporting.
Submit your content to Google
Learn about submitting content for Google properties such as Google Base and Google Book Search.
Webmaster Central Blog
The latest news and info on how Google crawls and indexes websites.
Google's discussion group for webmasters
Talk with your fellow webmasters and share your feedback.
Webmaster help center
See answers to frequently asked questions about crawling, indexing, ranking and other webmaster issues.
New Google Services Uncovered
Tony Ruscoe, a UK developer, had a "quick go" at Google's servers, and got a wealth of information out of that small expedition. Ruscoe discovered the names of fourteen services that, as he put it, "aren't currently available to your 'real' Google account."
There are screenshots of the list (in multiple languages) on Ruscoe's blog. The pictures serve as evidence of the services' existence (in some form), although they don't offer much besides those names. Ruscoe accessed the pages by setting up "some kind of test account" in "the 'sandbox' subdomain."
Ruscoe was able to add Google Events, Google Guess, Google Online Assessment, Google Real Estate Search, Google RS2, Google Writely, Local, Mobile, Mobile Marketplace, New Service (AKA Workplace), New Service, Talk, Weaver, and WiFi to his test account. As he noted, some of these have already been hinted at or discussed.
Others haven't been leaked until now, though, and Ruscoe considered what the names might imply. Of the New Service (AKA Workplace), Ruscoe wrote, "Maybe this is the big one people have been waiting for; the one that will really kill Microsoft Office. At least, if it's at all related to IBM Workplace it could be . . . . All I know is that it's got something to do with OpenOffice.org - so that's why it could be the killer . . ."
With the Mobile Marketplace, Ruscoe speculated, quoting John Battelle, "Maybe Google will finally plug mobile 'into the web in a way that makes sense for the average user' and maybe they'll also be the ones to create 'a major mobile innovation - the kind that makes us all say - Jeez that was obvious.' But we'll see."
More speculation takes place among the comments on Ruscoe's blog. The names of those Google services hint at some very interesting possibilities.
There are screenshots of the list (in multiple languages) on Ruscoe's blog. The pictures serve as evidence of the services' existence (in some form), although they don't offer much besides those names. Ruscoe accessed the pages by setting up "some kind of test account" in "the 'sandbox' subdomain."
Ruscoe was able to add Google Events, Google Guess, Google Online Assessment, Google Real Estate Search, Google RS2, Google Writely, Local, Mobile, Mobile Marketplace, New Service (AKA Workplace), New Service, Talk, Weaver, and WiFi to his test account. As he noted, some of these have already been hinted at or discussed.
Others haven't been leaked until now, though, and Ruscoe considered what the names might imply. Of the New Service (AKA Workplace), Ruscoe wrote, "Maybe this is the big one people have been waiting for; the one that will really kill Microsoft Office. At least, if it's at all related to IBM Workplace it could be . . . . All I know is that it's got something to do with OpenOffice.org - so that's why it could be the killer . . ."
With the Mobile Marketplace, Ruscoe speculated, quoting John Battelle, "Maybe Google will finally plug mobile 'into the web in a way that makes sense for the average user' and maybe they'll also be the ones to create 'a major mobile innovation - the kind that makes us all say - Jeez that was obvious.' But we'll see."
More speculation takes place among the comments on Ruscoe's blog. The names of those Google services hint at some very interesting possibilities.
From Search Newz, KY
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