How to embed a Picasa Web Albums slideshow into your blogger
2007-10-21 13:46:00
Using Picasa
Web Albums you can create a Flash slideshow to embed
in your blog or webpage. Each slideshow features built-in playback controls, size options, and the ability to display captions. To create and embed a slideshow:Sign in to your web albums account at http://picasaweb.google.com using your Google Account username and password. Click the My Photos link and select the album you'd like to make a slideshow.Click the Embed Slideshow link. This creates a Flash slideshow from the album you've selected. When you update this album, your slideshow is automatically updated to show the latest photos. To embed the slideshow, copy and paste the HTML code that's shown into your blog or webpage. Optional: For information about the slideshow, click the Picasa logo in the lower-right corner. Tip: Once it's embedded into your blog or site, people viewing your slideshow can click the person icon to go to your public gallery or click Get Your Own to start making their own portable slide
Upload photos from Flickr directly to Blogger
2007-10-20 12:45:00
Just set up a connection beweent your Flickr
account and Blogger
by go here. Once your set up is done, just choose a pic you want to upload to Blogger and lick on Blog This. You could add your multi blogs in a Blogger account.
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Google goes to Black
2007-10-20 12:37:00
On Saturday, October 20, 2007, San Francisco will go black for one hour (8pm-9pm PST) as it participates in “Lights Out San Francisco”. In addition, the citizens of SF are encouraged to install at least one compact fluorexcent light bulb to help reduce their energy consumption. In a show of their support, Google
has changed the background of their page to black. This page is targeted at San Francisco users, since this is a local thing, so chances are you are seeing the normal Google page if you aren’t using an internet connection that traces back to San Francisco. This isn’t to say that you can’t join in and turn out your lights from 8pm-9pm. If you’re visiting Google.com from San Francisco today, you might see it showing a black background color with the text “We’ve turned the lights out. Now it’s your turn.” And if you want a permanently dark search homepage, you can boomark Black
le.com, though Google says a black background color doesn’t actually save energy...
Firefox 2.0.0.8 released
2007-10-20 12:34:00
Firefox 2 is the next-generation release of the award-winning Firefox web browser from Mozilla. These Release Notes cover what's new, download and installation instructions, known issues and frequently asked questions for Firefox 2.
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Reformat your Gmail address with dots
2007-10-18 13:54:00
You can reformat your existing Gmail
address by inserting dots (periods) anywhere within your Gmail username. The Gmail Help pages explain: Because Gmail doesn't recognize dots as characters within usernames, adding or removing dots from a Gmail address won't change the actual destination address. Messages sent to yourusername@gmail.com and y.o.u.r.u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e@gmail.com are all delivered to your Inbox, and only yours.
iGoogle launched in 13 new languages
2007-10-18 13:46:00
Here is the list of 13 new languages:* Arabic* Bulgarian* Catalan* Croatian* Icelandic* Indonesian* Latvian* Lithuanian* Malay* Serbian* Slovak* Slovenian* Tagalog[Google Official Blog]
How Google Blogs
2007-10-18 12:05:00
When Google
launched the Official Google Blog back in 2004, it started as sort of a ho-hum event. There wasn't anything particularly gripping, and some wondered if the company should be more edgy with its posts. Since then, Google has launched more than 70 additional official blogs over the years. Some have gotten edgy; a few even have comments, but most important, they've turned into an essential communications vehicle for the company.Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land interviewed Karen Wickre, “mother of Google’s blogs”, on her work as editor & “gatekeeper” of the official Google blogs.Danny: How would you characterize your role in relation to the blogs? Karen: I shepherd them. I call myself the managing editor, and I'm the gatekeeper for the new blogs. I've been with Google a long time and have worked in publishing a long time, so I can't help but pay attention to the words -- to the ways in which Google is communicating with the world. Danny:
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Time Around the World Gadget
2007-10-17 21:07:00
If you like to keep track of time, need to know what time it is in different time zones, or are simply obsessed with clocks, be sure to give the Time Around the World
gadget a try.This gadget is also a great resource for developers because it uses a wide range of advanced features: Eye candy - zooming, rotations, and fade-outs. Layout management - the gadget arranges the clocks based on user-specified layouts. Configurable clock themes. Advanced options dialog techniques - the gadget uses four different options dialogs, each packed with controls and other goodies. The gadget uses no native code — just XML and JavaScript — so you'll get all the source code when you download the gadget.[Google Desktop APIs blog]
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How to install a Blogger XML template
2007-10-17 12:26:00
Make sure you have backed up your template
before install
ing a new one.1. Go to your Blogger
Control Panel - Edit HTML2. Browse the XML
file you have saved and upload it.[Free BlogSpot Templates]
Google Subscribed Links
2007-10-17 12:20:00
Google Subscribed Links allow you to add custom search results to Google search for users who trust you. You can display links to your services for your customers, provide news and status information updated in near-real-time, answer questions, calculate useful quantities, and more.See examples of existing Subscribed Links.What you can do with Subscribed Links Create search results specific to your product, service, or expertise.Design a basic version in minutes to see how it works.Build a dynamic version using XML, TSV, or RSS files or feeds.Include images in your Subscribed Links.Include Google Gadgets in your Subscribed Links. New!Test your Subscribed Links interactively and get debugging messages.Include cities, countries, and calculator invocations as special objects.
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More Spreadsheets Features: change format with rules, hide columns or rows
2007-10-17 11:38:00
Google Spreadsheets
has several new features, as a Google Docs Guide in the official help group on the subject announced today:** Background and text colors based on rules YOU createhttp://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer... - Set text and background colors based on rules you create! A great tool for those of you who want a quick visual summary of complex or changing data. ** Hide and Unhide Datahttp://documents.google.com/support/spreadsheets/bin/answer.py?answer... - Not excited yet? Well, maybe you will be when I mention that this feature enables you to *hide row and columns
*! Champagne, anyone?** Print like a pro-To create a better printing experience, we've changed the default printing output. Now, before you print, your spreadsheet is convertedto PDF, creating a more readable, better looking printed spreadsheetfor all.** Banish ugly errors when your formula doesn't compute- Try using the new function IFERROR. IFERROR allows you to choosewhat s
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Add Desktop Gadgets to iGoogle
2007-10-17 11:26:00
Windows only: Google Desktop
users can now add some of their favorite gadgets and sidebar applets to their personalized iGoogle home pages as well. That means being able to play music, monitor system performance or even check wireless signal strength from your browser. The latest (still beta) release of Google Desktop also includes better Outlook search compatibility, multiple gadget instances and a polished look for the search box. Google Desktop is also available for Mac and Linux, but the desktop-to-iGoogle gadgets appear to be only working for XP/Vista/2000 users at the moment.The process for adding Desktop gadgets to your iGoogle homepage is simple. Just surf over to the iGoogle Content Directory and find the gadgets you want to add -- for example, try adding the media player gadget by clicking on the "Add it now" button on this page. If you already have Desktop 5.5 installed, you'll get the gadget without having to do anything more. If you don't, you'll be offered a streamline
Create Google Calendar Events from Gmail
2007-10-17 11:11:00
In the "More actions" drop-down, select "Create Event" and then enter the details of the event. Unfortunately, Google
Calendar
doesn't add snippets from the message to the event, so you'll have to copy-paste some relevant fragments. Once the event is created, you'll see it in Gmail
's sidebar, next to the message. This could server as a reminder when you get a reply or read the message again in the future.
orkut up to 50 Photos in your album
2007-10-17 10:58:00
Today Google announced that they expanded the orkut album size from 25 to 50 pictures as Natalie Schwartz, Associate Product Marketing Manager, said on orkut blog:Several weeks ago, we announced that we'd expanded the orkut album size to 25 pictures. And last week, we quietly launched double the space: now you can have up to 50 photos in your orkut album! Not many of you have caught on to this yet, so we thought we'd let you know here. For now, that's it, twice as much space for you to share more pics of your family, friends, travels, or whatever else you like! And, more photos makes browsing orkut even more fun. If you love taking photos like me, though, 50 covers about the past month's worth, so we'll continue to add photo space to accommodate even the extreme photo buff.
Fun with Google's Image Labeler
2007-10-17 10:37:00
Google Image
Labeler
, a new feature of Google Image Search that allows you to label random images to help improve the quality of Google's image search results.How does it work?You'll be randomly paired with a partner who's online and using the feature. Over a two-minute period, you and your partner will be shown the same set of images and asked to provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see. When your label matches your partner's label, you'll earn points depending on how specific your label is. You'll be shown more images until time runs out. After time expires, you can explore the images you've seen and the websites where those images were found. And we'll show you the points you've earned throughout the session.For example, this image can be described by the labels: sky (50 points), bird (60 points), soaring (120 points), or frigate bird (150 points).What is required to participate?Just an interest in helping Google improve the relevance of image searc
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Blogger - Free, automated weblog publishing tool
2007-10-16 13:36:00
Blogger is a blog publishing system. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003.History * On August 23, 1999, Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs. As one of the earliest dedicated blog-publishing tools, it is credited for helping popularize the format. * In February 2003, Pyra Labs was acquired by Google under undisclosed terms. The acquisition allowed premium features that Pyra charged for to be free. About a year later, Pyra Labs' co-founder, Evan Williams, left Google. * In 2004, Google purchased Picasa; it integrated Picasa and its photo sharing utility Hello into Blogger, allowing users to post photos to their blogs. * On May 9, 2004, Blogger introduced a major redesign, adding features including CSS-compliant templates, individual archive pages for posts, comments, and posting by email. * On 14 August 2006, Blogger launched its latest version in beta, codenamed Invader, alongside the gold release. This migrated users to Google servers, as well including some n
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Google Analytics Unveils New Features, Urchin Software
2007-10-16 13:05:00
[Google
Press] Today at the eMetrics Summit in Washington, D.C., Google announced new features to its Google Analytics
™ web service such as site search reporting and event tracking, and an updated version of Urchin™ software. This enhanced feature set makes essential Web 2.0 information more accessible and comprehensible, and enables Google Analytics
users to better understand their users and to act on reporting information in more sophisticated ways. Users can enable site search to identify keywords, categories, products, and trends across time and user segments, thereby helping them measure the effectiveness of their websites and their marketing dollars. Site search aggregates data about how searches affect site usage, e-commerce activity, and conversion rates, by tracking internal search patterns. This best-of-breed feature will soon be available worldwide, and it works with Google Custom Search™, GSA, Google Mini™ and many other non-Google site search products. With Web 2
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Google Analytics - makes it easy to improve your results online
2007-10-16 12:28:00
Google Analytics
(GA) is a free service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about the visitors to a website. Its main highlight is that a webmaster can optimize his/her AdWords advertisement and marketing campaigns through the use of GA's analysis of where the visitors came from, how long they stayed on the website and their geographical position.Users can define and track conversions, or goals. Goals might include sales, lead generation, viewing a specific page, or downloading a particular file. By using this tool, marketers can determine which ads are performing, and which are not, as well as find unexpected sources of quality visitors.Google's service was modeled upon Urchin Software Corporation's analytics system, Urchin on Demand (Google acquired Urchin Software Corp. in April 2005). Google still sells the standalone installable Urchin software through a network of value-added resellers. The system also brings ideas from Adaptive Path, who's product, Measure M
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YouTube Video Identification Beta
2007-10-15 21:07:00
Today, Google announces to launch, in beta form, YouTube
Video Identification
.Video Identification is the next step in a long list of content policies and tools that we have provided copyright owners so that they can more easily identify their content and manage how it is made available on YouTube.David King, YouTube Product Manager, said on their blog about Video Identification joins the following policies and tools: Our strict repeat-infringer policy, which has been in place since our launch, terminates accounts of repeat infringers based on DMCA notices. We take a unique "hash" of every video removed for copyright infringement and block re-upload of that exact video file prospectively. We require a 10-minute limit on the length of content uploaded to the site. We provide content owners with an electronic notification and takedown tool, to help them more easily identify their material and notify us to take it down with the click of a mouse. We also publish copyright tips for users i
Google Maps in Your Sidebar
2007-10-15 13:47:00
Mini Map Sidebar
gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for your web browser. Create and save a sidebar map using the addresses or address links you find on web pages (highlight then drag and drop), or by manually adding locations. View traffic Info, drag and drop kml files, local search, Google
, Yahoo and Live Local directions, view in google earth, tagzania, platial, geourl and many more. Address/Location points are stored locally for later use. This extension comes with two mapping components, the main and most powerful one being a minimap sidebar. In this sidebar you can drag and drop addresses or locations you find on web pages and they will be automatically located, and added to your saved address list. The sidebar is launched from the toolbar icon (customise toolbar and drag in), a statusbar icon and the view sidebar menu. The extension also comes with a main browser Map Tab for viewing a larger map and this is accessed from the
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Google Maps
2007-10-15 13:34:00
Google Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a free web mapping service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers street maps, a route planner, and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world.A related product is Google Earth, a standalone program for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux which offers enhanced globe-viewing features.FeaturesGoogle Maps features a map that can be navigated by dragging the mouse, or using the mouse wheel to zoom in (mouse wheel up) or out (mouse wheel down) to show detailed street information. Users may enter an address, intersection or general area to quickly find it on the map.Search results can be restricted to a certain area, thanks to Google Local. For example, someone can enter a query such as "Waffles in Ottawa" to find restaurants serving waffles near the
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Cricket Score gadget
2007-10-15 13:02:00
For the Cricket
World Cup 2007, Google launched three cricket-related gadgets: Cricket World Cup Score
s, Cricket Videos, and Cricket Images and News. Recently, Google open-sourced all three of these gadgets at code.google.comGoogle also looking for developers to enhance these gadgets. If you have knowledge of JavaScript programming or RSS/Atom/JSON XML feeds, or if you are a cricket freak and want to learn how to build gadgets, you are most welcome to join. Read here for more information about it.
How to Rename/Delete folders in Google Reader
2007-10-15 12:55:00
To delete the tags/folders, go to Settings > Tags, select the folders you want to remove and then click the button "Delete selected".
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Google Reader - checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content
2007-10-15 12:48:00
Google Reader
is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline. It was released by Google on October 7, 2005 through Google Labs. Reader graduated from beta status on 17 September 2007.FeaturesInterfaceMajor revisions to Reader's interface were made on September 28, 2006. Nick Baum, Product Manager on the Google Reader
team, whilst being interviewed by Robert Scoble, stated that the redesign is a movement toward making news aggregation something for the general public to enjoy.Here are some of the features that are now included within Google Reader: * A front page that lets you see new items at a glance * Import and export subscription lists as an OPML file * Keyboard shortcuts for main functions * Choice between list view or expanded view for item viewing (showing either just the story title or with a description, respectively) * Automatic marking of items as read as they are scroll past (expanded view only) * Search in all feeds, across all updates
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Put YouTube Videos on Your Web Page
2007-10-15 11:31:00
The Video Bar is a simple to use application of the Google AJAX Search API that is designed to let you easily add a strip of playable videos to your pages, sites, and blogs. The sample video bars to the right and below demonstrate some of the key features of this control. The control is highly customizable, allowing you to specify the orientation of the video bar, the number of videos displayed, the size of the thumbnails, the location and size of the video player, the list of search expressions that drive the video bar, etc. Your page controls the selection of videos displayed in the video bar through both APIs, and if you like, through hyperlinks on your page (e.g., VW GTI, Monkeyboy, Wii.)Adding the Video Bar to your page is a snap. The easiest way is to start with our Video Bar Wizard. The wizard walks you through some simple customizations and then generates all of the code for you. If you want to
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Google Hates Me now on TOP #1 Google today!
2007-10-26 14:03:00
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Get email notifications from Blogger's comments
2007-10-25 05:15:00
For those who leave comments on an old post from a Blogger
blog, now you can get email notifications if someone posts a new comment. Just check "Email follow-up comments to my Google account address".
A Football Club’s Google Poster
2007-10-23 23:51:00
The fans in the stadium are holding up a large print out showing a Google
search for “Juventus” (Juventus is an Italian football/ soccer club). The search results asks Forse cercavi: merda, which translates to – pardon the vocabulary – “Did you mean: Shit”.[Google Blogoscoped]
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, Poster
Google updates language bar for Blogger
2007-10-25 04:53:00
Now you can choose your language
from the Blogger
's hompage without sign in with your account or you can go here.
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, updates
Fun With Google's Translator
2007-10-23 23:41:00
Just enter “sarkozy sarkozy sarkozy” (no quotes) into Google
’s new translator (Sarkozy is the French president). Then pick the French to English translation and see the result. This funny tip from Google Blogoscoped. Have Fun!
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