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GAAC Attack: Year-End Fun for Google Analytics Pros

Google Analytics Blog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:56:02 GMT

2008 was an amazing year for the Google Analytics Authorized Consultants (GAACs). These guys are experts with Google Analytics, providing excellent service in areas such as installation, consultation and training. They're located all across the US, which means you can probably find one near you. We really like hearing from GAACs because they eat, live and breathe GA every day. Once a year, we invite them to Google for an event called the Google Analytics and Website Optimizer Authorized Consultant...(read more)

Year in review: 2008

Inside AdSense — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:36:01 GMT

As 2008 winds down, we'd like to follow tradition and close out the year with a look back at a few of the biggest happenings in AdSense. In 2008, we introduced new features like AdSense for feeds and an improved version of AdSense for search to help you generate additional forms of revenue. We brought Google Ad Manager out of beta to help publishers with smaller direct sales teams more efficiently sell, schedule, and deliver their ad inventory. At the same time, we worked towards providing more...(read more)

Japanese WMC Blog launched

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:44:00 GMT

Konnichiwa! Hajimemashite! *Hello, Nice to meet you! We just launched a new Webmaster Central Blog in Japanese. For those of you who feel more comfortable reading Japanese, and are interested in webmaster-related information from Google, and even learning about issues specific to our region and language, we hope you enjoy on our Japanese version of the Webmaster Central Blog :D Written by Naoko Imai, Search Quality Team...(read more)

Feliz Navidad from the Spanish Webmaster Central team!

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:54:05 GMT

About three and a half months ago we kicked off the Spanish Webmaster Central blog hoping to reach many webmasters. Given the time of the year, we would like to say a big ¡Muchas Gracias! to all our readers. It's been both a pleasure and a great opportunity for us to share our knowledge and hear your feedback. A few of this year's highlights: For the blog, we had: Matt Cutts talking to us in a 3 part interview (see part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). A series of videos explaining how to use Webmaster...(read more)

Warm wishes

Inside AdSense — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:18:05 GMT

From all of us here in Mountain View, have a safe and happy holiday season! (Members of the AdSense, DoubleClick, and Google Ad Manager teams pictured above.) Posted by Arlene Lee - AdSense Publisher Support...(read more)

Wishing you and your site a happy holiday!

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:07:00 GMT

Your presence is our favorite present -- thanks for joining us for another year of making your site, and therefore the web, a better place. Every day we see new people commenting and joining the discussion. This holiday season we'll try to update our blog to accommodate your growing needs. Always feel free to let us know how we're doing (especially if we publish a typo! :), because first and foremost and everywhere in the middle, we're trying to improve for you. Happy holidays from all...(read more)

Light up your site

Inside AdSense — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:15:05 GMT

We all know how it feels to find the perfect gift. After scouring stores far and wide, suddenly your hunt is over: the stars have aligned to bring you just what you're looking for -- and not a moment too soon. It's a bit the same way when a search brings you to just the right site. But what if your site's just the right site, and users can't find it? We're happy to let you know that you don't need divine forces to play a role in the findability of your site. Nope -- you can...(read more)

Quick and easy tips for the holiday rush

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:05:02 GMT

Season's greetings, webmasters! We've compiled a list of quick and simple tips for websites preparing for the holiday rush. For online and offline retailers, we understand that your website is a big part of your business, especially this time of year. Whether it's to make the sale online or to increase foot traffic to your brick-and-mortar location, your web presence is a critical part of your business plan. The tips below are fast, free, and can make a big difference. Verify that your...(read more)

Analytics, AdWords, and Big Spenders

Google Analytics Blog — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:05:03 GMT

In the spirit of the holidays, we would like to offer tips on how to increase visibility into your e-commerce performance and your advertising spend using Google Analytics. For many, seasonality influences purchasing decisions and affects business revenues. Analytics can help keep a close eye on your advertising spend and e-commerce trends to run a cost conscious business. We recommend 3 simple methods captured in the videos below. You can find these videos and more on the new Google Analytics Youtube...(read more)

Western Union payment updates

Inside AdSense — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:30:02 GMT

Do you use Western Union as your payment method? If so, we've just made a couple minor updates that we'd like to let you know about. Expiration date extended We've now extended the deadline to pick up your Western Union payments from 35 days to 60 days. If you haven't picked up your payment within 60 days of issuance, the payment will be credited back to your account and a payment hold will be placed on your account. You'll then see a notice in your account with more details on...(read more)

Happy Holidays from the Reader Team

Google Reader — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:56:04 GMT

As 2008 draws to a close, we'd like to leave you with a little gift. And since we know the one thing everyone wants is more stuff to read (don't forget you can hide unread counts! ), we've got just the thing. You may have noticed that we added a little "What's hot" section our sidebar that shows some algorithmically generated stuff that is interesting across the web. Who are we kidding... you're probably reading this blog in Reader, so this is news to you. If you're...(read more)

Sitemap Submission Made Simple

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:16:05 GMT

Submitting a Sitemap to Google just became even easier. No longer do you have to specify the Sitemap file type—we'll determine the type of data you're submitting automatically. Let's take a quick look at the kinds of Sitemap files we support as well as the ways they can be submitted to us. Sitemap file formats supported by Google Part of what makes the web so interesting is that there are so many different kinds of content out there. Do you use videos on your website? If so, send us a...(read more)

L'introduction d'un nouvel ami: the Google Analytics blog in French

Google Analytics Blog — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:32:02 GMT

Bonjour! We couldn't be happier to announce a new Google Analytics blog for all you francophiles - le blog officiel de Google Analytics (en français)! This is a companion blog to this English blog and it will be linked to from our French homepage , via the "Blog" link. Take a look to read the very first post! The French blog will have translated and localized versions of important posts from this blog, such as feature launches and integrations. There will also be practitioner posts...(read more)

Webmaster Tools in 40 languages!

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:07:02 GMT

( Инструменти за уеб администратори, Eines per a administradors web de Google, Webmaster Tools, Googlen Verkkovastaavan työkalut, Εργαλεία για Webmasters, Alat WebMaster, Tīmekļa pārziņa rīki, Žiniatinkli valdytojo įrankiai, Ferramentas para o webmaster do Google, Алатке за вебмастере, Nástroje správcu webu, Orodja za spletne skrbnike, Інструменти для веб-майстра, Công cụ Quản trị Trang Web) In our recent Webmaster Tools launch, we went live in 14 new languages, bringing our total language support...(read more)

Spotlight on your content

Inside AdSense — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:11:00 GMT

It's Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it readily available to all; as a web publisher, one of your goals may also be to make sure your content is readily available to all. We've recently taken steps to help you grow your site's traffic: we updated our Submit Your Content site with more information about distributing your content through Google products such as Web Search, Maps, YouTube, and iGoogle. In addition, we launched our Content Central blog...(read more)

New and improved account management pages

Google Analytics Blog — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:42:00 GMT

By now, you've probably noticed the account management pages you see when you log into your Google Analytics account. The pages have been updated to provide you with easier access and monitoring capabilities to your accounts and profiles. Now it's easier to manage and monitor your accounts and profiles, and also easier to see areas requiring attention because you can also glimpse at key performance metrics up front, right upon login . We've bubbled up snippets of meaningful data with...(read more)

Google Analytics YouTube Channel

Google Analytics Blog — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:54:01 GMT

When we launched additional enterprise class features in October, we created a few short videos to help to help people get started using the features. Your feedback on these videos and their popularity (over 70,000 views so far) has inspired us to create more educational videos. Today, we're pleased to announce the Google Analytics Channel on YouTube, a one-stop source for the latest Google Analytics-related videos. If you're looking for a beginner's guide to interpreting and acting on...(read more)

Launched: Google Health PHP Client Library

Google Data APIs Blog — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:04:01 GMT

Posted by Eric Bidelman, Google Data APIs Team Here's good news for all you PHP developers working with the Health Data API ! The Google Data PHP Client Library now includes support for the Google Health Data API. You can download the latest copy from the googlehealthsamples project page . In addition to the download, we also have a few developer resources to get you started: Getting Started with the PHP Client Library PHP Developer's Guide Sample Application...(read more)

Extending AdSense for domains to all publishers

Inside AdSense — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:08:03 GMT

Many publishers have approached us looking for a way to monetize their domains, and today, we're excited to announce the expansion of AdSense for domains. This product allows publishers to earn revenue through ads placed on undeveloped domains. With AdSense for domains, users can find relevant information rather than see empty pages or "page not found" errors. Today we present ads, links, and search results on the pages, and may add other useful information in the future. To ensure...(read more)

Message Center info through our API

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:16:00 GMT

Recently we mentioned some updates in the Webmaster Tools GData API : we've just launched a whole new API, the Message Center GData API, as part of the Webmaster Tools API. The Message Center is the way that Google communicates to webmasters important issues regarding their sites—for example, if there's a problem crawling your site , or if someone has requested a change in crawl rate . Until now it was only possible to access these messages through the Message Center section of Webmaster...(read more)

Google Base API Now in the JavaScript Client Library

Google Data APIs Blog — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:47:04 GMT

Posted by Eric Bidelman, Google Data APIs Team Today, we launched a new version of the JavaScript client library that includes the Google Base Data API . The Base API is great for creating interesting JS mashups. With this new release, it's much easier to build gadgets , mashups and JS applications that reuse the content in Base. In addition, you can interact with your personal items feed to create, modify and delete existing items. To get you started, we've published a new Interactive JavaScript...(read more)

Santa Tracking with NORAD and Google Analytics

Google Analytics Blog — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:17:05 GMT

We write this blog post with what can only be described as holiday giddiness. First, we're writing it from the North Pole with the help of Santa's Elves (they are spell-checking as we write), and second, we've teamed up with NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, as well as Santa Claus himself. Where could this possibly be going? Well, NORAD is using Google Analytics on their incredibly popular NORAD Tracks Santa website ! As you may know, NORAD provides aerospace warning...(read more)

Reintroducing your English Webmaster Help Google Guides

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:30:00 GMT

When we announced our latest round of Bionic Posters in the old Help Group , an astute webmaster noted that we had never fully introduced ourselves to the webmaster community. With our announcement of a new English Webmaster Help forum , I'm happy to (re)introduce you all to the Google Guides from around the world who will be hanging out in the English forum: Guides in Mountain View, California (from left to right): Adam , Maile , Matt Cutts , Chris , Wysz , Matt , Chark , and Adi . Also in Mountain...(read more)

Friend Connect now available in beta to everyone

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:40:04 GMT

If you've been looking for a way to grow traffic and make your site more interactive, check out Google Friend Connect -- now in beta and available to all webmasters. Remember that with Friend Connect, you can easily add social features to your site by just copying and pasting a few snippets of code, no programming necessary! Your visitors will be able to join your site, create or link to a profile, interact with other visitors, and invite friends to visit your site. Best of all, your visitors...(read more)

One place for changing your site's settings

Google Webmaster Central Blog — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:10:02 GMT

One of the many useful features of Webmaster Tools is the ability to adjust settings for your site, such as crawl rate or geographic target. We've been steadily adding settings over time and have now gotten to the point where they merit their own page. That's right, Webmaster Tools now provides a single, dedicated page where you can see and adjust all the settings for your site. The settings that have been moved to the new Settings page are: 1. Geographic Target 2. Preferred domain control...(read more)