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Congratulations are in order

Posted by Alan Eustace, Senior VP, Engineering I'm delighted to congratulate <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/alon/">Alon Halevy</a> and <a href="http://norvig.com/">Peter Norvig</a>, two Googlers who have been selected for the <a href="http://fellows.acm.org/">2006 class of ACM Fellows</a>. This is a great honor, and a recognition of extraordinary contributions to the computing community. Peter, who was our first director of search quality and is currently director of Google Research, has been recognized for his many contributions to the disciplines of artificial intelligence and information retrieval. Alon, who recently joined us from the University of Washington and now leads one of our structured data initiatives, has been honored for his contributions in data integration and knowledge representation. We'd like to thank each of them along with the other ACM Fellows for their hard work and innovative thinking. In many ways, these distinguished scientists and engineers have helped shape computing into something that affects the lives of hundreds of millions of people. They've also raised the bar on what it means to be a great computer scientist or a great engineer, which makes our work that much more interesting.

Congratulations are in order

Posted by Alan Eustace, Senior VP, Engineering I'm delighted to congratulate Alon Halevy and Peter Norvig , two Googlers who have been ...

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Voulez-vous...collaborate...avec moi ce soir?

Posted by Kevin Systrom, Associate Product Marketing Manager For those of you who don't speak French: I don't either. But that's OK, because as I was writing this post in Google Docs & Spreadsheets, I simply added my French-speaking friend Nick, who confirmed that my two years of high-school French have not paid off. The title aside, we wanted to let you know that Google Docs & Spreadsheets, our handy online document and spreadsheet editor, now comes in 12 more languages. That's 11 if you don't count <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Den_GB&hl=en_GB<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=en_GB-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=en_GB">English</a> for the UK, where the only difference is the word 'color' (colour). The other languages we've added are: <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dfr&hl=fr<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=fr-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=fr">French</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dit&hl=it<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=it-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=it">Italian</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dde&hl=de<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=de-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=de">German</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Des&hl=es<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=es-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=es">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dzh_TW&hl=zh_TW<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=zh_TW-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=zh_TW">Traditional Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dzh_CN&hl=zh_CN<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=zh_CN-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=zh_CN">Simplified Chinese</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dko&hl=ko<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=ko-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=ko">Korean</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dtr&hl=tr<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=tr-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=tr">Turkish</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dpl&hl=pl<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=pl-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=pl">Polish</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dnl&hl=nl<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=nl-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=nl">Dutch</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dpt_BR&hl=pt_BR<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=pt_BR-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=pt_BR">Portuguese (Brazil)</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Dru&hl=ru<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=ru-more&utm-medium=more&utm-campaign=ru">Russian</a>. If your favorite language isn't listed here, we've got an additional 18 languages in our spell-checker. Visit <a href="https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F%3Fhl%3Den&hl=en<mpl=homepage&nui=1&utm-source=en-gblog&utm-medium=gblog&utm-campaign=en">docs.google.com</a> to try it out. There's more: Google Toolbar 3 for Firefox is now out of beta and available in all the same languages. In this new version, you can open your documents and spreadsheets directly in Google Docs & Spreadsheets. <a href="http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/FT3/intl/en/">Give it a try</a>.

Voulez-vous...collaborate...avec moi ce soir?

Posted by Kevin Systrom, Associate Product Marketing Manager For those of you who don't speak French: I don't either. But that's...

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Who links to your site?

Posted by By Vanessa Fox, Product Manager, Webmaster Central At <a title="webmaster central" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters">Webmaster Central</a>, we are all about communicating with webmasters about their sites in the Google index. We want to provide as much information as we can to help webmasters understand how their sites perform and how to improve their results. And we want to get input from the site owners, who after all know their sites best. We spend a lot of time talking with, and getting feedback from, webmasters. One request we hear a lot is to show which pages link to a site. You could always get a sub-sampled list of backlinks by using the link: operator, but now, as the owner of a site, you can get a much larger list in the <a title="webmaster tools" href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools">Webmaster Tools</a> component of Webmaster Central. Head on over to <a href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/02/discover-your-links.html">this post</a> on our Webmaster Central blog for all the details, and then log into Webmaster tools to see what sites link to you. We hope this gives you greater insight about your visitor traffic as well as how your site is linked throughout the web.

Who links to your site?

Posted by By Vanessa Fox, Product Manager, Webmaster Central At Webmaster Central , we are all about communicating with webmasters about the...

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Google Maps down under

Posted by Noel Gordon, Software Engineer Many Australians have used our maps and satellite images, so today we're especially excited to launch <a title="Google Maps Australia" href="http://maps.google.com.au/">Google Maps Australia</a>. We've expanded service to include Australian business listings, driving directions, and support for Google Mobile Maps in Australia. The next time you're looking for an <a title="address" href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=1+Martin+Place,+Sydney+NSW+2000">address</a>, <a title="tiger meat pie in Sydney" href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=tiger+meat+pie+sydney">tiger meat pie in Sydney</a>, <a title="cafes in Melbourne" href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=cafes+melbourne">cafes in Melbourne</a>, or how to <a title="get to the beach" href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=sydney&daddr=bondi+beach">get to the beach</a>, Google Maps can help you find the answer. If you're at your computer, go to <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/">http://maps.google.com.au</a> and start searching -- you can type addresses or business searches like [<a title="cricket near melbourne" href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=cricket+near+melbourne">cricket near melbourne</a>] all into the same search box. If you want to access Google Maps on your mobile device, go to <a href="http://www.google.com/gmm">http://www.google.com/gmm</a> from your Java- enabled phone or Palm device to get started. A good part of the Google Maps team works out of our Sydney R&D center, and we're really pleased to offer the full functionality of Google Maps to everyone down under. Please <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/support/bin/request.py">let us know what you think</a>!

Google Maps down under

Posted by Noel Gordon, Software Engineer Many Australians have used our maps and satellite images, so today we're especially excited to ...

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Web APIs, web mashups and accessibility

Posted by T.V. Raman, Research Scientist From time to time, our own <a href="http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/">T.V. Raman</a> shares his tips on how to use Google from his perspective as a technologist who cannot see—tips that sighted people, among others, may also find useful. - Ed. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup">Wikipedia defines mashup</a> in the context of web applications as a "(web application hybrid), a website or web application that combines content from more than one source." More generally, web mashups are created by leveraging web APIs to present data in new and innovative ways—often, such innovation comes about by combining data from a multiplicity of sources. However, notice that combining multiple data sources into new and innovative views is not the only possible use of web APIs; in particular, you can also leverage these APIs to produce alternative views of a given data source. Newer uses of web APIs such as those provided by Google Maps, Google Calendar or Google Search often fall into this category of providing convenient user access. Thus, it is possible to embed a Google Calendar or the map for a given location into one's website. Moving from the above scenario to leveraging web APIs in the context of mashups for enabling better accessibility is but one step away. As an example, envision a very basic Google Maps mashup that embeds a map on a web page—but with zoom level set to twice the normal default. This might make a very interesting starting point for a low-vision user. Given the expressiveness of web APIs, we can go a lot further. I believe web mashups provide a very rich platform for building creative accessibility solutions with the goals of: <ul><li>Providing the ability to build highly optimized custom views for cases where a "one size fits all" solution does not work </li><li>Experimenting with different accessibility approaches to discover solutions that work for inclusion into the mainstream </li></ul>To get a sense of what is possible, see how other web developers are leveraging these APIs to provide innovative access solutions. As an example of what can be done with GData-based APIs provided by applications like Google Calendar and friends, see this trip report—<a title="http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2007/01/mashup-camp-3-googlers-experience.html" href="http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2007/01/mashup-camp-3-googlers-experience.html">Mashup Camp 3 - A Googler's Experience</a>. In particular, notice <a title="http://www.robocal.com/" href="http://www.robocal.com/">RoboCal</a> a mashup that provides spoken access to your calendar.

Web APIs, web mashups and accessibility

Posted by T.V. Raman, Research Scientist From time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use Google from his perspective as...

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Personally speaking

Posted by Sep Kamvar, Engineering Lead for Personalization, and Marissa Mayer, VP Search & User Experience Google's goal has always been to give you exactly the information you want right when you want it. With the growth of the Internet and all the new information coming online every day, this might sound hard. We're constantly trying to improve the quality of your search results. One of the ways we're tackling this is by personalizing your search experience. After all, you're the only one who actually knows what you're really looking for. We have two main ways of personalizing your Google experience. First, you can customize products and services like the <a href="http://www.google.com/ig">Google Personalized Homepage</a>. Personalizing your homepage gives you the at-a-glance information that you care about—such as your latest Gmail messages, news headlines, or to-do list—right at your fingertips, just the way you want it. Second, we offer automatic personalization through things like personalized search and <a href="http://www.google.com/searchhistory/items">recommendations</a>. Our goal with these types of technologies is to make your Google search experience better based on what we know about your preferences, without you having to do any extra work. Today, we're taking another step toward making personalization more available to you by combining these two into a single signed-in experience. Now, when you're signed in, you'll have access to a personalized Google—one that combines personalized search results and a personalized homepage. Keep in mind that personalization is subtle—at first you may not notice any difference. But over time, as the search engine learns your preferences, you'll see it. For example, I (Sep) am an avid Miami Dolphins fan (no joke). Searching for [dolphins] gives me info about my favorite football team, while a marine biologist colleague gets more information about her salt-water friends. If you don't want to see personalized results, just sign out of your <a href="http://www.google.com/accounts">Google Account</a>. After all, the goal is to give you what you want when you want it. So give it a whirl and <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help">let us know what you think</a>.

Personally speaking

Posted by Sep Kamvar, Engineering Lead for Personalization, and Marissa Mayer, VP Search & User Experience Google's goal has always ...

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Office of the apes

Posted by Tom Galloway, Technical Writer Yesterday was National Gorilla Suit Day (NGSD). No, I'm not making this up--MAD Magazine cartoonist Don Martin did, back in 1964. Naturally, there's a full story behind this holiday, and it's been <a href="http://www.povonline.com/National%20Gorilla%20Suit%20Day.htm">chronicled</a> by my friend, writer Mark Evanier. If you've visited the right websites over the last week or so, you'll have seen various <a href="http://www.povonline.com/ngsdbanners.htm">banners</a> promoting National Gorilla Suit Day, which were provided by Mark. <div style="direction: ltr;">One particular result of Mark's promotion of this wonderful holiday is that a New York City-based singing telegram service, <a href="http://www.thefurriercourier.com/">The Furrier Courier</a>, offered free singing telegrams, delivered by someone in a gorilla suit on NGSD, to the first five responders. <div style="direction: ltr;">So, I asked myself: Wouldn't it be Googley to have a gorilla-suited singing telegram delivered to some New York City Googlers?</div> Why, yes...yes, it would. Especially if they didn't know about it in advance. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLQLXv2hlHp8EP0qAwvOd4yEAgCWwvSyA6yjxvuPwfDgwS8QJPUAxVgYYQO_aZTmmRaoMW3QAUMNWHHOhS4ZifyTDiqmJKfd5RIXdKmZy0Y94e3_HglmC6sToSn0uLzuNWPik9Cg-a_g/s1600-h/gorilla1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026711838570406930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLQLXv2hlHp8EP0qAwvOd4yEAgCWwvSyA6yjxvuPwfDgwS8QJPUAxVgYYQO_aZTmmRaoMW3QAUMNWHHOhS4ZifyTDiqmJKfd5RIXdKmZy0Y94e3_HglmC6sToSn0uLzuNWPik9Cg-a_g/s200/gorilla1.JPG" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a>So Wednesday morning our gorilla-suited singer serenaded a weekly meeting of Googlers, including ones videoconferencing in from Mountain View, Kirkland, and Dublin. Mark also celebrated the day appropriately--by having Furrier Courier <a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_01_31.html#012844">serenade the MAD Magazine offices</a>. <div style="direction: ltr;"><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_01_31.html#012844" target="_blank"></a> </div>Now if only I can manage to talk the powers that be into a National Gorilla Suit Day <a href="http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html">Google doodle</a>--oh well, next year. </div>

Office of the apes

Posted by Tom Galloway, Technical Writer Yesterday was National Gorilla Suit Day (NGSD). No, I'm not making this up-- MAD Magazine cart...

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