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A whole new experience for Google Analytics

Posted by Jeff Veen, UI Design Manager A year and a half ago, we released Google Analytics as a free service to help people measure the success of their Web sites. In that time, the response has been fantastic - hundreds of thousands of sites across the Web have access to this powerful analysis previously only available to the enterprise. Now, we're taking the next step: making that analysis even more accessible and easy to use. Today we're announcing a complete redesign of <a href="http://analytics.google.com/">Google Analytics</a>. We started over a year ago with dozens of interviews with power users, those new to analytics, and everyone in between. They told us they needed their data organized in a more intuitive way. They wanted to be able to see traffic trends in context with more explanation of what the numbers mean. And they needed tools to help them communicate what they'd found with others. This research fed months of development and design iteration to create a totally new user experience. We've been working on this since I blogged about <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/here-comes-measure-map.html">the Measure Map acquisition</a>. Since then, we've collaborated with the combined team from Google and <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/circle-of-analytics.html">Urchin Software</a> to bring user-centered design to their strong development skills. I couldn't be more pleased with the results. You can find out more at the <a href="http://analytics.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-version-of-google-analytics.html">Google Analytics Blog</a> and be sure to check out <a href="http://services.google.com/analytics/tour/index_en-US.html">this demo</a> for more details.

A whole new experience for Google Analytics

Posted by Jeff Veen, UI Design Manager A year and a half ago, we released Google Analytics as a free service to help people measure the succ...

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Presidential campaign trail winds through the Googleplex

Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, and Elliot Schrage, VP, Global Communications and Public Affairs Though the first votes won't be cast in the presidential election for another eight months, the 2008 campaign is already in full swing. There are lots of important issues at stake in this election, including a host of thorny policy issues surrounding the Internet and the continued growth of the U.S. technology industry. Since all of us -- consumers, businesses, and political leaders -- will have to address those issues in the coming years, we've invited all the presidential candidates to come visit our headquarters in California and share their ideas in town hall-style meetings with our employees. In February we were honored to host Sen. Hillary Clinton on campus for the first candidate visit, and last Friday we welcomed Sen. John McCain as our second visitor. We're flattered that the other candidates have responded positively to our invitations, and we're working to schedule their visits over the next few months. Just as the Internet poses interesting policy questions, it also helps empower citizens with more information. So, to help potential voters learn more about the candidates and their views on the issues, we've posted the complete, unedited videos of these candidate talks on YouTube. Take some time to check out <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=cwYKIsJwi2c" title="http://youtube.com/watch?v=cwYKIsJwi2c Sen. Clinton's talk">Sen. Clinton's talk</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDDixe_N5sE" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDDixe_N5sE Sen. McCain's">Sen. McCain's</a> (as well as a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=832JTKBifpU" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=832JTKBifpU special interview">special interview</a> that Sen. McCain did with YouTube's CitizenTube).

Presidential campaign trail winds through the Googleplex

Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, and Elliot Schrage, VP, Global Communications and Public Affa...

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Some updates from Google Finance

Posted by Kuldeep Gharat, Software Engineer Earnings season is one of the busiest times in the world of finance. There's barely enough time to join an earnings call if you are combing through all the latest news and quarterly statements. Today, we're adding content on these events content so you never have to miss an earnings call again. You can view earnings calls, analyst meetings, and any other material event on your company and portfolio pages. Further, you can download these events directly to your <a href="http://calendar.google.com/">Google Calendar</a>. And in response to many of your requests, we've also added a few smaller features to Google Finance, including: <ul><li> Historical prices: View and download historical end-of-day prices for any U.S. or Canadian company </li><li> Portfolios: You can now download the latest portfolio performance and transaction details from your portfolio </li><li> News feeds: Stay on top of the news using your feed client such as <a href="http://reader.google.com/" title="Google Reader">Google Reader</a>, <a href="http://bloglines.com/" title="Bloglines">Bloglines</a>, or as part of your <a href="http://google.com/ig" title="personalized homepage">iGoogle</a> </li><li> Last week, <a href="http://gigaom.com/2007/04/27/google-finance-gets-tiny-upgrades/" title="you may have read">you may have read</a> that there are now ticker symbols on news results for public companies on Google News. Click on the symbol and you'll go to the corresponding page on Google Finance. </li></ul>We hope that you find these features useful. As always, please <a href="http://www.google.com/support/finance/bin/request.py?contact_type=suggestion&submit=Continue" title="please let us know">let us know</a> what else we can to to help you manage your finances using <a href="http://finance.google.com/" title="Google Finance">Google Finance</a>.

Some updates from Google Finance

Posted by Kuldeep Gharat, Software Engineer Earnings season is one of the busiest times in the world of finance. There's barely enough t...

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Calendar on the go

Posted by Aarati Parmar Martino, Software Engineer, Google Calendar team Many people schedule their day on the fly, and are often away from their computers when they need to run to their next event. With <a href="http://calendar.google.com/">Google Calendar</a>, you don't have to be online to be alerted about upcoming events—all you need is a mobile phone. Now you can set up mobile SMS (text message) reminders that will be sent to your mobile phone. In fact, now you can schedule reminders for events on your personal calendar or any other calendar to which you're subscribed. Whether it's <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=3l6so11tn505dane18t57fsrbs%40group.calendar.google.com&dates=20070401%2F20070501">your favorite baseball team's schedule</a>, a family calendar, or any other calendar to which you have access, you can set up mobile reminders. This feature is available in all the <a href="http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=37032">18 languages</a> we support.

Calendar on the go

Posted by Aarati Parmar Martino, Software Engineer, Google Calendar team Many people schedule their day on the fly, and are often away from ...

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G'day, California

Posted by Alice Boxhall, Software Engineer When I mention I'm an engineer in our Sydney office, I'm often greeted with looks of surprise: it seems many people aren't aware of our Australian presence. Thus, it is with great pleasure that we are inviting engineers from Silicon Valley (or anywhere in California) to the Googleplex in Mountain View next Tuesday, 8 May for <a href="http://services.google.com/events/gday_google">G'day Google</a>: an evening (6-9 pm) open house event showcasing Google Australia. G'day Google will feature: <ul><li> Demonstrations of cool Google technology that has been built in Sydney </li><li> Talks about what global engineering products are currently being worked on in Sydney; it's <a href="http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives/010257.html">not just Google Maps!</a> </li><li> Australian food and drink -- I'm talking <a href="http://www.vegemite.com.au/">Vegemite</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich">sangers</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_yabby">yabbies</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_pies">meat pies</a>, <a href="http://www.boags.com.au/">Australian beer</a>, <a href="http://www.coopers.com.au/">more Australian beer</a>, and <a href="http://www.penfolds.com.au/">wine</a> </li></ul> There will be several Australian Google engineers there (including me!) to chat with you California sorts about life as a Google engineer down under. Working in the Sydney office is lots of fun and incredibly challenging. My desk looks over Darling Harbour, so it can sometimes be difficult to spend all day looking at a monitor. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvainK1M8L8Qt5tYhSLILKWudjIOwNxCThnf_f30OSv0TKqf2uVsKhuFlWKnXk-faVEst5D_ttHWCIBodenW-a8hHhhEXHd24sSyYySHugFk842yJ8Z3m8xYpbUeHL528UVijrZRHmlkc/s1600-h/Sydney_office.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059719429824119826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvainK1M8L8Qt5tYhSLILKWudjIOwNxCThnf_f30OSv0TKqf2uVsKhuFlWKnXk-faVEst5D_ttHWCIBodenW-a8hHhhEXHd24sSyYySHugFk842yJ8Z3m8xYpbUeHL528UVijrZRHmlkc/s320/Sydney_office.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> If you happen to be one of the 100,000 Australian expats who lives in California, it's not too late to sign up for G'day Google! We’ll have photos and reports from the event on the Google Australia blog next week.

G'day, California

Posted by Alice Boxhall, Software Engineer When I mention I'm an engineer in our Sydney office, I'm often greeted with looks of surp...

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You've got gadget mail

Posted by by Sophia Brueckner, Software Engineer, iGoogle For a while now, we Googlers have used a bit of shorthand to refer to the Personalized Homepage -- a name that connotes interactivity, the Internet, and personalization all at once. Please meet <a href="http://www.google.com/ig?source=bppd">iGoogle</a>, the new name for the Google Personalized Homepage. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1Ya1m5irfcb69wAi5RKRlKCRX34vgOZq-jLvCcRhr9lqUs8S-stcZKNKNyr938MNPPeqwaXTIw6vtXmw5zHAiStv8naeNI85aZQPT4ztm1k2C_ntAgqlb56jR5OcVzSc28Z9qsdh46Uw/s1600-h/iGoogle_logo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059393484756026370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1Ya1m5irfcb69wAi5RKRlKCRX34vgOZq-jLvCcRhr9lqUs8S-stcZKNKNyr938MNPPeqwaXTIw6vtXmw5zHAiStv8naeNI85aZQPT4ztm1k2C_ntAgqlb56jR5OcVzSc28Z9qsdh46Uw/s320/iGoogle_logo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a> Developers around the world have been working hard to make more and more of the world's content available for iGoogle. Can you get, oh, some of the world's most beautiful pictures, updated daily? Check. Thousands and thousands of gadgets to choose from? Check. A personal note and picture from your sweetie? Now you can make your own, because starting today, without having any programming or web design experience at all, <a href="http://www.google.com/ig/gmchoices?source=bppd">anyone can create Google Gadgets</a> for iGoogle and send them to friends. Simple gadget templates include a photo gadget, a "GoogleGram" greeting card-style gadget, a YouTube video channel gadget, and a free-form gadget. To make yours, choose the gadget template you'd like to use, enter your info, and enter your friends' email addresses. You can always make changes to your gadget, and you can even set some kinds of gadgets to update automatically so your friends will see a new message daily. Today we're also making the themes that have been so popular on iGoogle in the U.S. available on every edition of iGoogle around the world, and we're making iGoogle available in 22 new locales. Visit iGoogle and click "Select theme" to pick a theme for your own page.

You've got gadget mail

Posted by by Sophia Brueckner, Software Engineer, iGoogle For a while now, we Googlers have used a bit of shorthand to refer to the Personal...

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Authors@Google

Posted by Ricky Opaterny, Authors@Google team For over the past year, we've invited some of the most prominent and promising thinkers, artists, leaders, and personalities of our time to give talks and have discussions at Google about their recently published books. We call the series Authors@Google, and we've posted videos of many of our events online. And now, the program has grown out of our Mountain View headquarters to include seven U.S. offices as well as our London and Dublin offices. In addition, we've just added our most important location yet: an online home at <a href="http://www.google.com/talks/authors">google.com/talks/authors</a> with a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/atgoogletalks">video archive</a> of our events on YouTube. Just this year, we've hosted a great variety of authors, including Martin Amis, Strobe Talbott, Bob & Lee Woodruff, Jonathan Lethem, Don Tapscott, Senator Hillary Clinton, and Carly Fiorina. The subjects of their talks range from literary fiction to science fiction, sociology to technology, politics to business. We're delighted to share our digital library of events with you, and will continue adding to it. We hope you'll bookmark this page and check back often. Finally, this weekend, April 28 and 29, the Authors@Google team will be exhibiting on the UCLA campus at the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks"> Los Angeles Times Festival of Books</a> -- the largest book-related event in the U.S. If you're in the area, do stop by, say hello, and browse books and videos from some of our previous events.

Authors@Google

Posted by Ricky Opaterny, Authors@Google team For over the past year, we've invited some of the most prominent and promising thinkers, ...

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