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SearchWiki: make search your own

Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there at all and you'd like to add it. Or maybe you'd like to add some notes about what you found on that site and why you thought it was useful. Starting today you can do all this and tailor Google search results to best meet your needs. Today we're launching SearchWiki, a way for you to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. With just a single click you can move the results you like to the top or add a new site. You can also write notes attached to a particular site and remove results that you don't feel belong. These modifications will be shown to you every time you do the same search in the future. SearchWiki is available to signed-in Google users. We store your changes in your Google Account. If you are wondering if you are signed in, you can always check by noting if your username appears in the upper right-hand side of the page. The changes you make only affect your own searches. But SearchWiki also is a great way to share your insights with other searchers. You can see how the community has collectively edited the search results by clicking on the "See all notes for this SearchWiki" link. Watch our lead engineer, Amay, demonstrate a few ways to use SearchWiki in this short video: <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/t8Pl1H0dIXE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/t8Pl1H0dIXE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> This new feature is an example of how search is becoming increasingly dynamic, giving people tools that make search even more useful to them in their daily lives. We have been testing bits and pieces of SearchWiki for some time through live experiments, and we incorporated much of our learnings into this release. We are constantly striving to improve our users' search experience, and this is yet another step along the way. Posted by Cedric Dupont, Product Manager, and Corin Anderson, Software Engineer

SearchWiki: make search your own

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Transgender Remembrance Day

We believe great ideas can come from anywhere and everyone. And we aspire to be an organization that reflects global diversity, because we know that a world's worth of perspectives, ideas and cultures leads to the creation of better products and services. We have more than a dozen employee-driven resource groups, from Gayglers to GWE (Google Women Engineers), that actively participate around the world in building community and driving policy at Google. The post below kicks off an occasional series, entitled Interface, about valuing people's similarities and differences in the workplace. For more information on how Google fosters an inclusive work environment, visit <a href="http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=about.html">Life at Google</a> on our Jobs site. – Ed. November 20th marks <a href="http://srlp.org/node/250">Transgender Remembrance Day</a>, which takes on a special significance in a world awakening to the need for unity among all people. In observing this day, the Gayglers — the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) group within Google — extend their wholehearted support to the LGBT community at large, as we reflect on the senseless violence perpetrated against transgender people around the world. People who identify or express their gender differently than the one assigned to them at birth usually call themselves transgender or transsexual. All too often, they are subjected to a range of not-so-subtle prejudices and transphobia, from verbal abuse to physical violence. Imagine walking into a public restroom in a state of dread over a confrontation about your appearance. Imagine visiting a doctor and worrying about how far to "out" yourself to receive appropriate care. Studies suggest that transgender people are 16 times more likely to be killed than the general population -- earlier this month, in fact, a transgender woman in Tennessee <a href="http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Content?oid=oid%3A51706">was murdered</a> -- and this is just the most recent of many such cases. We're fortunate here at Google, where there are LGB and T people at all levels of the company, thanks to enlightened hiring and promotion practices that set aside sexual orientation or gender presentation. Ultimately, Google fosters a workplace where everyone has the ability to be themselves at work. For transgender employees in particular, that means everything. On this Transgender Remembrance Day, take just a few moments to remember the trans siblings, parents, friends and lovers who lost their lives to gender-based intolerance and hatred. Let's all share in a future where tolerance and understanding transforms the world. And let's work to create a better place for everyone to live peaceably in an all-inclusive world community that merits our deepest pride. Posted by Kai Johnson, Software Engineer

Transgender Remembrance Day

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Lively no more

In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it's the best way to create groundbreaking products that make a difference to people's lives. But we've also always accepted that when you take these kinds of risks not every bet is going to pay off. That's why, despite all the virtual high fives and creative rooms everyone has enjoyed in the last four and a half months, we've decided to shut Lively down at the end of the year. It has been a tough decision, but we want to ensure that we prioritize our resources and focus more on our core search, ads and apps business. <a href="http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html">Lively.com</a> will be discontinued at the end of December, and everyone who has worked on the project will then move on to other teams. We'd encourage all Lively users to capture your hard work by taking videos and screenshots of your rooms. Posted by The Lively Team

Lively no more

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The Final Inch

(Cross-posted from the <a href="http://blog.google.org/2008/11/final-inch.html">Google.org blog</a>) Early readers of the Google.org blog may recall us embarking on a film project portraying public health heroes working in the field to eradicate polio. Gone from the modern world, <a href="http://www.polioeradication.org/casecount.asp">new cases of polio</a> continue to afflict mostly children under age 3 in the poorest regions of just a few countries — India, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan. When we <a href="http://blog.google.org/2007/07/two-introductions_02.html">first announced this project</a> and the collaboration between Google.org and <a href="http://www.vermilionpictures.com/">Vermilion Films</a>, filming was underway <a href="http://blog.google.org/2007/07/two-introductions.html">primarily in India and Afghanistan</a>, documenting the front lines of public health in some forgotten corners of our world. <a href="http://www.who.int/dg/adg/heymann/en/index.html">David Heymann</a> of the World Health Organization reminds us, "When you haven't seen a disease for quite a while, which is the case in the industrialized countries, you forget about the terrible disease that it really is." Polio is such a disease, as it can ruin the lives of children even before they are old enough to understand how to prevent it. We're proud to announce The Final Inch, a 38-minute film about the historic global effort to eradicate polio. Here, the story told is as much about the messengers as the message. You'll meet Munzareen Fatima, one of the thousands of community "foot soldiers" across India working to sway reluctant families to vaccinate their children, and Dr. Ashfaq Bhat, who travels into the backwaters of India's Ganges Basin by boat and foot to detect emerging cases of polio. Martha Mason and Mikail Davenport bring us into their lives and describe the paralyzing challenges of childhood polio, reminding us how endemic polio once was in the United States. Filmed in high-definition (HD) in cinematic style — wide open shots to give a strong sense of place — The Final Inch captures their stories, and we hope it is both a tribute and an inspiration of hope. With a final push, this is a disease that can, and should, be eradicated finally. The Final Inch will air nationally on <a href="http://www.hbo.com/docs/">HBO</a> in 2009. We invite you to check out <a href="http://www.thefinalinch.org/">TheFinalInch.org</a>, where you can view clips from the film and learn more about the people and the organizations tirelessly working on this global effort. You can also check out the film trailer here: Update on 1/22: The Final Inch received an <a href="http://www.oscar.com/nominees/?pn=detail&nominee=The%20Final%20Inch%20-%20Documentary%20Short%20Subject%20Nominee">Oscar nomination</a> in the category of Best Documentary (Short Film). Check out <a href="http://blog.google.org/2009/01/final-inch-is-nominated-for-oscar.html">our post</a> on the Google.org blog for more information. Update on 3/31: The Final Inch is coming to a TV screen near you. You can tune into HBO2 on Wednesday, April 1 at 8:00pm ET/PT to see our film. It will re-air on April 7 at 7:15pm ET/PT and is available on HBO on demand. You can check out the full schedule on <a href="http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=662109">HBO's website</a>. Posted by Gregory Miller, Managing Director, Google.org, and Irene Taylor Brodsky, Vermilion Films, Producer and Director of The Final Inch

The Final Inch

(Cross-posted from the Google.org blog ) Early readers of the Google.org blog may recall us embarking on a film project portraying public he...

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LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search

The Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination; The Mansell Collection from London; Dahlstrom glass plates of New York and environs from the 1880s; and the entire works left to the collection from LIFE photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gjon Mili, and Nina Leen. These are just some of the things you'll see in Google Image Search today. We're excited to announce the availability of never-before-seen images from the LIFE photo archive. This effort to bring offline images online was inspired by our mission to organize all the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. <a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life">This collection</a> of newly-digitized images includes photos and etchings produced and owned by LIFE dating all the way back to the 1750s. Only a very small percentage of these images have ever been published. The rest have been sitting in dusty archives in the form of negatives, slides, glass plates, etchings, and prints. We're digitizing them so that everyone can easily experience these fascinating moments in time. Today about 20 percent of the collection is online; during the next few months, we will be adding the entire LIFE archive — about 10 million photos. <center><table style="width: 450px;"><tbody><tr style="padding-bottom: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><td><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=33353daeb4125490"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxKRZn6Qt8SJfdDSpEJosuKxc-mszx7ByhzS9fxXpIb1GcVrZRaQkVWcaGes-tjwpTROd4FhhrKWVd2Pd5XRUokykGi-R-h7eX-sbiVRWyUpyFDh97ogxV6Gn_y6lK-E62uY7mxQWeufc/s1600/life1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" /></a></td><td><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=f62da6e8f8f1584b"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWppoQXGhOy71svuv543YE62JHbj0zQBGh_S0LK2lqifBuPsuPlobCTAvyqsXEqe0ypQccQLX0eEMtP2-QMnUGFIZ_mFZ4o2EqbKooGhMuCfWnKTD_zvLh9UePhaccg8VsLeeIT8b7_cP/s1600/life2.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" /></a></td><td><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=21dc050d9c3aa4f5"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYrAnUa_hxDa9aEf7z5rCGZtFaHE9N66GBjOx13EejuAbCE5UbXZETfVTmmhEBerg6ljIvhsgb5HSJD4_ew2Qv7DL4ckHsT0IFHX9hq6AEUCjXnVn85kNymKM_yiIraAlBKqQHK_8hoN0W/s1600/life3.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr style="padding-top: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><td><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=480429200960b288"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxHUCMt4xc_RGL3pXHs0zwW6dsXA05p6JuhCFnoHLd84AqiBSDNSYYatp-ME6Kn-MqzK1Hu1zV3Jsl0H-W3G-E_EPrlhqlRLeL3L51395Wzl2kakmjSn8ptZ63BbDtJ6Ay_xGaYYU6nPk/s1600/life4.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" /></a></td><td><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=e42125b0169ca3e6"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7mDu8q_qQHqqwbu6Lx8MCfDemK63Oq1Fx0F24YM5KzoNUJ4tB9_nDbwZvKp73Jp_Rx3D99K0luQXX78BtdIQuu1odVzjNSwttbmJrO52Jgan9fzONAJxW-T5u4mjSMVPecPIJ2CSuhpd/s1600/life5.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" /></a></td><td><a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=a7e667276e5b0404"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC1jJVmBHIkQNsCIkNO3LXx3hnc2uKddS6TIcXh4wtgQbSRAzHsb6M03kpK7DE_RkeQKkWOeoj07fkCF_ANoB_jFWoub7Z7KZKdg4ysVlkON5LzKcgQ72ebr0xSjisuJKgkIsa0QE4a6h/s1600/life6.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></center> It has been a thrill for us to explore this archive, filled with images captured by LIFE's famous photographers. See masters like <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=Alfred+Eisenstaedt+source%3Alife">Alfred Eisenstaedt</a> and <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=Margaret+Bourke-White+source%3Alife">Margaret Bourke-White</a> documenting pivotal world events, capturing the evolution of lifestyles and fashions, and opening windows into the lives of celebrities and everyday people. One of our favorites is this classic Eisenstaedt image of children watching a puppet show. <center> <a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=50648a4805a15763"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNE-4khijai0nwgDppfq5GrHzIx0fUYZaMfvCbyCwtsFYIJcD318aWdoPYxP8sYcuZEI-3VJySK21x6-AYrtMBj_RfG1uv114IGuPIfz6SBCg9PqrOs3KYEsRQTCZ9oiPjFfffbgwwkqPo/s320/life_big.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" /></a> </center> Alfred snapped this in 1963, at the climax of Guignol's "Saint George and the Dragon" in the Tuileries Garden in Paris. Just as the dragon is slain, some children cry out in a combination of horror and delight, while others are taken aback in shock. Every child is consumed with emotion, masterfully captured by Eisenstaedt's camera. These amazing photos are now blended into our Image Search results along with other images from across the web. Once you are in the archive, you'll also notice that you can access a rich full-size, full-screen version of each image simply by clicking on the picture itself in the landing page. If you decide you really like one of these images, high-quality framed prints can be purchased from LIFE at the click of a button. Think of the holiday gift possibilities! It doesn't get much easier than that. So please take a look for yourself and experience these great photos. Your exploration will be limited only by your imagination and your desire to keep on clicking. Be sure to check back often as more photos from the LIFE archive will be added regularly to Google Image Search. We hope that you enjoy them as much as we do! Posted by Paco Galanes, Software Engineer

LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search

The Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination; The Mansell Collection from London; Dahlstrom glass plates of New York and environs from the...

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Now you can speak to Google Mobile App on your iPhone

Have you ever been in a hurry and really needed to find an answer to something, but there was no one to ask? Like when you're grocery shopping and looking for the last item on your list, the kids are running around you in circles, you're holding a basket in one hand, and you have no idea what "fennel bulbs" look like. That's why we've added voice search to Google Mobile App for the iPhone — and made it super easy to use. Once the app is running, you don't have to tap any buttons. Just hold the iPhone to your ear, wait for the beep, and say what you're looking for. For instance, last week when I was arm wrestling with fellow product manager Robert Hamilton, I said, "official arm wrestling rules" to Google Mobile App to settle a little dispute about his elbow placement. (After all, the middle of an arm-wrestling match is no time to be typing.) Turns out we were both disqualified because we were not using elbow pads. Our passion for making search faster and easier goes further. When you do local searches, Google Mobile App can now automatically use your location to make results more relevant to where you are. That was really useful when I was in San Francisco last weekend and my daughter got a paper cut. Having no familiarity with the neighborhood I was in, I just searched for "pharmacies" and I was quickly on my way to the nearest place to buy a bandage. The day was saved. Check out this video to see what other Googlers from Chicago, London, New York, and Mountain View are searching for. <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uZapF6fqz8M&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uZapF6fqz8M&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object> To get the latest Google Mobile App for iPhone, go to the App Store on your iPhone and search for "Google Mobile App." (Note that voice search will be enabled by default for U.S. English users only.) Then, if you have a great voice search query to share, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/login?next=/video_response_upload%3Fv%3DuZapF6fqz8M">send us a video response</a> to our video. Learn more about the new Google Mobile App for iPhone on the <a href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/11/google-mobile-app-for-iphone-now-with.html">Google Mobile Blog</a> and by watching this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3z7Tw1K17A">overview video</a>. Posted by Gummi Hafsteinsson, Product Manager and disqualified arm wrestler, Google Mobile team

Now you can speak to Google Mobile App on your iPhone

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Ads in new places

At Google we're great supporters of experimentation because it's only by trying new things (even if some of them don't work out) that you discover better, more creative ways to operate. We've been testing different advertising formats for years (some have been more successful than others), and over the next few months, you'll see us continuing to experiment with new ads in new places. If you're based in the U.S. you may already have spotted or clicked on the different text and image ads we’re testing on the results pages of <a href="http://images.google.com/">Google Image Search</a>. And last week you may have noticed we launched Sponsored Videos on YouTube — a great example of matching ads to content. In addition, we are today launching text ads on <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance">Google Finance</a> in the United States. We're also looking at how best to show display ads on Google Finance. And later, in the very near future, we will start testing text ads on a small number of news refinements within Google Search — so if, for example, you type "iPod" into Google.com and then click on the news link on the upper left-hand side, you might see text ads alongside those results. Whenever we make changes like these, we carefully evaluate users' reactions to ensure we're holding true to our basic principles: that ads by Google should always be relevant and useful. Of course, these experiments benefit Google because they generate revenue from new sources — but by ensuring that we show the right ads at the right time to the right people, we'll add value for users too. Posted by Nick Fox, Director, Business Product Management

Ads in new places

At Google we're great supporters of experimentation because it's only by trying new things (even if some of them don't work out)...

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