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Announcing Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0

(Cross-posted with the <a href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-google-maps-navigation-for.html">Google Mobile Blog</a>) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IevKNrO7uCY/Sudi7cMuw2I/AAAAAAAAAK8/iWonWTXpMl0/s1600-h/google-maps-navigation.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397391451748221794" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IevKNrO7uCY/Sudi7cMuw2I/AAAAAAAAAK8/iWonWTXpMl0/s320/google-maps-navigation.png" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" /></a> <div>Since 2005, millions of people have relied on <a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/products/maps.html" id="roox" target="_blank" title="Google Maps for mobile">Google Maps for mobile</a> to get directions on the go. However, there's always been one problem: Once you're behind the wheel, a list of driving directions just isn't that easy to use. It doesn't tell you when your turn is coming up. And if you miss a turn? Forget it, you're on your own. Today we're excited to announce the next step for Google Maps for mobile: <a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default">Google Maps Navigation (Beta)</a> for Android 2.0 devices. This new feature comes with everything you'd expect to find in a GPS navigation system, like 3D views, turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic rerouting. But unlike most navigation systems, Google Maps Navigation was built from the ground up to take advantage of your phone's Internet connection. Here are seven features that are possible because Google Maps Navigation is connected to the Internet: The most recent map and business data When you use Google Maps Navigation, your phone automatically gets the most up-to-date maps and business listings from Google Maps — you never need to buy map upgrades or update your device. And this data is continuously improving, thanks to users who <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/10/your-world-your-map.html" id="cwfq" target="_blank" title="report maps issues">report maps issues</a> and businesses who activate their listings with <a href="http://www.google.com/lbc" id="uup-" target="_blank" title="Google Local Business Center">Google Local Business Center</a>. Search in plain English Google Maps Navigation brings the speed, power and simplicity of Google search to your car. If you don't know the address you're looking for, don't worry. Simply enter the name of a business, a landmark or just about anything into the search box, and Google will find it for you. Then press "Navigate", and you're on your way. Search by voice Typing on a phone can be difficult, especially in the car, so with Google Maps Navigation, you can say your destination instead. Hold down the search button to activate voice search, then tell your phone what you want to do (like "Navigate to Pike Place in Seattle"), and navigation will start automatically. Traffic view Google Maps Navigation gets live traffic data over the Internet. A traffic indicator light in the corner of the screen glows green, yellow or red, depending on the current traffic conditions along your route. If there's a jam ahead of you, you'll know. To get more details, tap the light to zoom out to an aerial view showing traffic speeds and incidents ahead. And if the traffic doesn't look good, you can choose an alternate route. Search along route For those times when you're already on the road and need to find a business, Google Maps Navigation searches along your route to give you results that won't take you far from your path. You can search for a specific business by name or by type, or you can turn on popular layers, such as gas stations, restaurants or parking. Satellite view Google Maps Navigation uses the same satellite imagery as Google Maps on the desktop to help you get to your destination. Turn on the satellite layer for a high-resolution, 3D view of your upcoming route. Besides looking cool, satellite view can help you make sense of complicated maneuvers. Street View If you want to know what your next turn looks like, double-tap the map to zoom into Street View, which shows the turn as you'll see it, with your route overlaid. And since locating an address can sometimes be tricky, we'll show you a picture of your destination as you approach the end of your route, so you'll know exactly what to look for. Since there's nothing quite like seeing the product in action, we made this video to demonstrate a real-life example: <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tGXK4jKN_jY&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tGXK4jKN_jY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> The first phone to have Google Maps Navigation and Android 2.0 is the <a href="http://www.droiddoes.com/" id="ckr8" target="_blank" title="Droid">Droid</a> from Verizon. Google Maps Navigation is initially available in the United States. And like other Google Maps features, Navigation is free. Check out the <a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default">Google Maps Navigation page</a> to learn more and browse a gallery of product screenshots. Take Google Maps Navigation for a spin, and bring Internet-connected GPS navigation with you in your car.<a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html#p=default"></a></div><div> Posted by Keith Ito, Software Engineer</div>

Announcing Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0

(Cross-posted with the Google Mobile Blog ) Since 2005, millions of people have relied on Google Maps for mobile to get directions on the g...

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Similar Images graduates from Google Labs

Today, we're happy to announce that Similar Images is graduating from Google Labs and becoming a permanent feature in Google Images. You can try it out by clicking on "Find similar images" below the most popular images in our search results. For example, if you search for <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=jaguar">jaguar</a>, you can use the "Find similar images" link to find more pictures of the car or the animal.  When we <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/hard-at-play-in-google-labs-with.html">revamped Labs in April</a>, we also launched Similar Images to highlight some of the innovative work our engineers have been working on. Google Labs gives us a way to get some of our new ideas in front of you early in the process, refine them based on your feedback and see what sticks. Your support has helped to make Similar Images the first major feature to graduate from Google Labs since its recent overhaul. So, let's say you want to find images of <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=ancient+egypt">Ancient Egypt</a>. Google Images will provide you with a rich variety of results, including pyramids, maps, relics, drawings and other types of images. Instead of poring through hundreds of images, now you can simply click "Find similar images" to narrow down the results to the results to the type you want. (We're rolling this out gradually, so the links in the below examples may not work for you yet.)<div><div> </div><div>You could narrow down your results to show you only the <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=ancient+egypt&imgtype=i_similar&sa=X&ei=J3HWSpmhEJW-tAP1-b3WAg&ct=img-sim-l&oi=image_sil&resnum=1&tbnid=3KAD94jrArNUDM:">Great Sphinx of Giza</a>:</div><div> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rkQFXba-AiSm1_IuZsEdFcgPYdXQ9cNveo78gGNBQetxHRRVvIuFsRDS3m_NjXdXciwoem49ZIqenI_2M622Sfdk0WyDUufX4T195auAYaQSTCBP6Ny7tzK64I-bqtV71OzguXPXjnlQ/s1600-h/e1.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397369370158834898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rkQFXba-AiSm1_IuZsEdFcgPYdXQ9cNveo78gGNBQetxHRRVvIuFsRDS3m_NjXdXciwoem49ZIqenI_2M622Sfdk0WyDUufX4T195auAYaQSTCBP6Ny7tzK64I-bqtV71OzguXPXjnlQ/s400/e1.png" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 109px;" /></a> Or <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=ancient+egypt&imgtype=i_similar&sa=X&ei=hXHWSp_8FZ66sgOQ1ITNAg&ct=img-sim-l&oi=image_sil&resnum=6&tbnid=QgHXqTYfmMo6fM:">illustrative maps of Ancient Egypt</a>: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDa_AsfHw1vWQMbOcpKXB3-E53EFiN3jT1ML5rd5RNvZguB8TOWTVa9_7uQGk7JB5fjPwbEKmpjjVSabkzAK5RZwr1anmbjgHw6xrNuj0NV5TXZdfjhDpbeOy37BRvqfgCIuk4g967csc/s1600-h/e2.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397369376579576546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDa_AsfHw1vWQMbOcpKXB3-E53EFiN3jT1ML5rd5RNvZguB8TOWTVa9_7uQGk7JB5fjPwbEKmpjjVSabkzAK5RZwr1anmbjgHw6xrNuj0NV5TXZdfjhDpbeOy37BRvqfgCIuk4g967csc/s400/e2.png" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 130px;" /></a> Or <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=ancient+egypt&imgtype=i_similar&sa=X&ei=hXHWSp_8FZ66sgOQ1ITNAg&ct=img-sim-l&oi=image_sil&resnum=17&tbnid=rpN3MWvZS4v48M:">ancient Egyptian-style drawings</a>: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_zeX0fm3hLYFQlz-gzPutMmDaW6N_CBdVDsfj3Vfh3irrGoNquJUwfzhjsITpsYiQHPfoa3lQWAMDqILwDunky0Fe6TbE1qgjLGNGfXGDOLteWvRO28t_NM_CEAw21Di26GZe0QQqcQx/s1600-h/e3.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397369713492637986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_zeX0fm3hLYFQlz-gzPutMmDaW6N_CBdVDsfj3Vfh3irrGoNquJUwfzhjsITpsYiQHPfoa3lQWAMDqILwDunky0Fe6TbE1qgjLGNGfXGDOLteWvRO28t_NM_CEAw21Di26GZe0QQqcQx/s400/e3.png" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 103px;" /></a> While we'll continue to use Google Labs as a way to showcase and collect feedback for exciting new technologies, we also want to make it easier for you to provide direct feedback on all aspects of Google Images. That's why today we're also announcing the availability of <a href="http://productideas.appspot.com/#16/e=299f4">Product Ideas for Google Images</a>. With product ideas, you can post comments that will be seen directly by members of the Images team, as well as vote on ideas that others have submitted. We'll pay special attention to those ideas that are voted to the top of the list. Posted by Erik Murphy-Chutorian and Chuck Rosenberg, Software Engineers</div>

Similar Images graduates from Google Labs

Today, we're happy to announce that Similar Images is graduating from Google Labs and becoming a permanent feature in Google Images. You...

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Introducing the Google Earth heroes project

Hundreds of millions of people use <a href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</a> every day to discover, explore and learn more about the world around them. We're especially proud that Google Earth has also been used as a tool to help people change the world. Today, to celebrate he individuals and organizations that have used Google Earth in their efforts to effect change, we announced the Google Earth heroes project. In this first stage of the heroes project, we're highlighting the work of five groups — <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/changetheworld/#a">Project Kaisei</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/changetheworld/#c">Save the Elephants</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/changetheworld/#b">Borneo Orangutan Survival</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/changetheworld/#d">Chief Almir and the Surui</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/changetheworld/#e">Appalachian Voices</a> — who have used Google Earth in a variety of ways to tell their stories. We'll be releasing videos showcasing other organizations' work in the coming weeks, so stay tuned! To learn more about these groups and view their videos, read our post on the <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/10/celebrating-heroes-of-google-earth.html">Google Lat Long blog</a> or visit <a href="http://earth.google.com/changetheworld">http://earth.google.com/changetheworld</a>. Posted by Krating Poonpol, Product Marketing Manager, Google Earth and Tanya Keen, Program Manager, Google Earth Outreach

Introducing the Google Earth heroes project

Hundreds of millions of people use Google Earth every day to discover, explore and learn more about the world around them. We're especi...

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Sesame Street comes to Google: Improving our education system at the Breakthrough Learning forum

If you could reinvent the American education system, what would you do? It's a question we think about a lot here at Google. This week we're exploring possibilities with <a href="http://www.google.com/events/digitalage/">Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age</a>, a forum organized in cooperation with <a href="http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org/">The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop</a> and <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/">Common Sense Media</a>, with the support of the <a href="http://macfound.org/">MacArthur Foundation</a>. This event will bring together 200 of the nation’s thought leaders in science and technology, informal and formal education, entertainment media, research, philanthropy and policy to design a strategy for scaling up effective models of teaching and learning for children, with an emphasis on technology. The forum will showcase new research, proven and promising education innovation models to challenge decision-makers to refresh and reboot American global leadership in education. There's plenty of evidence that shows that the current educational system in the U.S. needs improvement. Twenty-five years ago, President Reagan's National Commission on Excellence in Education produced "<a href="http://www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html">A Nation at Risk</a>," a report which first highlighted that our country's system wasn't meeting the national need for a competitive workforce in the day's global economy. Since then, our education system has gone through great upheaval, from the state-level standards reforms in the 1990s to 2002's <a href="http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=ln">No Child Left Behind</a>, which is similarly based on the belief that setting high standards measurable goals will improve individual outcomes in education. Though the intention of these reforms was to close the global achievement gap, they left many teachers and students feeling restricted to teaching and learning "to the test." And we're still seeing disheartening results; the U.S. is currently ranked 25th of <a href="http://www.oecd.org/home/">OECD</a> countries in math scores and 24th in science scores according to the <a href="http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,3343,en_32252351_32236191_39718850_1_1_1_1,00.html">PISA 2006 Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World report</a>. And according to <a href="http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/Social_Sector/our_practices/Education/Knowledge_Highlights/Economic_impact.aspx">McKinsey's Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools</a> report, if the U.S. had in recent years closed the gap between its educational achievement levels and those of higher-performing nations, our GDP in 2008 could have been $1.3 trillion to $2.3 trillion higher. That's 9 to 16 percent of GDP! Fortunately, there are people today who are working to change these statistics. One is tonight's keynote speaker, Geoff Canada, founder of the <a href="http://harlemchildrenszone.org/">Harlem Children's Zone</a>. The Harlem Children's Zone combines educational, social and medical services with the goal of reaching all of the children in Harlem. Another organization addressing the issue is the <a href="http://macfound.org/">MacArthur Foundation</a>, which has created the Digital Media and Learning Project to explore the effects of digital media on young people and its implications for the future of learning and education. And we can't forget <a href="http://www.sesameworkshop.org/home">Sesame Workshop</a>, which this year celebrates 40 years of educating children with Muppets and media. There's great hope for American education, as long as we can work toward innovative solutions that not only allow students distinct educational experiences tailored to their interests and abilities, but also drive toward a common goal of assessable success. Students today are technologists too, and embracing that familiarity and bringing it into the classroom will help teachers and students better engage and work together to teach and learn. Most importantly, we need to support our teachers, principals and administrators — the true agents of change who tirelessly and passionately work to connect with each and every student that passes through their classrooms. The Breakthrough Learning in a Digital Age forum is one step we're taking to address some of our most pressing national education system issues. If you're interested in joining us at the forum, we'll be broadcasting live on the web both <a href="http://investor.shareholder.com/googpr/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=72855">today</a> and <a href="http://investor.shareholder.com/googpr/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=72857">tomorrow</a>. We welcome your <a href="http://moderator.appspot.com/#16/e=c77db">questions and ideas</a> to help us shape our discussions. Go to <a href="http://www.google.com/events/digitalage/">http://www.google.com/events/digitalage/</a> to participate and learn more. Posted by Cristin Frodella, Product Marketing, Google Apps Education

Sesame Street comes to Google: Improving our education system at the Breakthrough Learning forum

If you could reinvent the American education system, what would you do? It's a question we think about a lot here at Google. This week w...

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Use Google Voice with your existing number

Up until now, if you wanted to use <a href="http://google.com/voice">Google Voice</a>, you needed to choose a new number (a "Google number"). Taking calls through your Google number allows us to offer features like call recording, call screening and getting text messages via email. But we know not everyone wants to switch to a new phone number, so it made sense for us to create a lighter version of Google Voice for people who are willing to trade some features for the ability to use their existing numbers. We're excited to announce that you now have the choice to get Google Voice with your existing mobile number OR with a Google number. If you sign up using your existing number, you'll still get many of Google Voice's features. Most notably, you'll get all the functionality of Google voicemail, as explained in this video: <object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ua9Q5frlQ2M&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ua9Q5frlQ2M&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object> If you already have a Google Voice account, you can <a href="http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=164652">add Google voicemail</a> to any mobile phone you've linked to your account. If you're not yet using Google Voice, you can <a href="https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/">request an invite</a> or ask a friend with a Google Voice account to send you an invitation. When you receive the invitation to sign up, you can choose to use Google Voice with your existing number — or to get a Google number for additional features. Google Voice is about giving you more control over your communications. We hope this new option makes it easier for you to manage your messages and personalize your voicemail experience. Posted by Craig Walker, Vincent Paquet & Pierre Lebeau, Product Managers

Use Google Voice with your existing number

Up until now, if you wanted to use Google Voice , you needed to choose a new number (a "Google number"). Taking calls through your...

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Energy Secretary Chu visits Googleplex

Secretary of Energy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Chu">Dr. Steven Chu</a> joined us at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/?q=Google%20Inc.@37.423156,-122.084917&hl=en">Google campus</a> today to talk about how the U.S. can build a prosperous economy powered by clean energy. During a fireside chat with Googlers and our CEO Eric Schmidt, Secretary Chu talked about what it will take to create a clean energy revolution. When it comes to clean tech investments, he said, the Department of Energy is trying to "hit home runs, not base hits." He noted that there are many proposed solutions to climate change out there, and we need to pursue all of them. "The scale of what we need to do is enormous," said Secretary Chu, and "putting the world on a carbon diet" and dramatically bringing down the cost of clean energy and should be top priorities. If we succeed, it will "drive a new industrial revolution." <div> </div><div>You can watch the full video of his talk here:</div><div> <object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tvUujZVYJuY&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tvUujZVYJuY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> <div> Secretary Chu also heard from Googlers about some of our own clean energy projects including <a href="http://www.google.org/powermeter/">Google PowerMeter</a>, which gives consumers access to their energy use information, developing <a href="http://www.google.org/rec.html">renewable energy that is cheaper than coal</a> (RE<C) and making our <a href="http://www.google.com/corporate/green/datacenters/">datacenters</a> the most energy efficient in the world. "More companies need to get on board and make this part of their business plan," said the Secretary. While in Mountain View, Secretary Chu <a href="http://www.energy.gov/news2009/8207.htm">announced</a> $151 million in funding for 37 breakthrough energy projects in technologies like renewable power, energy efficiency and electric cars. The funding is being made available through the <a href="http://arpa-e.energy.gov/">Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy</a> (ARPA-E), a newly-launched organization within the <a href="http://www.energy.gov/">Department of Energy</a> (DOE) created to support high-risk, high-reward research into innovative energy technologies. ARPA-E is modeled on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the agency that funded research that eventually led to the creation of the Internet.</div><div> </div><div>Update on 10/29: Updated to include the full video of Secretary Chu's talk. Posted by Michael Terrell, Energy Policy Counsel</div></div>

Energy Secretary Chu visits Googleplex

Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu joined us at the Google campus today to talk about how the U.S. can build a prosperous economy powered ...

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Contextual search within Wikipedia

We are excited to announce that we've built a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Google_Custom_Search">Custom Search Wikipedia skin</a> that makes it easier for you to complete your research on Wikipedia. Wikipedia allows users to register and personalize their Wikipedia environment via the configuration of options and the use of styles or skins. Just log in to Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Google_Custom_Search">enable the Custom Search skin</a> and you'll have quick access to relevant Google Custom Search results from Wikipedia. With the Custom Search skin, your search results are conveniently placed inline on the page. After you've reviewed the results, you can dismiss them and return to the current article of interest without having to switch to a different tab on your browser; you can access the relevant Wikipedia articles right within the Wikipedia interface. The Custom Search skin also features contextual search — searching across different sets of pages as you navigate Wikipedia. For Wikipedia pages with a lot of information and links, contextual search lets you limit your search to only those Wikipedia pages that are linked from the current article, focusing the results on the topic of the article. So, in addition to getting all matching Wikipedia articles, you can quickly drill down to contextually relevant results using the Linked Wikipedia Pages tab. For example, searching for [sequence] from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA">Wikipedia page on DNA</a> provides a list of relevant results about DNA sequences and DNA sequence alignment, instead of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_%28disambiguation%29">many pages about sequences</a> (in mathematics, poetry, music, games, etc.) that aren't relevant. Similarly, searching within the DNA page for [bonds] gives you results in chemistry and biochemistry, instead of other information about financial instruments and social sciences. This will help you perform more directed research, often with shorter queries, and get to relevant Wikipedia articles faster. As you can see from the screenshot below, the Linked Wikipedia Pages tab helps you get quickly to the article about DNA sequence from a search for [sequence] on the DNA page. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XxukNkXWcE7ViprwV6A6F1FNsBX-0Gs3zAfhSrF1Gx6_xZUlADuUZNal0057ZvEWcVBuPGDkdCer1FqL_FBzF0FZ3uDMkVHjPiqpye6uBphzmkiWxYquRN8epk6ydbK6PsVX4i4ObZEm/s1600-h/w1"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397037129679706658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XxukNkXWcE7ViprwV6A6F1FNsBX-0Gs3zAfhSrF1Gx6_xZUlADuUZNal0057ZvEWcVBuPGDkdCer1FqL_FBzF0FZ3uDMkVHjPiqpye6uBphzmkiWxYquRN8epk6ydbK6PsVX4i4ObZEm/s400/w1" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" /></a> To configure the new skin, follow the instructions on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Google_Custom_Search">Custom Search skin page on Wikipedia</a>. It works with both Wikipedia's default Monobook style or the new Beta Vector style. You will need to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin">log in</a> to Wikipedia to customize your Wikipedia search. For more information about the technology behind this application release, read <a href="http://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com/2009/10/contextual-search-experience-for.html">our post</a> on the Google Custom Search blog. Wikipedia <a href="http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/10/26/google-experiments-with-new-ways-to-search-wikipedia/">encourages</a> technical innovation and tools to help you get improved access to knowledge, so please post your opinions about this contextual search experience at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Google_Custom_Search#Google_Custom_search_gadget">Wikimedia</a> or give us <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/customsearch?hl=en">feedback</a> directly. Last Friday was the third anniversary of the launch of Custom Search — we would like to take a moment to thank the millions of you who have implemented Custom Search on your sites. To celebrate our birthday we're releasing two new features that we hope will help you better customize your search results: <a href="http://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com/2009/10/plug-n-play-with-custom-search-themes.html">Custom Search Themes</a> and <a href="http://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com/2009/10/structured-custom-search.html">Structured Custom Search</a>. Check out <a href="http://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com/2009/10/three-birthday-candles-for-custom.html">this post</a> on the Google Custom Search blog to learn more about our third anniversary. Posted by Rajat Mukherjee, Group Product Manager, Search and Mathias Schindler, Wikimedia Foundation

Contextual search within Wikipedia

We are excited to announce that we've built a Custom Search Wikipedia skin that makes it easier for you to complete your research on Wi...

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