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Odd hand-drawn stop-motion ad for the Russian Gmail apparently created by Saatchi Moscow demonstrating the various features. gulfstream/2416Download YouTube videos in MP4 format via a bookmarklet. gulfstream/2425
Astute essay on the state of web apps, and what might happen next, with comparisons to the place ofLotus 1-2-3 3.0 and Windows in computing history.The … gulfstream/2332
google.com, as if it were optimised for Google. gulfstream/2341
Experimental Google feature: digg/reddit-like vote up/vote down buttons in search results. gulfstream/2354
Why do I have the third result for homosexualsex? Google you suck. (Not even remotely NSFW.) gulfstream/2396
Jorn Barger of robotwisdom.com now semi-homeless in SF? gulfstream/1791
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Google mail removing instances of “gmail” from site for UK users; from October 19th, all new accounts will be @googlemail.com. And: “What … gulfstream/1858
“There’s no substantial business today in charging companies money for the privilege of indexing one’s book …” I do so enjoy Cory Doctorow’s … gulfstream/1976
Google bad news blog. This is pretty decent, although the most recent entry is wrong in claiming that the $90 million Google has offered to pay in click-fraud … gulfstream/2014
“More broadly, the data the company gets from transactions could help it improve the way it chooses which advertising to show to which users. Google … gulfstream/2101
Overheard in NY + Google Maps mashup. Nicely done! gulfstream/2108
Why does China have a 900m x 700m scale model of a 450km x 350km area of the Indian/Chinese border? (speculation) gulfstream/2117
David Brent on his hero, Nelson Mandela: “30 years in captivity. He got out in about 1990. He’s been out about 13 years ... and, he hasn’t reoffended. … gulfstream/2145
Google whines about “google” turning into a verb that means “to search the internet,” urges customers to stop using it like that. (There must … gulfstream/2182
The ten most visited sites on the net, and how many employees they each have. Craigslist gets by with only 23 employees (although it’s true that none … gulfstream/2186
Google employees will soon be able to sell their options. One of the benefits is that it gives a tangible value to the options themselves. (I look forward … gulfstream/2202
Google search of all the pages you’ve ever visited. You need to have the Google Toolbar installed. Must require a really nasty amount of computing … gulfstream/2273
Google on identifiable people appearing in Street View images: “Street View only features imagery taken on public property and is not real time. This … gulfstream/2293
Improbable news from the IHT: Google handles just 1.7% of Korean web searches—a search engine called naver.com (which apparently delivers Google Answers-style … gulfstream/2300
you can search google in many different languages... gulfstream/470
google competitors gulfstream/507
Disturbing: with the Taleban now gone, men and their ashnas--"young boys they have groomed for sex"--are once again on the streets of Kandahar. But I … gulfstream/649
real strange countries have an official google server. (Scroll down.) Burundi? Montserrat? Is this a joke? gulfstream/658
"10 things Google has found to be true." I think I would personally pay at least US$10/month for Google, and my employer would probably pay more. … gulfstream/678
A $2000 bet held by Long Bets, an spin-off of the Long Now Foundation: "In a Google search of five keywords or phrases representing the top five … gulfstream/710
Fun little “Amelie” tour of Paris. Found through a google search for link:http://www.mirrorproject.com/. I was searching for this because in … gulfstream/921
“My Experience with Google Answers.” Jessamyn says she enjoyed her time at Google Answers, but complains that the researchers are mistreated … gulfstream/935
With great power comes great responsibility: on all political and social issues, Google’s policy is Don’t be evil, where evil is whatever Google … gulfstream/981
Recently I’ve been writing some log analysis code to produce detailed page-level statistics, but a side-effect is that it’s now possible to illustrate … gulfstream/1001
Nauru loses contact with the outside world and now no-one even knows who the president is? Update. Because this story is weirding me out big … gulfstream/1044
The ABS has removed historical estimates of the number of Aborigines in Tasmania from their website because “the historical context in which … gulfstream/1265
Sometimes, Google lets me down: full-text search of 3 billion documents is a wonderful thing, but if you only have generic keywords, Google isn’t … gulfstream/1336
“Separately, there was an indication yesterday that Google’s vaunted corporate culture may be under stress as a result of competition and the … gulfstream/1476
Is there any good reason for Google to have an outpost in, uh, the Cook Islands? (Doesn’t seem to be any “big,” “enormous,” or “i.love,” … gulfstream/1673
Paul Boutin on Wikipedia. I think this article is pretty much right-on: Wikipedia is wonderful, but it’s not perfect, and it should be cited … gulfstream/1744
Wow, Google really messes up this search—Saul Bass (in English) isn’t even on the first page. (Both Yahoo and MSN get it right.) gulfstream/1817
Cory Doctorow ranting again, this time about Google Print. I do find it odd that the people who are all for Google Print appear to have no problem … gulfstream/1876
Not ideal: Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain” apparently used to be at this URL, but it’s (effectively) a 404 now. The … gulfstream/1966
Kinda interesting discussion about why Pooh (and other children’s book characters) is popular amongst gay men. (Funny how Google Answers results don’t … gulfstream/1984
I like this: when Google employee #23, creator of Gmail, suggester of the phrase “Don’t Be Evil,” can’t get to sleep at night, he writes webservers … gulfstream/2275
Worth trying if you aren’t having much luck with Google. Notable recent successes: giving lower priority to bug tracking tickets on technical sites … gulfstream/2335
Quotes Collected
He [Nicholson Baker] lost a month of 2003 to his obsession with the news, swore off Google News and blogs--he now has a Post-It on his screen saying ONLY … quotes/345As they clustered tightly alongside the Kennedys, or took in the scene from Fleet Center skyboxes, it became clear that if the Republicans are the party … quotes/343
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A Chat with the Designer of the Google Logo | WebProNewsGoogle AJAXSLT
Official Google Blog: Putting crowd wisdom to work
Google Mail in the UK
John Battelle's Searchblog: $94, er, $106 Billion
Google Analytics
Google Guide Quick Reference: Google Advanced Operators (Cheat Sheet)
brianstorms weblog: Lessig is Wrong
WSJ.com - Portals
Goocam World Map - Watch the unsuspecting
Stock Screener Results - Yahoo! Finance
Stocks with a price-to-earnings ratio over 50, and market capitalisation of at least 25bn.
Drunk Men Work Here - On Bots - Fresh Zero Content for Compulsive Clickers
Google exec challenges Berners-Lee | CNET News.com
(i agree with norvig's criticism)
macfuse - Google Code
GPlotter: Make Google Maps Easily
Google Reader - Common Questions
The Story of Sergey Brin
evan_tech -- code review is great
streetviewr
Google spies on America. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine
Google Feed API
access posts from google's feed api without going via the javascript library (technically in violation of the ToS, though)
Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective « Just Say “No” To Google
Unofficial Google Advanced Search
documentation for "advanced" search operators, like date ranges
Google Maps API Documentation
free geocoding--for UK postcodes as well. up to 50,000 request/day.
Canonicalization update
Google Ranking Factors - SEO Checklist
list of the factors that are or have been hypothesised to be taken into account to calculate a page's PageRank
Google Enterprise: Google Custom Search Business Edition
Webmaster Help Center - Duplicate content
Google Code for Educators
short articles by google on computing topics
Webmaster Help Center - Duplicate content
"use top-level domains whenever possible to handle country-specific content"
youngpup.net - Aaron Boodman's weblog
google reverse engineered ie's jscript.dll to figure out how to make gmail perform better on ie! (hardcoded limits until the gc kicks in!)
How do actions sync in IMAP?
how actions in your imap client correspond to behaviour in gmail (e.g. how to mark something as spam)
Ascender creates the new Droid font collection for Open Handset Alliance's Android platform | Typophile
Developer's Guide - Google Chart API - Google Code
woo!
Shadowmaker
Google My Maps - entry point to creating own maps
Google Co-op just got del.icio.us! « zooie’s blog
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