Google Tracks the Most Popular Halloween Costumes
googleblog.blogspot.com — Google bloggers used Insights for Search to track the fastest-rising searches related to [costume] in the U.S. in 2009. The query at the top of the charts is [lady gaga costume] — no surprise, as the star wears quite a few costumes on a regular basis herself. (Submitted by clickfire) More...
Google Adds Current Trending Topics to Search
googleblog.blogspot.com — Now, when you search Google.com and your query matches one of the top 100 fastest-rising search terms, Google will show you a graph at the bottom of page, with more information — like how popular the query is, how fast it's rising over time, and other useful data. (Submitted by pingpants) More...
Google Celebrates Works of H.G. Wells
googleblog.blogspot.com — Inspiration for innovation in technology and design can come from lots of places; we wanted to celebrate H.G. Wells as an author who encouraged fantastical thinking about what is possible, on this planet and beyond. And maybe have some fun while we were doing it. (Submitted by msaleem) More...
YouTube case study: Win-win for uploader, musicians
googleblog.blogspot.com — Last week the world watched in wonder as Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz's wedding party transformed a familiar and predictable tradition into something spontaneous and just flat-out fun. The video, set to R&B star Chris Brown's hypnotic dance jam "Forever," became an overnight sensation. But there's more to this story than simple view counts. (Submitted by MrBabyMan) More...
Two New Improvements to Google Results Pages
googleblog.blogspot.com — Today Google rolling out two new improvements to Google search. The first offers an expanded list of useful related searches and the second is the addition of longer search result descriptions -- both of which help guide users more effectively to the information they need. (Submitted by MediaSight) More...
Google Reader Now Allows Comments on Shared Items
googleblog.blogspot.com — Your friends will be able to reply to shared items with comments, allowing you to have conversations with your friends right inside Reader. Comments can only be seen by friends of the person who originally shared the item. (Submitted by AFelsinger) More...
It isn't Atlantis we saw on Google Earth - Confirms Google
googleblog.blogspot.com — Last week we saw some interesting speculation that Atlantis had been found in Google Earth. As much as we'd love for that to be the case, there is a scientific explanation for the odd markings found on the seafloor. We've invited two of the scientists who gathered the data that appears in Google Earth to answer some questions that came up. (Submitted by Dailydose4me) More...
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