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Marziah's Google Blog August 2006 Archive

By Marziah Karch, About.com Guide to Google

Download and Print Copyright Free Books

Thursday August 31, 2006
You may have noticed a new feature in Google Books. You can now download old, copyright free texts to read from your desktop or even print. I imagine ... Read More

Apple and Google Have Something in Common

Wednesday August 30, 2006
Apparently Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt had too much free time on his hands. That problem has now been solved, because in addition to beign Google CEO, he's been elected ... Read More

Google Talk, eBay, and Skype

Tuesday August 29, 2006
Click-to-Call is a Google project that's been in the works for a while now. Google and eBay have signed an agreement to connect merchants and customers by VoIP (voice ... Read More

Petition for a Doodle

Monday August 28, 2006
Here's a cause near and dear to my heart, because I am the mother of two preemies. You've seen the altered Google logos that occasionally appear on the top ... Read More

New Blogger Beta

Monday August 28, 2006
Blogger users are slowly being offered the chance to migrate from their old Blogger blog to the new Blogger beta. New beta features include making private blogs, labels, integration with ... Read More

Webmasters Get Special Google Attention

Friday August 25, 2006
Google just posted a love note to all webmasters. They've announced a new place on Google just for webmasters. Sitemaps has also been folded into a new tool set ... Read More

Googlearchy? Maybe Not

Thursday August 24, 2006
I was listening to the BBC Digital Planet podcast this morning, and they discussed new research on "Googlearchy." For those unfamiliar with the term, the idea is that search engines, ... Read More

Google Brazil Sued

Wednesday August 23, 2006
Google Brazil is being sued to provide personal information about some Orkut users, who may be using the service for criminal activity. Google contends that the information is hosted on US ... Read More

Wi-Fi for Everyone

Monday August 21, 2006
Google has set up a free wireless network in Mountain View, California, the city that houses Google headquarters. The network was expensive to set up and is limited mostly ... Read More

Less Google Market Share?

Sunday August 20, 2006
Apparently Google's US market share slipped a percentage point to Yahoo! in July. Google is still the most popular search engine with 43.7% of all US searches. I tend to ... Read More

Writely Is Open!

Saturday August 19, 2006
I've been waiting for months to post about this. Writely is finally open for new accounts. Writely is an online word processing application that Google purchased in March. It was ... Read More

New Google Talk Features

Thursday August 17, 2006
Google just announced new features for Google Talk. Google Talk users can now share files and photos by dropping them into a chat window. You can also use Google Talk ... Read More

Google Maps Gets Coupons

Tuesday August 15, 2006
Google Maps will start showing coupons on local searches, thanks to an agreement with Valpak. This doesn't mean that you can search specifically for "coupons." It means that if you ... Read More

More Interface Changes?

Monday August 14, 2006
Interesting. I did a Google search today, and here's a quick screen capture. Notice instead of the usual general tip, such as "Find maps by searching for a street address ... Read More

What a Job

Saturday August 12, 2006
Google supplies its employees with free lunches, and as it turns out, they occasionally splurge on custom designed Google ice cream. Wow! What a job. I do have to ... Read More

Changes at Google's Home

Friday August 11, 2006
You may have noticed that Google has changed their homepage again. A Google Video link has been added to the home page, and the "more" tab now opens up a ... Read More

Finally!

Monday August 7, 2006
One of my former frustrations with Google Maps is the inability to save multiple locations. Sometimes I like to get directions from more than one location, and it's a pain ... Read More

Google Video Goes MTV

Sunday August 6, 2006
Google and MTV have reached a deal to distribute videos with advertisements with Google Video. Look for pilot videos to show next month. This is a great move for ... Read More

No Gtunes for Google

Saturday August 5, 2006
Google announced that they would not be getting into the music sales business anytime in the near future. Digital music has a lot of competition, legal issues, and compatibility challenges, ... Read More

Google Buying News

Wednesday August 2, 2006
Google has just announced an agreement with the Associated Press for what they claim will be a new services. The AP previously insisted that Google News violated their copyright by ... Read More

Google for Educators

Tuesday August 1, 2006
If you're an educator in the Kansas City area this Thursday and Friday, I'll be presenting at SIDLIT. I'll talk about products and services Google offers above and beyond simple ... Read More
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