Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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[G] New Tutorial: Exporting Google Display Network Placements from Ad Planner into AdWords

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:48 AM PDT

Inside AdWords: New Tutorial: Exporting Google Display Network Placements from Ad Planner into AdWords

DoubleClick Ad Planner helps you research and identify the web sites most likely to attract your audience. With Ad Planner, you can select sites, add them to your media plan and easily export them directly into your AdWords account as a new campaign, or add them to an existing campaign or ad group.

Many of you requested this feature because you wanted an easy way to plan and buy Google Display Network (GDN) campaigns using Ad Planner.

Exporting to AdWords is easy and this online tutorial will show you how to take advantage of it. In this video, you'll learn more about:
  • Creating a media plan and finding GDN placements
  • Exporting your plan to AdWords
  • Setting up a new campaign or adding to existing campaign in AdWords

Posted by Miles Johnson, Inside AdWords crew
URL: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/08/doubleclick-ad-planner-you-research-and.html

[G] New My Client Center features: search across accounts and labels

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 02:48 AM PDT

Inside AdWords: New My Client Center features: search across accounts and labels

If you use My Client Center (MCC), over the last few weeks you might have noticed that we've added some new features to your MCC interface. We've introduced search across accounts, labels, and simplified dashboard buttons.

Search across accounts
With this feature, you can search across all of the accounts linked to your MCC. When you search, your results will include accounts, campaigns, ad groups, ads, keywords, and placements that match your search term. Let's say you want to find all keywords related to Canada. Just enter the search term "canada" and we'll show you results that match that term. Learn more


Labels
Labels help you organize your accounts into groups or flag clients that require attention. You can identify important clients with the label "High Priority," mark active vs. inactive accounts, or identify accounts belonging to the same client. Then, you can filter your dashboard to quickly view all accounts with a specific label. Learn more



Simplified dashboard buttons
We noticed that as we added features to the new MCC interface, the buttons on the dashboard were getting a bit crowded. We've made some changes to clean things up and make it easier for you to quickly manage your client accounts.



To let us know what you think of these features and the new interface, click "Send Feedback" in your account.

Posted by Jason Shafton, Inside AdWords crew
URL: http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-my-client-center-features-search.html

[G] Chocolate... in a nutshell!

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 01:08 AM PDT

Inside Google Books: Chocolate... in a nutshell!

Posted by Archi Sarkar, Google Books Online Team

If you thought you knew everything there is to know about chocolate, think again! This world famous decadent dessert certainly has some dark secrets of its own - a treasure that has been enriched over the past three centuries. Try the following trivia and sharpen your knowledge of the indulgent, yet exquisite confection. Check out the links and learn more about your favorite sweet on Google Books.


(Photo by Suat Eman)

Q: Which ancient civilizations were the first to discover chocolate?
A. The Aztecs and the Mayans of Central America - (The taste of chocolate has only been perfected ever since.)

Q. Where is the world's largest chocolate museum?
A. Cologne Chocolate Museum in Germany - (Here's where the flavours are immortalized.)

Q. In which city was the world's largest chocolate sculpted?
A. Milan, Italy. In May, 2010, Italian chocolatier, Mirco Della Vecchia sculpted a 1.5 meters tall, Dome of Milan, to bag the Guinness World Record for the largest ever chocolate art. (Beat that!)

Q. Where is the world's largest chocolate factory?
A. No, it's neither Willy Wonka's nor Charlie's chocolate factory. It's Hershey's, in Pennsylvania.


(In 1940, an emergency ration: a Hershey's chocolate bar, served at Fort Myers. Photo: LIFE Magazine)

Q. In which city is Ghirardelli headquartered?
A. San Leandro, California (Did I hear San Fransisco? If yes, give yourself half a point, as it was first incorporated and formerly headquartered in San Francisco.)

Q. Which country is the largest consumer of chocolate?
A. Switzerland... Swiss Chocolate, anyone?

Q. Which country is the largest cocoa bean producer?
A. Côte d'Ivoire (44% of all the cocoa beans exported in the world come from this West African nation.)

Q. What is the scientific name for chocolate?
A. Theobroma cacao (Try saying that five times fast!)

Q. Name a beneficial health effect of chocolate?
A. Chocolate enhances the circulatory system. (Flavanoids in chocolate increase antioxidants in the blood, protecting against heart damage.)

Q. Name the author of the best-selling book, Chocolat, which was later made into a Hollywood blockbuster starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp?
A. Joanne Harris (Why is it that the book is always better than the movie?)

Scores:
  • 0-2: You're a choco-novice!

  • 3-5: You're choco-connoisseur!

  • 6-8: You're a choco-guru!

  • 9-10: You're a choco-holic!
URL: http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2010/08/chocolate-in-nutshell.html

[G] Auto-linking, preferences and page sizes in documents

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Official Google Docs Blog: Auto-linking, preferences and page sizes in documents

Typing links just got a little faster in Google documents. Now when you type something that documents recognizes as a link, it will become a link automatically. Try typing "docs.google.com", "www.google.com," or an email address to try it out.

If you don't want your text to be a link, you can undo the auto-linking by pressing Ctrl Z (Cmd Z on a Mac). And if you think you'll never want automatic link detection, you can disable it by opening the Preferences dialog from the Tools menu.

And for those who don't like curly quotes (smart-quotes) you can now permanently disable them from the same preferences dialog.

We've also added a few more page sizes for your documents. So if you've been craving an Executive sized page (7.25" x 10.5"), you're in luck. You can find these page options by going File > Page Setup and choosing a size from there.


Let us know what you think in the comments.

Posted by: Lindsay Hall, Software Engineering Intern
URL: http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/08/auto-linking-preferences-and-page-sizes.html

[G] Picasa 3.8: Face movies, Picnik integration, batch upload, and more

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:53 PM PDT

Google Photos Blog: Picasa 3.8: Face movies, Picnik integration, batch upload, and more

Posted by Jonathan Sposato, Product Management

Today, we released the latest version of Picasa with lots of cool new features but there's one item in that we're particularly excited about.

Face movies create a movie based around one person both figuratively and literally. Instead of the usual transition from one photo to the next, the images align themselves to the face in the photo. This creates an extremely smooth viewing experience which allows the person in the photos to remain the focus rather than the transition effects themselves.

Words cannot adequately describe this feature, it's better to see it for yourself:



Some more items in this release:

Picnik integration
A few weeks ago we announced the integration of Picnik, the powerful online photo editor, into Picasa Web Albums. We're now excited to bring this same functionality to Picasa. You can now use Picnik's rich editing tools and effects from right inside of Picasa and see where your creativity takes you.

Batch upload from Picasa to Picasa Web Albums
With this new version of Picasa we're also fulfilling a popular request: batch upload from Picasa right to your Picasa Web Albums account. In addition to uploading multiple photos, you can now upload entire albums, all at the same time, plus remove albums from your Picasa Web account, change the upload size, visibility and sync state of photos that are already online.

Metadata updates
For those of us who enjoy the technical side of photography, we have some nice metadata (information stored inside of your image file) updates too, including support of Color Management. Picasa will now read the metadata from your photo and present the photo in the correct color space, thus improving the way your photo displays on your monitor or TV screen.

Picasa also has expanded support of XMP, which will be presented in an easy and accessible way alongside your image in the Properties panel. You can find people, places and tags in this space as well.

We're also adding a few other under-the-hood updates such as improved support of external drives, increased efficiency of CPU usage, and improved settings when sharing with your Gmail contact groups.

This latest release is in English only for now, but we plan to roll out additional languages soon. Download Picasa today and, as always, feedback and questions are welcome in our forums.
URL: http://googlephotos.blogspot.com/2010/08/picasa-38-face-movies-picnik.html

[G] *Issue:* FeedBurner's map overlay view does not currently show

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:11 AM PDT

The FeedBurner Status Blog: *Issue:* FeedBurner's map overlay view does not currently show

Issue: FeedBurner's map overlay view does not currently show any data. The source of the problem has been identified, and a fix for the issue is in progress.
URL: http://feedburnerstatus.blogspot.com/2010/08/issue-feedburners-map-overlay-view-does.html

[G] Google Calendar Sync now supports Outlook 2010

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Official Gmail Blog: Google Calendar Sync now supports Outlook 2010

Posted by Alice Brown, Google Calendar Team

Making sure that your calendar is available to you whenever and wherever you need it is important. That's why Google Calendar works with a number of desktop applications and mobile devices including iCal, iPhone and iPad, Blackberry, Android, Nokia/Symbian, and Windows Mobile phones. Google Calendar Sync for Outlook is also available, but one thing was missing — until now.

Google Calendar Sync now supports Outlook 2010 — our top feature request. Outlook 2010 comes in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and currently only 32-bit is supported. To start syncing your calendar with Outlook 2010, download Google Calendar Sync version 0.9.3.6. Once you install it, a Settings window will appear. Enter your account's email address and password, choose your sync option and sync frequency, and you're done! (Note: If you're already using Google Calendar Sync, you'll still need to download and install this new version in order to be able to sync with Outlook 2010. If you need help, take a look at our getting started guide.)
URL: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-calendar-sync-now-supports.html
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