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[G] Ten algorithm changes on Inside Search

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 08:08 PM PST

Official Google Blog: Ten algorithm changes on Inside Search

We make roughly 500 changes to our search algorithm in a typical year. Our goal is to make search run so smoothly, you don't even notice the changes. That said, we like giving you insights into what we're doing behind the search results you see each day. Today on Inside Search, we've posted a recap of some of the algorithmic changes we've made over just the past couple weeks. These changes improve everything from translation, to snippets to autocomplete. For the complete list including descriptions of the changes, check out the post on the Inside Search blog.

Posted by Matt Cutts, Distinguished Engineer
URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/ten-algorithm-changes-on-inside-search.html

[G] Introducing November’s “On The Rise” candidates

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 08:08 PM PST

YouTube Blog: Introducing November's "On The Rise" candidates

Each month, we find four YouTube Partners whose subscriber numbers are growing but don't yet have 100,000 for our monthly On The Rise program. We invite you to check out their channels and vote for your favorite in the top right corner of this blog. The channel with the most votes at the end of the week will be featured on the YouTube homepage and videos page.



Our nominees this November are a creative bunch whose skills include painting, animation, music and fashion. You may be drawn into their channels for the recommendations they provide or simply for the chance to observe their talents. Take a look at the nominees' videos below, and vote for your favorite by November 21 at 6pm PT. We'll announce the partner selected on this blog on November 27.



valsartdiary

Val is a painter - and one of the first partners - whose YouTube channel chronicles her artistic process with weekly art videos. Throughout the week, she posts additional reviews and reflections, and even gives away original paintings to her viewers.







evmoneyTV

Need guidance on how to watch a movie, cross the street, or be sarcastic? Ev's channel tackles some of life's more complicated tasks, illustrating his recommendations with stick figure animations.







ortoPilot

Hailing from Manchester, England, Matt Hutchinson (also known by his musical alias, ortoPilot) has made a career out of singing, songwriting, and video production. He's spent the last five years posting original songs as well as acoustic adaptations to his YouTube channel.







hairodynamic

If you're looking for advice about fashion or hair and beauty products, you might want to check out hairodynamic. Since 2009, style maven Monica has recorded her hauls, reviews, and tutorials for her loyal audience.







In past months, winners like theneedledrop and AlexanderCarpenter have seen growth in their audience and video engagement thanks to your support. If you're interested in checking out more rising YouTube Partners, visit our On The Rise channel, which features nominees, trending partners and monthly blog winners. Look for more featured partners on the YouTube Browse page.



Devon Storbeck, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched "Surfer rides 90 foot wave (World Record)."


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/HSJahXm9j7k/introducing-novembers-on-rise.html

[G] Desktop Summit 2011 visits Berlin

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 08:08 PM PST

Google Open Source Blog: Desktop Summit 2011 visits Berlin

The Desktop Summit 2011 was held in Berlin, Germany, from 6-12 August 2011 and was the second joint conference of the GNOME and KDE communities. Almost 800 attendees gathered in Berlin to review progress, share ideas and work together on various free software projects relating to desktop and mobile user interfaces. While many participants were from Europe as expected, other contingents came from Brazil, India, the United States and beyond. The GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. sponsored travel and accommodation costs for more than 80 attendees.

Desktop Summit organizers, mostly volunteers, worked for nearly a year to coordinate all the details that made the event successful. More than 50 volunteers pitched in to help the event run smoothly for the week. The collaborative spirit of Free and Open Source technology was an essential factor in how the group worked together.

There was a pre-registration event and two evening parties providing opportunities for people to spend time together without the stress of project deadlines. Other social activities included the traditional soccer and volleyball matches and as participants mostly concerned themselves with having fun (as well as a bit of beer drinking), it was not clear which of the KDE or GNOME teams won. There was an ice cream dessert gathering and unofficial curry cook-outs with food, drinks and conversation--both work and fun.

At the Summit, the City of Berlin announced the winners of its open source competition "Berlin – Made to Create", a program promoting open source and open standards ideas and solutions. At the same session, the GNOME and KDE communities also announced their outstanding contributors.


From Tuesday to Friday, 85 Birds of a Feather (BoFs) sessions and countless informal hacking sessions took place. Two hacking rooms and the hallways were full of people working on projects. BoFs ranged from small working groups to popular and multi-faceted projects to the introduction of new projects. The GObject Introspection Room shows the kinds of work undertaken at the Summit: a dedicated space with 12 to 20 people at any time, it ran the duration of the Summit, and was primarily focused on bug fixing GNOME API bindings. The KDE community also participated by working on bindings between GObject libraries and Qt/C++ and smoothing out other cross-desktop issues.

The KDE Release Team got together to talk about their strategy for Git versioning migration and the move to Frameworks 5. The BoF session was well attended, and included release team members and downstream packagers. In a short time, the team gathered feedback and came up with a plan for adding predictability to the release team's work and output, and for making the work within the team more effective and sustainable. Working remotely, this would have taken considerably longer and would not have achieved such good results.

The fifth Text Layout Summit was held concurrently with Desktop Summit 2011. At present, there are several font and text shaping technologies and no unified system library. As a result, complex text layout scripts such as Arabic or Myanmar are not well supported, and Western/European fonts often lack advanced text formatting capabilities. As FOSS applications are intended for use by all nationalities and languages, this is a serious shortcoming. Text Layout Summit 2011 made substantial progress toward a common approach, especially with Graphite, which is focused on the minority languages of the world.

The Desktop Summit is an important enabling event, making it possible for teams to learn, share and make substantial progress in their Free and Open Source projects. During the GNOME and KDE Annual General Meetings (AGMs), the respective projects recognized the achievements of members, made important announcements and reflected on the lessons learned over the past year. New Executive Director Karen Sandler led the GNOME AGM, with the recent release of GNOME 3 being a central topic. Many perspectives were contributed, including design, marketing, bug fixes and quality. The location of the 2012 GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) was revealed. With three impressive bids to host GUADEC, La Coruña, Spain, was chosen! The GNOME community looks forward to seeing its members next summer.

At the KDE e.V. AGM, President Cornelius Schumacher presented the work of the Board and KDE e.V. activities of the past 12 months. KDE e.V. organized or helped to organize several successful international conferences such as Akademy 2010 in Tampere, conf.kde.in in India, Camp KDE in San Francisco, and financially supported 21 contributor sprints. Cornelius Schumacher also explained the e.V.'s role in supporting and representing the KDE community in legal issues like domain handling, trademarks and similar areas.

Speaking for both organizations, Lydia Pintscher said, "We consider Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin to have been a huge success for the collaboration among free software desktop communities. We learned a lot during the first Desktop Summit in Gran Canaria and were able to improve on many big and small things that made a real difference for the conference. We are looking forward to seeing the results of this work and to increased future collaboration."

By Carl Symons, William Carlson, and Stuart Jarvis


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleOpenSourceBlog/~3/HKsbafsHufk/desktop-summit-2011-visits-berlin.html

[G] Winter X Games Aspen ’12 Selection Show and Google+ Hangout today

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 08:08 PM PST

YouTube Blog: Winter X Games Aspen '12 Selection Show and Google+ Hangout today

Attention shred heads. Coming at you live from LA LIVE, on Monday, November 14, ESPN X Games will be announcing their first wave of invited athletes for Winter X Games Aspen '12 and hosting a live Google+ Hangout after party.



Tune in on YouTube and then hang out with some of the world's best winter action sports athletes. Starting at Noon PT, ESPN's Brandon Graham will be co-hosting the Winter X Games Selection show with Dancing with the Stars contestant, US Olympian and Winter X Games medalist, Louie Vito as they announce the invites.



After, check out the X Games Google+ page to watch some of the best in action sports get together in their first ever Google+ Hangout. Fans will get the chance to hang out with the likes of Louie Vito, Mat Hoffman, Ryan Nyquist, Brian Deegan and Sarah Burke. So bring those burning questions and get your winter fix.



Check out the X Games Google+ page and XGames.com for details about the games taking place on January 26-29, 2012, from Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, CO. Catch you on the mountain for some turns soon!



Matt Villacarte, Strategic Partner Development Manager, recently watched "X Games 17: Skateboard Vert Battle for Gold."


URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/dxVpHHlRX2g/winter-x-games-aspen-12-selection-show.html
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