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- [G] Get a pulse for the posts your readers like most with the +1 counter
- [G] Updating our privacy policies and terms of service
- [G] Music Tuesday: Nada Surf, Sundance and more
- [G] Google’s updated privacy policy - what it means for Google Analytics users
- [G] Are you the next online beauty guru?
- [G] 2012: Our resolutions to improve AdSense for you
| [G] Get a pulse for the posts your readers like most with the +1 counter Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:07 PM PST Blogger Buzz: Get a pulse for the posts your readers like most with the +1 counterAs we mentioned in our Connect to Google+ post a few weeks ago, we've been hard at work to bring you new ways to grow your blog and engage with your readers using Google+.Today we're happy to introduce the +1 counter, which allows you to quickly scan your dashboard to see which posts are most popular on your blog. Each time a reader clicks the +1 button on a post, a +1 gets added to that post's counter and their profile photo and name will appear.   Happy blogging! Posted by Bruce Polderman, Product Manager  URL: http://buzz.blogger.com/2012/01/get-pulse-for-posts-your-readers-like.html       |
| [G] Updating our privacy policies and terms of service Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:05 PM PST Official Google Blog: Updating our privacy policies and terms of serviceIn just over a month we will make some changes to our privacy policies and Google Terms of Service. This stuff matters, so we wanted to explain what's changing, why and what these changes mean for users.First, our privacy policies. Despite trimming our policies in 2010, we still have more than 70 (yes, you read right … 70) privacy documents covering all of our different products. This approach is somewhat complicated. It's also at odds with our efforts to integrate our different products more closely so that we can create a beautifully simple, intuitive user experience across Google. So we're rolling out a new main privacy policy that covers the majority of our products and explains what information we collect, and how we use it, in a much more readable way. While we've had to keep a handful of separate privacy notices for legal and other reasons, we're consolidating more than 60 into our main Privacy Policy. Regulators globally have been calling for shorter, simpler privacy policies—and having one policy covering many different products is now fairly standard across the web. These changes will take effect on March 1, and we're starting to notify users today, including via email and a notice on our homepage. What does this mean in practice? The main change is for users with Google Accounts. Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you're signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services. In short, we'll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience. Our recently launched personal search feature is a good example of the cool things Google can do when we combine information across products. Our search box now gives you great answers not just from the web, but your personal stuff too. So if I search for restaurants in Munich, I might see Google+ posts or photos that people have shared with me, or that are in my albums. Today we can also do things like make it easy for you to read a memo from Google Docs right in your Gmail, or add someone from your Gmail contacts to a meeting in Google Calendar. But there's so much more that Google can do to help you by sharing more of your information with … well, you. We can make search better—figuring out what you really mean when you type in Apple, Jaguar or Pink. We can provide more relevant ads too. For example, it's January, but maybe you're not a gym person, so fitness ads aren't that useful to you. We can provide reminders that you're going to be late for a meeting based on your location, your calendar and an understanding of what the traffic is like that day. Or ensure that our spelling suggestions, even for your friends' names, are accurate because you've typed them before. People still have to do way too much heavy lifting, and we want to do a better job of helping them out. Second, the Google Terms of Service—terms you agree to when you use our products. As with our privacy policies, we've rewritten them so they're easier to read. We've also cut down the total number, so many of our products are now covered by our new main Google Terms of Service. Visit the Google Terms of Service page to find the revised terms. Finally, what we're not changing. We remain committed to data liberation, so if you want to take your information elsewhere you can. We don't sell your personal information, nor do we share it externally without your permission except in very limited circumstances like a valid court order. We try hard to be transparent about the information we collect, and to give you meaningful choices about how it is used—for example our Ads Preferences Manager enables you to edit the interest categories we advertise against or turn off certain Google ads altogether. And we continue to design privacy controls, like Google+'s circles, into our products from the ground up. We believe this new, simpler policy will make it easier for people to understand our privacy practices as well as enable Google to improve the services we offer. Whether you're a new Google user or an old hand, please do take the time to read our new privacy policy and terms, learn more about the changes we're making and understand the controls we offer. Posted by Alma Whitten, Director of Privacy, Product and Engineering  URL: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/updating-our-privacy-policies-and-terms.html   |
| [G] Music Tuesday: Nada Surf, Sundance and more Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:05 PM PST YouTube Blog: Music Tuesday: Nada Surf, Sundance and moreThis week on YouTube Music we've premiered Ryan Adam's new video, enjoyed an exclusive playlist of Tiesto's favorite tracks, and had, in the words of one YouTube commenter, our "brains tickled" by Matthew Dear's In The Middle. Check back each day to discover more great music, including...Nada Surf: live and playlisting! Nada Surf are celebrating 20 years of work together, from the days of Popular, to the innovative covers, and even an early example of crowdsourcing music videos through a YouTube competition in 2008. They'll be blowing the candles on their cake, and playing their new album live from the Bowery Ballroom this evening at 7pm PT. To get you in the mood, the guys have selected some of their favorite music videos, including tunes from The Wrens, Softback and Sea Wolf. Check out their playlist, then head over to the Nada Surf Channel to watch the show! Sundance 2012 Robert Redford's Sundance Festival has long been a major force in the world of independent cinema, and with the expansion of its music program has truly become the place to be in January. For our Sundance 2012 playlist, we combined videos from some of the artists performing live, with some of our favorite songs featured in the films on show. Strap on your snow boots and enjoy tracks from Public Enemy, Flying Lotus, The Charlatans and more. Elizabeth Harper - Class Actress Finally, earlier this month we featured Azari & iii's video for "Reckless (With Your Love)", which throws back to old school 90s house music. Tweaking sounds from the past has been a recurring theme with emerging talent and our pick for this week is Class Actress - "Bienvenue" - you're sure to experience that 80's feeling! Tim Partridge, YouTube music manager, recently watched "Girls - 'Honey Bunny' Official Video."     URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/QctY_Mkxc3Q/music-tuesday-nada-surf-sundance-and.html   |
| [G] Google’s updated privacy policy - what it means for Google Analytics users Posted: 24 Jan 2012 07:05 PM PST Google Analytics Blog: Google's updated privacy policy - what it means for Google Analytics usersYou may have already heard that Google is rolling out a new main privacy policy on March 1. With these changes, the privacy policy will be easier to read, and will help us create one beautifully simple, intuitive user experience across Google products and services. The new privacy policy makes it clear that if you're signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services - helping us treat you as a single user across all our products. (To read more about the new privacy policy, check out the Official Google Blog post here.) We know you may have questions about how this affects you and your Google Analytics data, so want to take this opportunity to explain.Most importantly, the privacy policies and controls you have over your website data will not change. Just as it was before, your website's data is governed by the data sharing settings, which you control directly. You can still choose how much, if any, of your website's data to share with Google to help us improve our products, provide anonymous, aggregate statistics, or make enhanced features like Conversion Optimizer available to you. Your website data will not be used for purposes other than those that you specify in your settings, which you may change at any time. You can find more information about data sharing settings here. The way that we handle information about your website's visitors is also unchanged. Their data will continue to be governed by your website's privacy policies, and their actions will remain anonymous in Google Analytics to both websites and Google. The only change for Google Analytics users under the new privacy policy is that now, information about how you interact with the Google Analytics interface may be shared with our other products. Helping you understand our privacy controls and giving you meaningful choices to determine how you want to share your data is very important to us, and we encourage you to take the time to read through the new privacy policy changes and our data sharing options. Posted by Paul Muret, Director of Engineering, Google Analytics     URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tRaA/~3/nSLHlEHtHA0/googles-updated-privacy-policy-what-it.html   |
| [G] Are you the next online beauty guru? Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:56 PM PST YouTube Blog: Are you the next online beauty guru?L'Oreal Paris is kicking off a search across the U.S. to find the next beauty guru on YouTube. One aspiring expert will win a spotlight on the Destination Beauty YouTube Channel and have their beauty tutorial video shown among 10 of YouTube's most popular tutorial stars. This lucky beauty aficionado will also enjoy a trip for two to New York City for some pampering at L'Oréal USA and a year's supply of L'Oréal Paris cosmetic, hair care, hair color and skincare products to support their "how-to" video efforts.If you think you have what it takes, sharpen your (eyeliner!) pencils and make sure your video is a cut above the rest. To get motivated, YouTube partner and beauty expert Kandee Johnson shares what you need to know about the contest. How to enter and contest rules To enter, submit a tutorial video here that shares your "how-to" tips and tricks behind your favorite red carpet-inspired hair and makeup look. You can submit as many videos as you'd like, so explore a variety of trends and styles. Video submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges measuring on the quality of instruction, production and end result, and full rules for the contest are here. Good luck and can't wait to see all of your glamorous videos! Jamie Berkowitz, lifestyle program manager, recently watched "Make up look for the Office -Tuesday."    URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/youtube/PKJx/~3/RUolKbcN5yI/are-you-next-online-beauty-guru.html   |
| [G] 2012: Our resolutions to improve AdSense for you Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST Inside AdSense: 2012: Our resolutions to improve AdSense for youIt's already a few weeks into the new year, but it's never too late to set resolutions. That's why today we'd like to share the outcome of our bi-annual publisher satisfaction survey. If you're opted in to receive occasional surveys from us, you may have seen or filled out this survey. Over 28,000 of you participated globally, and we received more than 33,000 comments on your favorite aspects about AdSense as well as changes you'd like to see. The main areas of improvement that emerged from the survey are: AdSense Program Policies, AdSense Support, and Communication from AdSense. Your feedback is very important to us and we'd like to share some insights on what we've done in these areas so far and how we want to further improve them. We're also working on improving in other important areas like payments and we'll continue to report back on those throughout the year. AdSense Program Policies Many of your comments in the survey showed that you're interested in more transparency around our program policies and which ad implementations are allowed. We've started adding more resources like our regular blog posts about specifics of our program policies and we're also working on:
AdSense Support We know that it's important for you to get quick answers to your questions, and that's why we have a variety of support resources available. However, you've told us that you sometimes struggle to find the information you need, or would like to be able to address questions directly to our team. With this in mind, we'd like to address two main points:
Communication from AdSense As you might know, in addition to receiving messages in your AdSense account, you can subscribe to receive occasional emails from AdSense with performance suggestions, special offers, and newsletters. We asked for your thoughts on the emails we've been sending, and based on your feedback, here's where we'll be focusing on making improvements:
A big thank you to everyone who participated in this survey! If you'd like to participate and share your thoughts with us in upcoming surveys, make sure you update your email preferences to receive "occasional surveys to help us improve AdSense". Posted by Sophie Emmerich, on behalf of the AdSense Publisher Satisfaction Team    URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tuAm/~3/toIA-huJ9Bk/2012-our-resolutions-to-improve-adsense.html   |
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