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Google's YouTube lets promoters target popular clips

Google, seeking to diversify beyond four-line text advertisements, is matching clients' promotions with the most popular video clips on YouTube. The buzz-targeting program flags clips based on the number of viewers, users' ratings and how many people tag them as a favorite, Google said Tuesday in a statement. Google is betting on video ads to curb its reliance on the text links that provide the bulk of its $16.6 billion in annual sales. Almost 85 million people in the United States watched a total of 4.3 billion videos on YouTube in March, market researcher ComScore said yesterday. Lions Gate Entertainment was the first client to use buzz targeting to promote the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom," which was released last month.

Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness

Google announced this week that their Google Earth application can now be used from the browser, instead of having to download and install the desktop application. "Google also launched an JavaScript API that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps. 'The Google Earth Plug-in and its APIs let you embed the full power of Google Earth and its 3D rendering capabilities into your web pages.' Google LatLong blog announced that each Google Maps mashup can take advantage of the new 3D view by adding a single line of code. 'Our goal is to open up the entire core of Google Earth to developers in the hopes that you'll build the next great geo-based 3D application, and change how we view the world.'"

Delving Into Google Health's Privacy Concerns

SecureThroughObscure writes "Security researcher Robert 'RSnake' Hansen discusses numerous concerns with Google's new Google Health application, which aims to integrate user's medical records online. We discussed Google Health's opening to the public earlier this week. RSnake mentions that Google has found a loophole allowing them to provide this service without having to follow HIPAA regulations, which, combined with Google's track record of having numerous flaws leading to private information disclosure, draws serious concern. Security researcher Nate McFeters of ZDNet's Zero-Day Security Blog also commented on the article, mentioning several past vulnerabilities: ownership of content issues, Google Docs theft, a cross-domain hole, Google XSS, and a Google Picasa protocol handler issue leading to the theft of user images.

Google Adsense - Money Generator

Google adsense are ads that are shown on your site. They can be small text ads or images. Google gets paid by their advertisers and in turn pays you each time someone clicks on the ad. Google adsense is a great way to make money from your website traffic. It is possible to make a sizable income from these little ads but many do not realize the potential of these little gems. Setting up: Go to https://www.google.com/adsense 1. Set up an account 2. Decide what sort of ad format you want 3. Insert the html in your website 15 Tips for making the most profit from your Google Adsense: Google has many tools check them all and see which ones will work for you. 1. Filtering your competition - Google allows you to filter out up to 200 URL from being shown on your site 2.

YouTube Must Give All User Histories To Viacom

psyopper writes "Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday. Although Google argued that turning over the data would invade its users' privacy, the judge's ruling (.pdf) described that argument as "speculative" and ordered Google to turn over the logs on a set of four tera-byte hard drives."

Google Search Ranking Secrets Revealed

Wouldn't it be great to understand exactly how Google decides to rank websites? And wouldn't it be even better if the information on Google search rankings came from a true ''insider'' at Google? Well if the Google blog is to be believed, the company has begun an effort to do just that. Udi Manber, a Vice President of Engineering at Google is part of the team called 'Search Quality'. Search Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. That is, when you type a search query into the search box at Google and hit enter, the Search Quality team is responsible to decide within a fraction of a second which among the billions of pages on the web to display, and in what order.

Why Google Should Embrace OpenOffice.org

CWmike writes "Preston Gralla has a decent idea that could move the office needle: If Google really wanted to deliver a knockout punch to Microsoft, it would integrate OpenOffice with Google Docs, and sell support for the combined suite to small businesses, medium-sized business, and large corporations. Given the reach of Google, the quality of OpenOffice, and the lure of free, it's a sure winner. Imagine if a version of it were available as a Web service from Google, combined with massive amounts of Google storage. Integrated with Google Docs, it would also allow online collaboration. For those who wanted more features, the full OpenOffice suite would be available as a client — supported by Google. wouldn't be at all surprised to see this happen.

Google gives big boost to the Google Mini

Google gives big boost to the Google Mini The Google Mini, a device first piloted over three years ago, is intended to give businesses an affordable way to get powerful Google search technology in their own doors. Years after it began heading out to businesses around the world, Google has announced that they have taken user input into consideration and is giving the device some major upgrades that make it even more attractive.

Google hosting malware? Google says they were!

Google isn’t hosting malware anymore, but according to a tool they provide that lets you check up on any domain, their own google.com at one point was indeed hosting malware (software that is installed on a users machine without their consent). After doing some digging, Tony Ruscoe found that the problems didn’t stem from www.google.com, but rather video.google.com.

Georgia's New State Health Plan Is Google

theodp writes "In yet another case of life imitating Dilbert, the State of Georgia has issued a press release touting how helpful Google products will be in getting Georgians to go outdoors. According to the release and a follow-up Yo-State-So-Fat Official Google Blog post, this includes AdWords, Analytics, Maps, Earth, Picasa, Gadgets and a branded YouTube channel for the GO Georgia initiative 'We're thrilled that Google has joined us in the effort to help everyone in the state lead a healthier life,' said Sally Winchester, a manager for Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites. 'At Google, we are committed to helping our employees lead healthy lives,' added Maureen Schumacher, a Google regional sales director. 'We are very excited that Google products will be used as part of this effort to improve the health and well-being of all Georgians.

Google Concentrates More on the Indian Market with YouTube India

Just days after launching Google translate in Hindi for the Indian audience, Google’s YouTube announced the launch of its local Indian site (www.youtube.co.in). YouTube India offers local features such as promoted videos, featured videos, and homepage promotions, localized user interface and help center, user support and community features (such as video ratings, sharing and content flagging).

Google ordered to give YouTube user data to Viacom

A woman walks past the logo of Internet search engine giant Google at a trade fair. Google expressed disappointment and privacy groups voiced outrage Thursday after a judge ordered Google to give entertainment giant Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to its popular video-sharing website YouTube.

Google ordered to hand over YouTube logs - report

A US court ruled on Tuesday 1 July, in a copyright infringement case brought against the Google-owned YouTube website, that YouTube must release a 12 terabyte log containing information identifying which video clips from the YouTube website were downloaded to what IP addresses, and when.

Google Adsense - Make Online Money With Google Adsense?

For the last couple of months, Google Adsense has dominated forums, discussions and newsletters all over the Internet. Already, there are tales of fabulous riches to be made and millions made by those who are just working from home. It seems that Google Adsense have already dominated the internet marketing business and is now considered the easiest way to making money online. The key to success with Google Adsense is the placing of ads on pages that are receiving high traffic for high demand keywords. The higher the cost-per-click to the advertiser, the more you will receive per click from your site. Obviously, it does not pay to target low cost-per-click keywords and place them on pages that do not receive hits. With all the people getting online and clicking away everyday, it is no wonder why Google Adsense has become an instant hit.

Collaborative Business Intelligence: Panorama and Google Team to Deliver a "Pivot Table" Experience in Google Docs

Panorama Software has made a series of announcements regarding its relationship and accomplishments with Google pertaining to new functionality associated with Google Docs spreadsheets (online spreadsheets that can be shared in a "live" collaborative session). On March 19, 2008, Panorama Software announced a "…beta initiative in analytics and reporting solutions for Google applications." In essence, Panorama has enabled pivot table functionality and therefore analytics capability, as well as reporting for online spreadsheets in Google Docs. On April 17, 2008, Panorama announced native support for Microsoft "SQL Server™ Analysis Services…" in order to allow customers to use Google Docs to analyze, report, and visualize corporate data directly from SQL Server™.

Google Gadgets, an open-source, stand-alone app that runs gadgets from Google Desktop and the Universal iGoogle repository, closes the widest gap between Google Desktop's Linux version and its Mac and Windows cousins Kernel release: 2.6.26-rc5,

Google Gadgets, an open-source, stand-alone app that runs gadgets from Google Desktop and the Universal iGoogle repository, closes the widest gap between Google Desktop's Linux version and its Mac and Windows cousins

Google Earth in the browser is fast, but ugly

Google today sped ahead in the web search domain once again with the release of the Google Earth API. Yes, the recent improvements to Live Maps were impressive, but today the search giant has put Google Earth into the browser. Microsoft made this move first, completely disregarding Google's client release of Google Earth, with its Virtual Earth API and browser plug-in. Google's Windows-only release today seems to focus on 3D, and speed. The performance is noticeably superior to Microsoft's, but there are still obvious kinks that need to be worked out.

Google Inks Deal to Use Tele Atlas Maps on Android OS

Google has signed a deal with digital-map maker Tele Atlas which allows Google to use the firm's map data on a host of devices including cellphones and gadgets based the much anticipated Android operating system. Under the terms of the 5-year deal Google will also continue to use Tele Atlas mapping data on a host of Google services such as Google Maps and Google Earth.

Google Makes Content Available on your TV

Google has announced that it has a new Windows application which makes it possible to access all of your Google content on your television using a DLNA device such as a PlayStation 3. It's named Google Media Server and works on any PC running the Google Desktop, allowing things like YouTube videos and Picasa photos to be viewable on your television. This has led some to suggest that the Google Set-Top Box could be the next big thing announced by the company.

Google Gearing Up for the Enterprise

The Google Solutions Marketplace, a portal for apps that make use of Google's APIs or Gadgets, demonstrates Google's increasing interest in the enterprise, along with Google's recent acquisition of enterprise-focused wiki company JotSpot, now called Google Sites. Additionally, Salesforce.com will begin reselling Google Apps to its customers.

Google Apps Now in Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is offering Salesforce for Google Apps, which makes Google's applications available from inside Salesforce.com. A Google video says the deal makes it possible to manage all customer information from within Salesforce, including Google Docs, Gmail, Google Talk and Google Calendars.

Google Apps Now in Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is offering Salesforce for Google Apps, which makes Google's applications available from inside Salesforce.com. A Google video says the deal makes it possible to manage all customer information from within Salesforce, including Google Docs, Gmail, Google Talk and Google Calendars.

Google to launch mobile phone advertising service in China

Beijing. May 23. INTERFAX-CHINA - Google is to launch a mobile phone advertising service covering mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, local media reported today. John Liu, vice president for greater China sales of Google, announced in Taipei that Google would partner with Taiwan operators Chunghwa Telecom and Far EasTone to deliver the service in Taiwan, Sohu reported. Liu did not reveal which operator Google will work with to provide this service in mainland China. In April 2006, Google launched its mobile phone advertising service in Japan, cooperating with wireless operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI. When Mobile phone users search with Google on their mobile devices, advertisements relevant to the keywords will be displayed. -CG

Google's Shareholders Vote Against Human Rights

yo_cruyff notes a Computerworld article on Google's recent annual shareholder meeting, which was dominated by argument over the company's human rights policies. Google's shareholders, on advice from their board, have voted down two proposals on Thursday that would have compelled Google to change its policies. "Google [has been] coming under fire for operating a version of its search engine that complies with China's censorship rules. Google argues that it's better for it to have a presence in the country and to offer people some information, rather than for it not to be active in China at all... [S]hareholders and rights groups including Amnesty International... continue to push Google to improve its policies in countries known for human rights abuses and limits on freedom of speech.

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