Microsoft Advertising advertiser console down
This impacts the web UI, but other interfaces are currently up. This does not impact ad serving.
Topic: Web application
Facebook upgrades Professional Dashboard with new insights
The revamped dashboard equips creators with deeper insights, streamlined tools, and cross-device flexibility.
Google sunsets Local Services Ads mobile app, shifts focus to web platform
Google will discontinue the Local Services Ads mobile app on January 6, making the web platform the only option for managing these campaigns.
Threads is widely rolling out on the web
Meta has been working on delivering new features to the platform to help improve retention after sessions plummeted.
Google Podcasts gets a redesign and iOS rollout
The new design features an Explore tab with recommendations based on the listener's interests.
Google spotted testing version of GoogleBot that can render more content
Google may be able to fully crawl more advanced and modern web apps sooner than you thought.
Google Maps enables creating & sharing lists on desktop version
The feature, launched in February on Google Maps mobile versions, is now available on the desktop interface.
New Google Earth delivers guided tours, 3D images & an ‘I’m feeling lucky’ feature
It's currently only available on Chrome and Android, but Google says its latest version of Google Earth will soon roll out on iOS and other browsers.
Google’s Santa Tracker 2014 Is Up & Counting Days Until Santa’s Annual Sleigh Ride Around The Globe
Now that we have Thanksgiving out of the way, it’s time to start tracking Santa’s whereabouts. To make it easy, Google launched its Santa Tracker today, reminding us there are less than 23 days before Santa makes his annual trip around the globe. [pullquote]Santa’s dashboard – featuring the latest and greatest in Google Maps technology […]
Google AdWords Gets Copy And Paste Functionality In The Web UI
AdWords Editor is great for editing and building out campaigns and ad groups, but sometimes it would just be nice to break up an ad group, clone a campaign, or copy keywords on the fly right in the Web UI. Now you can. This week, Google added copy and paste functionality to the Web UI. […]
The 2012 Santa Tracker Review, From NORAD To Google, From The Web To Apps
It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is on his annual trip delivering presents to all the good little boys and girls around the world. This year, not just one but two major organizations are offering ways to track Jolly St. Nick on his flight. Below, our annual review of how to track him by the […]
Today On Google+: A Handful Of Helpful Tools, Google+ Officially Over 10 Million Users & Friday Fun!
Below is today’s top news relating to Google+, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Official: Google+ Hits 10,000,000 Users Over 10M Google+ Users was shared late yesterday by Larry Page, Google’s CEO, in the midst of the quarterly Google earnings call. This number is still far-removed from Facebook’s […]
Up Close With Twitter’s New Photo Sharing Feature
Earlier this month, Twitter announced that it would be rolling out its own photo sharing service. I found this enabled for my own account last week and today got a formal message about it. So, I thought a close look at how it works might be useful. Use The Camera Icon For Photo Sharing Right […]
Google I/O 2011 Chrome Keynote: Chromebooks Come June 15, Angry Birds For Web & More
It’s day two of the Google I/O developers conference. Call it “Chrome Day,” because yesterday was all about Android. What to expect? How about a Chrome computer for $20 per month? That’s what’s likely to be revealed during the keynote. Techmeme is buzzing with the headlines of details that have leaked out so far. The […]
Q&A: Google’s Sengupta On The Chrome OS Cr-48 Laptop
Yesterday, after writing my review of the Google Chrome OS Cr-48 notebook, I had a chance to catch up with Google product management director Caesar Sengupta about the machine. Below, answers to question like dealing with external monitors to whether Google really believes this can replace current computers. Yes, it does. If you use the […]
First Day Review: The Google Chrome OS Cr-48 Notebook
My Google Chrome Cr-48 notebook has just arrived. For my first day with it, I decided a good torture test would be to unplug my Windows 7 machine and see how the Google laptop worked in its place. Let’s go!
Could Google’s ChromeBooks Succeed In The Enterprise?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote that Google may have missed its “window” for Chrome OS netbooks (pun intended). That was based on my prior understanding of ChomeBooks as an affordable “second computer” aimed chiefly at consumers. This is generally how Google had positioned the devices a year ago. My thesis going in was […]
It’s Alive: The Google Chrome OS Notebook Launch Event
Google has announced that Chrome OS laptops are now available to consumers through a pilot program for early adopters who prove themselves to be “right” in various ways. A Chrome Web Store has also launched to allow an easier way to run web apps within the Chrome browser itself.
Yahoo’s Local Focus: Offers, Sketch-A-Search & Restaurant Search Upgrades Coming Soon
In conjunction with an appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit today, Yahoo made several announcements of new products with a local focus. Here’s a look at what Yahoo is rolling out now and planning to introduce down the road. Yahoo Local Offers Deals and coupons are a pretty hot item these days in the local […]
Live Blogging Google I/O: Day 1 Keynote
It’s Google I/O, Google’s annual developers conference. The morning keynote gets underway at 9AM Pacific. Let’s see what surprises Google has in store for today. My liveblogging begins, below. For those at home, you can also watch along live — I/O sessions are being broadcast here on YouTube. Due to traffic, I arrived 15 minutes […]
Liveblogging The Google Chrome OS Press Conference
Something’s up with Google’s Chrome operating system. Don’t know what, but we’ll all know soon as a press conference begins at 10AM Pacific. I’m coming at your live from the Googleplex. Buckle up, and we’ll see what’s happening. You can also watch from home. Webcast info is here. There will also be related coverage developing […]
Google Broadening Wave Access With GMail-Like Rollout
As we previously reported, starting tomorrow Google will widen access to its innovative communications platform Wave, offering 100,000 new invitations to use the service. Many of these people in turn will be allowed to invite others to join as well, reminiscent of how GMail propagated. (It’s wise for Google to allow these new users to […]
Google Latitude Reaches iPhone, But It’s Limited
Interesting development today on the mobile scene: Google has released Latitude, its location-aware software, for the iPhone and iPod Touch — but as a web application rather than a native iPhone app. Ergo, Latitude users will only be able to access the program via the iPhone’s Safari web browser, which makes continuous updates an impossibility […]
Developer Impressions Of Google Wave: “Real-Time Email On Crack”
What is it? Google’s answer to Twitter? Email and IM replacement? Personal communications and collaboration platform? These were questions and characterizations that emerged as Google announced Wave at the company’s May developer event in San Francisco. (Here’s a bit more context from my related post at the press conference.) It’s a shapeshifter, a new species […]
Google’s New Wave Of Ambition
I’m in the Google Wave press conference, following a dizzying keynote — dizzying, at least, after a night of little sleep. As he did yesterday Google co-founder Sergey Brin joined the discussion and similarly apologized for arriving late. Danny live blogged the keynote earlier this morning. He jokingly compared Wave to Lotus Notes. In some […]
Live Blogging The Google I/O Keynote
I’m at the Google I/O conference, where it is being opened by Google CEO Eric Schmidt. He’s welcoming the audience and saying it’s great to be in front of programmers and saying, “it’s time. it’s time for us to take advantage of the amazing opportunity before us … it has been 20 years trying to […]
See Google’s iPhone-Made Sites On Your Browser
Alex Chitu has compiled a list of Google’s iPhone-made and optimized web sites. So, if you want to view them on your own browser, you can, but understand that they look a lot better on your iPhone’s browser. Here is the list of URLs Alex came up with for Google’s iPhone specific web software:
Yahoo Upgrades Calendar, Integrates With Other Yahoo Properties
Yahoo! Calendar, one of the company’s early “Web 1.0” properties, is getting a major facelift for the first time in 10 years. Yahoo announced details of the new Yahoo! Calendar beta today, which uses technology from their 2007 purchase of Zimbra.
How Bright Is The Outlook For Chrome?
Most of the tech journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area were at Google this morning for a briefing and demo of Chrome. Danny earlier posted lots of detail on the search dimensions of Chrome. And there are quite a few posts and articles about features and first impressions.
Yahoo! SearchMonkey Enhanced Listings Available To Searchers
As I reported last week, Yahoo SearchMonkey applications are now available to searchers. The Yahoo Search blog posted details last night, saying that searchers can now add SearchMonkey applications via either the gallery (which is in beta) or through promoted links from application developers or web sites. The gallery contains only 39 applications so far […]
Microsoft Wants To Replace “404” Error With Live Search Results
Microsoft has said that between “2 and 10 percent” of site searches lead to a 404 error page. The company thus decided to create what it’s calling the “Web Page Error Toolkit.” It’s a web application that uses either Live Search (or another engine of the site owner’s choice) to provide a custom error page […]
Google Friend Connect Introduces Social Widgets For Site Owners
Contrary to some earlier reports, Google’s new Friend Connect, launching today, is not focused on data portability or a direct answer to MySpace “Data Availability” or the new Facebook Connect. While there’s a data portability dimension, it’s focused on the flip side of the equation: site owners who want to make their sites more “social.” […]
Tools For Engaging In Social Media
We all know Social Media Marketing can be pretty time consuming. There are numerous social media communities, each requiring you to sign up, make a profile, and participate, in order to have any success with them. So it is only natural that you would like to have some helpful tools to short cut the process […]
Search News Headlines Application For Facebook
Finally, Barry and I can share an application that we’ve been cooking up — Search News For Facebook. Install this, and by default you’ll get the top headlines from Search Engine Land and Search Engine Roundtable combined, showing on your Facebook profile page. You can also add your own feed or any feeds you like […]
I Have The New Version Of Gmail, Do You?
The Gmail Blog has announced they have been making structural changes to the Gmail code base to make Gmail iterate faster and share components with other Google applications such as Google Groups, Page Creator, and Contact Manager. How do you know if you have the new Gmail? If you login to Gmail and look at […]
Microsoft Introduces Windows Live Events
Microsoft has introduced an Evite-like events service, Windows Live Events. Rather than an “Evite killer,” think of it more as a home page or website for events, with public events eventually to most likely be integrated into the broader local database and other services that Microsoft has. Currently it integrates pretty seamlessly into Windows Live […]
Google Gears Brings Offline Web Applications To Life
Today at Google Developer Day 2007, Google released Google Gears. Google Gears is a browser extension that will help developers create offline web applications in the open source framework. Gears is powered by JavaScript APIs enabling data storage, application caching, and multi-threading technologies for offline browsing and application use. Google Reader is the first online […]
Google Docs and Spreadsheets Tops Web Productivity Tools
Nielsen//NetRatings released a report [PDF] showing Google Docs and Spreadsheets have been the number one online productivity tools since October 2006. The report says that in November Google Docs and Spreadsheets “attracted 424,785 unique visitors and 432,156 unique visitors in December.” The average time per visitor has “increased somewhat, from an average of 10 minutes […]
Widgipedia: A Widgets Supersite
Fond of Yahoo Widgets or Google Gadgets? A new site called Widgipedia.com lets you search and browse for web and desktop-based mini-applications across a number of different platforms. Widgets can be found in the Widgipedia gallery by browsing, identifying items in the “tag cloud,
SuggestLocal Offers Collaboration Tools For Local Search
A new site SuggestLocal seeks to solve the problem of figuring out where to go and what to do with a group of colleagues or friends. The site isn’t focused on rating local venues (it incorporates Yahoo ratings); rather it’s focused on enabling collaboration and helping people make group decisions, which is notoriously difficult. Users […]