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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064</id><updated>2025-08-23T16:58:06.679-07:00</updated><category term="Web Search"/><category term="Gmail"/><category term="User interface"/><category term="YouTube"/><category term="Mobile"/><category term="Google Chrome"/><category term="Google Maps"/><category term="Google Docs"/><category term="Tips"/><category term="Android"/><category term="Google Plus"/><category term="Image Search"/><category term="Google Translate"/><category term="Google Drive"/><category term="iGoogle"/><category term="Google Reader"/><category term="Google Calendar"/><category term="Social"/><category term="Ads"/><category term="Google News"/><category term="Google Video"/><category term="Picasa Web Albums"/><category term="Blogger"/><category term="Google Earth"/><category term="Google Talk"/><category term="Yahoo"/><category term="Security"/><category term="Knowledge"/><category term="OneBox"/><category term="Easter Egg"/><category term="Google Chrome OS"/><category term="Greasemonkey"/><category term="InOut"/><category term="Google Toolbar"/><category term="Firefox extensions"/><category term="Google Photos"/><category term="Software"/><category term="Google Suggest"/><category term="Google Apps"/><category term="Google Music"/><category term="Music"/><category term="Acquisitions"/><category term="Visualization"/><category term="April Fools Day"/><category term="Book Search"/><category term="API"/><category term="Webmasters"/><category term="Google Contacts"/><category term="Google Desktop"/><category term="Nostalgia"/><category term="orkut"/><category term="Google Notebook"/><category term="Google Local"/><category term="Google Trends"/><category term="Voice Search"/><category term="Web History"/><category term="Windows Live"/><category term="Google Analytics"/><category term="Google Gears"/><category term="Google Now"/><category term="Google Co-op"/><category term="Google Instant"/><category term="Google Checkout"/><category term="Annoyances"/><category term="Google Bookmarks"/><category term="Google Phone"/><category term="Blog Search"/><category term="Google Profiles"/><category term="Google Buzz"/><category term="Google Cast"/><category term="Google Pack"/><category term="Inbox"/><category term="Picasa"/><category term="Spam"/><category term="Google Dictionary"/><category term="Google Finance"/><category term="Google Groups"/><category term="Google Hangouts"/><category term="Google Keep"/><category term="Universal Search"/><category term="FeedBurner"/><category term="Month in review"/><category term="AJAX Search"/><category term="Game"/><category term="Google Goggles"/><category term="Google Latitude"/><category term="Google Sites"/><category term="Google Update"/><category term="Page Creator"/><category term="Google Play"/><category term="Google Takeout"/><category term="Google Voice"/><category term="Froogle"/><category term="Google Base"/><category term="Google Wave"/><category term="Google Alerts"/><category term="Google Health"/><category term="Google Scholar"/><category term="Google Wallet"/><category term="PlusBox"/><category term="SearchMash"/><category term="Google TV"/><category term="Yahoo Pipes"/><category term="DMCA"/><category term="Google Promos"/><category term="SketchUp"/><category term="Google Travel"/><title type="text">Google Operating System</title><subtitle type="html">Unofficial news and tips about Google. A blog that watches Google's latest developments and the attempts to move your operating system online.</subtitle><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default?max-results=20&redirect=false" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/><link href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" rel="hub"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default?start-index=21&max-results=20&redirect=false" rel="next" type="application/atom+xml"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><generator uri="http://www.blogger.com" version="7.00">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5532</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>20</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-8866237169378990836</id><published>2022-01-04T10:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2022-01-04T10:55:55.768-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="YouTube"/><title type="text">Bring Back YouTube Dislikes</title><content type="html"><p>YouTube has recently hidden the number of dislikes for YouTube videos. In <a href="https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/update-to-youtube/">a blog post from November</a>, YouTube announced that this was done to "help better protect our creators from harassment, and reduce dislike attacks". The dislike button hasn't disappeared, but the dislike counts were made private, so that only video creators could see them.</p><p>If you install <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/return-youtube-dislike/gebbhagfogifgggkldgodflihgfeippi/">this Chrome extension</a>, you can bring back the number of dislikes next to the "dislike" button. Unfortunately, YouTube removed the ability to obtain the number of dislikes from the API, so the extension uses archived data and the number of dislikes from the extension's users. The extension has "200+ million videos likes/dislikes data stored before December 13th, 2021". This means that the number of dislikes displayed by the extension may be inaccurate, but it's still better than no information.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="675" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxVFDDoVgM61egsWTgow3aD6Ca5EV3enWcXcitxOAHlAlKgSMBWU8Ebln3xE812EQalm8QkUovuEIGBYHsZMiAg4BD5SBlitiTdhWJPd9LDYk1ulxMXzPODvC44p7klNaKAa8PqUWLSqt6DrP57uAg55kJxxKHhQItotmM-eVUHNlUF0wVARE=s16000" /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/8866237169378990836/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2022/01/bring-back-youtube-dislikes.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="0 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/8866237169378990836" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/8866237169378990836" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2022/01/bring-back-youtube-dislikes.html" rel="alternate" title="Bring Back YouTube Dislikes" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxVFDDoVgM61egsWTgow3aD6Ca5EV3enWcXcitxOAHlAlKgSMBWU8Ebln3xE812EQalm8QkUovuEIGBYHsZMiAg4BD5SBlitiTdhWJPd9LDYk1ulxMXzPODvC44p7klNaKAa8PqUWLSqt6DrP57uAg55kJxxKHhQItotmM-eVUHNlUF0wVARE=s72-c" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4738589711591224627</id><published>2017-04-01T00:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2017-04-01T13:04:48.998-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="April Fools Day"/><title type="text">Google April Fools' Day 2017</title><content type="html">April Fools' Day should probably be called&nbsp;Google Fools' Day, since there are so many Google hoaxes.<br /><br />Google Japan developed <a href="https://japan.googleblog.com/2017/04/ooooo.html">a "bubble wrap" version</a> of the Japanese keyboard. "The Google Japanese input bubble wrap version is a keyboard that realizes 'I want to press in my mind, I want to keep pressing'," according to Google Translate.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMxapYWo6FCBYEsFFWAMNRz3_A3hQSuP82N830Ns3aq896zsLKejIo3L8P4Eu2te2DCBUugUiGbyf-PGpA4o1Zg5AI8bme8COKFXqiWdoK6FuHZ-dSLt4h61chjjozX-GkFuhNg/s1600/google-bubble-wrap-keyboard.jpg" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RkJZDvHMyTA" width="580"></iframe></div><br />Another product for your smart home? Meet <a href="https://blog.google/products/home/smart-yard-finally-here-meet-google-gnome/">Google Gnome</a>, "a voice-activated, hands-free tool designed to make backyard living effortless. Need to know what animal is squeaking in your bushes? Stay still and ask Gnome what sound an opossum makes. Running low on birdseed? That’s where Gnome comes in. You can even use Gnome's proprietary high-intensity lasers to trim your hedges into whatever shape your heart desires."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidat5pqVMMLAKKI0Uhplbsg1AezuF4NBqZyryUkTb0NFayq5IyA95CgFMEnFkpTzuFa8f0OS32iUT1Ckdh93v5A5yUalyF9AKOUXpzr-qgdb_7XepuvNkabrddu1SPmwNw7JpQbQ/s1600/google-gnome.png" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vNOllWX-2aE" width="580"></iframe></div><br />The Chrome OS team brings the <a href="https://blog.google/products/chromebooks/all-best-mobile-accessories-now-your-chromebook/">most popular mobile accessories</a> to the Chromebook, which already blurs the line between mobile and desktop. Chromebook Groupie Stick, Chromebook Cardboard, Chromebook Workout Armband will soon be available in the Google Store. "To take advantage of beautiful, high-resolution displays, as well as great photo editing apps, we've carefully engineered the first Chromebook-sized selfie stick. Never again will you miss the perfect groupie."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrBPWSo3ZDNqu6LswIgTQQelAFzrriUfi7uNpUxSvt1ZbUomcMpJJwEphG_whpdtbwn4RYHqhw0h0gOZipZhV1cpB8ZpxaKCASHZtLdYnErCQqtCb2-SMFJWY5P1WVJRy7O4dxw/s1600/chromebook-selfie-stick.png" /></div><br /><a href="https://blog.google/products/google-vr/haptic-helpers-bringing-you-your-senses/">Haptic Helpers</a> make VR even more immersive. "We're taking VR to the next level with Haptic Helpers. Using a modest set of everyday tools, these VR virtuosos can simulate more than 10,000 unique experiences, all from the comfort of your own home. Smell the roses. Listen to the ocean. Feel a fluffy dog!"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3MA6_21nka8" width="580"></iframe></div><br />You can now play the classic arcade game MS. PAC-MAN in <a href="https://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</a>. "Avoid Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Sue as you swerve the streets of real places around the world. But eat the pac-dots fast, because this game will only be around for a little while." Just go to the Google Maps site or open the Google Maps app for Android or iOS and click or tap MS. PAC-MAN at the bottom.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXV42f_Z7VB1Uk5a4SUPP_8NpQ0x1ndP6A3yfn05kXkJu8lfcIxw6ry4U4ttLXRqZ6sd4NUdzA9jpMCKjKD0JRs1YiBWTZUUzR7I0L5PJc0g9RHDD3ywfAMQKwGTcAIMGjF2e0Q/s1600/ms-pac-man-maps.png" /></div><br /><a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/Google-Cloud-Platform-expands-to-Mars.html">Google Cloud Platform expands to Mars</a>. "By opening a dedicated extraterrestrial cloud region, we're bringing the power of Google’s compute, network, and storage to the rest of the solar system, unlocking a plethora of possibilities for astronomy research, exploration of Martian natural resources and interplanetary life sciences. This region will also serve as an important node in an extensive network throughout the solar system. Our first interplanetary data center — affectionately nicknamed 'Ziggy Stardust' — will open in 2018," mentions Google.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UEVRLACEPGT-5ZSTx8UsoGN7epc60Rp_MM5znyYTH4ZoH2RqmUP5aJhI6w0T-x0fW1niQatOXIn-x8WkMPLLSf4UUTiAZCudLaMo9G5BNUad7VChmMXPqLCTA8nuy0c9HASBSA/s1600/mars-datacenter.png" /></div><br />Google Netherlands came up with <a href="https://nederland.googleblog.com/2017/03/google-introduceert-google-wind-machine.html">Google Wind</a>, a machine learning technology that controls the weather. "The Netherlands has many windmills, some no longer in use, we can connect to Google Cloud Platform. So we use the existing Dutch infrastructure, machine learning, weather patterns to control the network of windmills when rain is approaching. The first test results are very promising: we seem to be able to provide sun and clear skies for everyone in the Netherlands," mentions Google Netherlands blog.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcT3c2R2f-Ml_o6czwP9WkoZcCLLIlRReeDff_cWD78MgKIL2esHKARVIwwKKgGxcpDM8PlmWURsaoBS2jD6WQx6RJyH5WGy020neS5qF5LBo0cc0f2ndctpgebbOocFrRr_ZZw/s1600/google-wind.png" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QAwL0O5nXe0" width="580"></iframe></div><br />Google's search app for iOS is now <a href="https://blog.google/products/search/throwing-your-dog-bone-google-now-works-purr-fectly-your-furry-friends/">optimized for cats and dogs</a>. "On the Google app for iOS, you can now use 3D Touch on the app icon or head to settings and select I'm Feeling Woof or I'm Feeling Meow to let your dogs and cats get info on topics they care about—whether that means squeaky toys or a bowl of milk!" <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYss3F9ZW6GvIRTqbh2wfS_Gwdt3lpfU7vnhzClmrlAIgWCeIKs5jixP0zb4aZRD0BKGovpTsIo0NuyTB8wY7ZDGsQ1SyNFHlSShMO6YBawZn-iXJOYF2U-SprqsfOAnCP6NEVaQ/s1600/cat-google-search-april-fools.png" /></div><br />Google also launched Google Play for Pets, a new category of Android games designed for cats, dogs and other pets.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UmJ2NBHXTqo" width="580"></iframe></div><br />Google Translate's Word Lens feature supports a new language: <a href="https://blog.google/products/translate/arrival-our-32nd-word-lens-language-heptapod-b/">Heptapod B</a>, the alien language from the movie "Arrival". "The challenge with understanding Heptapod B is its nonlinear orthography. Fortunately, Google's neural machine translation system employs an encoder/decoder system that internally represents sentences as high-dimensional vectors. These vectors map well to the non-linear orthography of the Heptapod language and they are really the enabling technical factor in translating Heptapod B."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblqXCHE6C-Q2TywJ72O_QmhVPVT6APBLy6dUUcQmvuis9-Kz8lUsDR8j8MGQm7GsjamzUhO_kElyYC8hNiSCyLH_bH5MeKWK9jnnUTElaKIv-YAXVGcgbZU8EvAevoM02McbV5A/s1600/translate-arrival.png" /></div></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/4738589711591224627/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/04/google-april-fools-day-2017.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="56 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/4738589711591224627" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/4738589711591224627" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/04/google-april-fools-day-2017.html" rel="alternate" title="Google April Fools' Day 2017" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcMxapYWo6FCBYEsFFWAMNRz3_A3hQSuP82N830Ns3aq896zsLKejIo3L8P4Eu2te2DCBUugUiGbyf-PGpA4o1Zg5AI8bme8COKFXqiWdoK6FuHZ-dSLt4h61chjjozX-GkFuhNg/s72-c/google-bubble-wrap-keyboard.jpg" width="72"/><thr:total>56</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-1523044055587348614</id><published>2017-02-19T02:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2017-02-19T02:41:42.175-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gmail"/><title type="text">Gmail Blocks JavaScript Attachments</title><content type="html">If you try to send a JavaScript attachment using Gmail or if you want to download a .js attachment, you'll get a new anti-virus warning: "Blocked for security reasons", "1 attachment contains a virus or blocked file. Downloading this attachment is disabled".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjef-IlNFEi41TpeFh9ibC5LqiTic8NudkQ0Iib6Nu-r5Ep3aJH41WTM8WSjPd-Gdo2YWpcOYY5EYVnRbw7JTiClg4Xy1d47Y4sScv9EOT69xgcj233AZvdvzfdjHH52aDUu9xQ/s1600/gmail-js-attachment-2.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpb1oxSZXuDCuhXb4vK7zRFMngP3n5Hgo56hv7xsyZgVnK5vQwTXJ2agiPpTVzC5UkJiIa_rtIC8LLzGXn2yrgD-UnU-Rbb0cEmfGe0UIclNOukg-cJ_RAJevkiGbksG68TtersQ/s1600/gmail-js-attachment.png" /></div>.JS has been added to the long list of file types that are blocked by Gmail for security reasons. <a href="https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6590?hl=en">The full list</a>: .ADE, .ADP, .BAT, .CHM, .CMD, .COM, .CPL, .EXE, .HTA, .INS, .ISP, .JAR, .JS (NEW), .JSE, .LIB, .LNK, .MDE, .MSC, .MSI, .MSP, .MST, .NSH .PIF, .SCR, .SCT, .SHB, .SYS, .VB, .VBE, .VBS, .VXD, .WSC, .WSF, .WSH. "To prevent against potential viruses, Gmail doesn't allow you to attach certain types of files, including: certain file types (listed above), including their compressed form (like .gz or .bz2 files) or when found within archives (like .zip or .tgz files), documents with malicious macros, archives whose listed file content is password protected, archives whose content includes a password protected archive."<br /><br /><a href="https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2017/01/gmail-will-restrict-js-file-attachments.html">The GSuite Blog</a> informs that "for inbound mail, senders will get a bounce message explaining why the email was blocked. If you still need to send .js files for legitimate reasons, you can use Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, or other storage solutions to share or send your files."<br /><br />You can still send JavaScript files using Gmail if you change the extension. What about downloading old .js attachments? Try the workarounds from <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2015/02/download-blocked-gmail-attachments.html">this post</a>.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/1523044055587348614/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/02/gmail-blocks-javascript-attachments.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="100 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/1523044055587348614" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/1523044055587348614" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/02/gmail-blocks-javascript-attachments.html" rel="alternate" title="Gmail Blocks JavaScript Attachments" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjef-IlNFEi41TpeFh9ibC5LqiTic8NudkQ0Iib6Nu-r5Ep3aJH41WTM8WSjPd-Gdo2YWpcOYY5EYVnRbw7JTiClg4Xy1d47Y4sScv9EOT69xgcj233AZvdvzfdjHH52aDUu9xQ/s72-c/gmail-js-attachment-2.png" width="72"/><thr:total>100</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7045269129700499181</id><published>2017-01-25T13:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2017-01-25T13:55:50.260-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Image Search"/><title type="text">Google Image Search Shows Colorful Suggestions</title><content type="html">Google Image Search has a different way to display suggestions: it now shows a long list of colorful boxes with related searches. You can click one or more boxes to dynamically refine search results.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdRp1SLY1XjrH1Yk0fYYgMOTTeOvwsU9RwohPeg7Ea7x-8RwuHdN68IarCAaWWhqyapGbCjcuefY59CVkgAuZlQkYbos4VM6T8XyH42Bv_Ht7ZKx9bZ5_ZJXvCioBEUQ2mJoF0A/s1600/colorful-suggestions-image-search-1.png" /></div><br />For example, when searching for [sportswear], Google shows suggestions like: [women basketball], [tennis], [badminton], [golf], [volleyball], [nike woman], [alexander wang], [adidas], [fashion], [performance], [vintage], [trendy], [urban], [school], [gym], [90's], [70's], [vogue], [luxe], [avant garde], [korean], [italian], [french] and more. It's interesting to notice that each category of suggestions has a different color.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEIvwdoK5GJ30p-7p3WHwZLyHYoQKWaXKt4fBwHw1pLZaqZ3P5lFFxqtqpE8aUh9BJON59Xc15zuirFhKXiTuVl-JR93bq_2Ao4vbUzZYSJrTc_0talg9-_oCNF77aHVHJ-LDjw/s1600/colorful-suggestions-image-search-2.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4KmsP18J6YImlJazyOMaLNrReOaZl4X9B1BUHuUe2k2AWmsEYmMPSe4SNT7u7s1CHLXyZDVviO0XuTKXwYOIaxnXNfXaOPCDLSiHZddLfRz_zYtITOsSBdjkLnSLVYPsC8FqAA/s1600/colorful-suggestions-image-search-3.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0i6ESe6QefDnwm7oUuhkeGski_2z0TDFb8wXpkcAhGXoOKaIwonKj1eCTpjx-BIBTgOpBz8aQV-ccjd4MmxG0TGEQaNtXkjPxbah46tC0Rz4puYJbnpSUo3Ey8muR-O-OVJvvA/s1600/colorful-suggestions-image-search-4.png" /></div><br />Here's the old interface, which had fewer suggestions and displayed thumbnails next to suggestions:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK514-E1h2PlMuu-N1uQAzjomEDijnjW3zLVpXiBUsSxmufsIr62k7IhBR6EE7h3UjzWpmX_4S3a6N2HDzhwW1rWDgVHb8-bIbbGFfv3q-akLmZGZxVygku6RuFniRNIeDEOHww/s1600/google-image-search-old-suggestions.png" /></div></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/7045269129700499181/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/01/google-image-search-shows-colorful.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="48 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7045269129700499181" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7045269129700499181" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/01/google-image-search-shows-colorful.html" rel="alternate" title="Google Image Search Shows Colorful Suggestions" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdRp1SLY1XjrH1Yk0fYYgMOTTeOvwsU9RwohPeg7Ea7x-8RwuHdN68IarCAaWWhqyapGbCjcuefY59CVkgAuZlQkYbos4VM6T8XyH42Bv_Ht7ZKx9bZ5_ZJXvCioBEUQ2mJoF0A/s72-c/colorful-suggestions-image-search-1.png" width="72"/><thr:total>48</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-2107651383434295023</id><published>2017-01-16T02:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2017-01-16T02:55:36.398-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Image Search"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="YouTube"/><title type="text">Google Image Search Starts Playing YouTube Videos</title><content type="html">Google Image Search's mobile interface tests a new feature that starts playing snippets from a YouTube video&nbsp;at the top of the search results page. It's not disclosed as an ad, there's no sound and you can't stop or hide the video, which continues to play on repeat.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPtUSMIslZYo72BFYxJowVuyGcbTAL8Wh73UrcPJ5DWh6VGif6VqtwkJ_gs4bw-kMcdY5MAkcUqfYJqWZRTbjZoqpOtu3ZUehuiKDqnSsQukkTuI3PQImGMuuuw9jPP_KScRc7A/s1600/youtube-autoplay-in-google-image-search.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWgsoZa7B4Yuawu2j9GZUCFeiB_gEvBYe0u3bHA8UXtY3WwQ7f0cEBximokNDVlKSU3EiuUtgKVqs_i7P3HGM22kAUbTD3C-k07fVhJGlI1biOZrfbvQLCVy7cGoSALfbRt_LKg/s1600/youtube-autoplay-in-google-image-search-2.png" /></div><br />Right now, the experiment seems to be limited to fashion-related queries like [men jackets], [lookbook], [winter outfit], which match videos from YouTube channels like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NewLookTV/videos">New Look</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RiverIslandTV">River Island</a>. "New Look is a South African-owned British global fashion retailer with a chain of high street shops. (...) The chain sells womenswear, menswear, and clothing for teens," according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Look_(company)">Wikipedia</a>.<br /><br />Google only shows labels like: "New Look on YouTube", even though this looks like an experimental ad format. I hope it will never become a regular feature, as it's pretty annoying and it wastes Internet bandwidth.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/2107651383434295023/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/01/google-image-search-starts-playing.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="92 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/2107651383434295023" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/2107651383434295023" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/01/google-image-search-starts-playing.html" rel="alternate" title="Google Image Search Starts Playing YouTube Videos" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPtUSMIslZYo72BFYxJowVuyGcbTAL8Wh73UrcPJ5DWh6VGif6VqtwkJ_gs4bw-kMcdY5MAkcUqfYJqWZRTbjZoqpOtu3ZUehuiKDqnSsQukkTuI3PQImGMuuuw9jPP_KScRc7A/s72-c/youtube-autoplay-in-google-image-search.png" width="72"/><thr:total>92</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-2643884262997439084</id><published>2017-01-13T06:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2017-01-13T06:08:57.439-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="YouTube"/><title type="text">YouTube Desktop Notifications, Now For Everyone</title><content type="html">It looks like <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/youtube-notifications-in-navigation-bar.html">YouTube's notification experiment</a> is now a regular feature and you can no longer disable it by clearing cookies. When sign in to your Google account, YouTube's desktop site no longer shows Google+ notifications in the navigation bar: it replaces them with YouTube notifications.<br /><br />"Your notifications live here. Subscribe to your favorite channels to get notified about their latest videos," informs the new notification box.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD81XZCAB1-IcQbYUmh4qrKeIoObCTSFjTNIZa-VRCJYtxvF6bMmgNSkdBdFeK2jO6cZpsUZG92Nq_0tq5oHpurl6IP7yZe4Em4SKC5Jn0wSc1b3r4uxwsqVoQHVBTTR_YLhAD3g/s1600/youtube-notifications-2017.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJStL3YVDBu5Ys1yfO6u7Mf02vjgwY1VHLqDywcRb0CtjIDG1PBvz8WTAZmZgfLaJl9GNZ5HzYY_zj5MWN_mh78bilmNNWsdg2Rqv8coHydvWeuo65cxQ-5YIJQ340kxP2hzjAw/s1600/youtube-notifications.png" /></div></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/2643884262997439084/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/01/youtube-desktop-notifications-now-for.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="87 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/2643884262997439084" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/2643884262997439084" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2017/01/youtube-desktop-notifications-now-for.html" rel="alternate" title="YouTube Desktop Notifications, Now For Everyone" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD81XZCAB1-IcQbYUmh4qrKeIoObCTSFjTNIZa-VRCJYtxvF6bMmgNSkdBdFeK2jO6cZpsUZG92Nq_0tq5oHpurl6IP7yZe4Em4SKC5Jn0wSc1b3r4uxwsqVoQHVBTTR_YLhAD3g/s72-c/youtube-notifications-2017.png" width="72"/><thr:total>87</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-6956201182690972066</id><published>2016-12-29T04:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-29T04:24:10.038-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="User interface"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="YouTube"/><title type="text">YouTube Notifications in the Navigation Bar</title><content type="html">YouTube has recently started to experiment with replacing Google+ notifications in the navigation bar with YouTube notifications. You get notifications for recently uploaded videos from your subscribed channels, but only if you've enabled notifications for those channels. For example, you can go to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/subscription_manager/">the subscription manager</a> and click the bell icon next to a channel to enable or disable notifications.<br /><br />The settings button sends you to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/account_notifications">Notifications section from YouTube's Settings page</a>&nbsp;and the 3-dot icon next to each notification lets you turn off notifications from the corresponding channel.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRK4tq2KejIyEmMAcIryCa2AiQbk3ErbEwi_-MdWtKiUa-fzZwnRFcZBAD-I5YyomDF1QZpHqWe9MnGVuPeT0YiFsK_sW3sgRdXg7KFhs9UsEcj8tSfnRG3MyvnRxAuH9XXqXrCg/s1600/youtube-notifications.png" /></div><br />If you don't like this experiment, you can always clear cookies for youtube.com in your browser's settings and opt out.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/6956201182690972066/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/youtube-notifications-in-navigation-bar.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="25 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6956201182690972066" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6956201182690972066" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/youtube-notifications-in-navigation-bar.html" rel="alternate" title="YouTube Notifications in the Navigation Bar" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRK4tq2KejIyEmMAcIryCa2AiQbk3ErbEwi_-MdWtKiUa-fzZwnRFcZBAD-I5YyomDF1QZpHqWe9MnGVuPeT0YiFsK_sW3sgRdXg7KFhs9UsEcj8tSfnRG3MyvnRxAuH9XXqXrCg/s72-c/youtube-notifications.png" width="72"/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-67730009963415325</id><published>2016-12-29T03:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-29T04:07:51.818-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mobile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="User interface"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Google's New Mobile UI for Recipe Search</title><content type="html">Just in time for New Year's dinner, Google has a new mobile interface for recipe search. I searched for [avocado mayo] and noticed a long list of keywords below the search box and ads: salad, chicken, shrimp, vegan, bacon and more. You can select more than one keyword and this helps you refine the results.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaK473_P-Ak4l50mJY1ZZ-rj3q_JIQy-i77OCwXxkDAfovIsjPxYjzd4PllG9g5KA7re_EdelAn4ZUx_S8FrKUsG6Dbhb_UYdhv-hVHKDi-HPW88YtSqQyh4HmBbzOgCmsRs9VA/s1600/google-tests-new-mobile-recipe-search-1.png" /></div><br />When selecting a related search, you get a completely different interface that only shows recipes: bigger expandable cards, bigger thumbnails, infinite scrolling.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8nA7JyRvt-JZkR3lr3C65l8jy4cw1M8NMvGXQUTkqEVFgpVT418Cr5pOjfho6D2vqbm6Oi9ZKhRoan8tuFt5IO5ogTLplC3vWJx383lzlbN97OdUUBhZsYbllo0ZJAV-iOOMhg/s1600/google-tests-new-mobile-recipe-search-2.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-U0db1_C6aUEG4FfsVuovpgfKvPIYcVvJs22wnjEiym_t-RMytJ74tTSr6yUD252Qxt6jcKkOWMd04xK5F5e2wOwL4iqUQfOO6oykjF-e0mH3arsNKGnyb2eJgdIJ8-X3uxAaw/s1600/google-tests-new-mobile-recipe-search-3.png" /></div><br /></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/67730009963415325/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/googles-new-mobile-ui-for-recipe-search.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="24 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/67730009963415325" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/67730009963415325" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/googles-new-mobile-ui-for-recipe-search.html" rel="alternate" title="Google's New Mobile UI for Recipe Search" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaK473_P-Ak4l50mJY1ZZ-rj3q_JIQy-i77OCwXxkDAfovIsjPxYjzd4PllG9g5KA7re_EdelAn4ZUx_S8FrKUsG6Dbhb_UYdhv-hVHKDi-HPW88YtSqQyh4HmBbzOgCmsRs9VA/s72-c/google-tests-new-mobile-recipe-search-1.png" width="72"/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7459838943420126814</id><published>2016-12-08T10:18:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-08T10:21:39.839-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google Translate"/><title type="text">Google Translate's 5000 Character Limit</title><content type="html">For some reason, <a href="https://translate.google.com/">Google Translate</a> now has a limit of 5000 characters per translation. There's even a character counter at the bottom of the input box. If you happen to paste a long text that has more than 5000 characters, you'll get an error message ("maximum characters exceeded: X characters over 5000 maximum") and a "translate more" option that lets you translate the rest of the text.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7_3MApcB6TUBQae6cbMykad0UVcaM1WfZszUbFWq_nactqCoseKyuslJvjPrnuI-ZdO_ueX1RiHSUBtHrl-fzklv6_rkZjMjrGtRmZ6cOHD-HEboxTQPh62sEbUOs8hcn_ttlg/s1600/google-translate-character-limit.png" /></div><br />I don't understand the purpose of this restriction, considering that Google doesn't impose any limitation when translating web pages. It's worth pointing out that&nbsp;<a href="https://cloud.google.com/translate/faq">Google Translate's API</a> has a similar limitation: "the maximum size of each text to be translated is 5000 characters, not including any HTML tags". Google's translation card from Google Search has a different limit: about 2800 characters.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/7459838943420126814/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/google-translates-5000-character-limit.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="37 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7459838943420126814" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7459838943420126814" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/google-translates-5000-character-limit.html" rel="alternate" title="Google Translate's 5000 Character Limit" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7_3MApcB6TUBQae6cbMykad0UVcaM1WfZszUbFWq_nactqCoseKyuslJvjPrnuI-ZdO_ueX1RiHSUBtHrl-fzklv6_rkZjMjrGtRmZ6cOHD-HEboxTQPh62sEbUOs8hcn_ttlg/s72-c/google-translate-character-limit.png" width="72"/><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-2284295361268178339</id><published>2016-12-08T03:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-08T03:51:25.714-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Google Tests Movie Ratings</title><content type="html">Google's knowledge graph card tests a feature that lets you like or dislike movies and TV shows. For example, when you search for "It's a Wonderful Life", you can click like or dislike and check the percentage of Google users who liked it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPFAiwNrZB1y6MTSUKvxVwTDkV0dKKwEldgQyRXutDv-QNQ7_pysPel3MBbgvT-zKMMdCBa1qPWz6_sRnax4s5SnMAwL2rJv1PPGQ267Pi26vvQleTPvO3uBB-FTIKcB3JkOIQQ/s1600/movie-like-dislike.png" /></div><br />The same buttons show up when you search for a TV show like "Saturday Night Live".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKee2hzf6StdHJzHEqcZFncs3vZJfUau7y1lPIYhB_dRfHzkAA6CFU5mOwst-ipYCS4IKSAOxTf3qPjB426rbPnCRe4Wb-XZkwvwR2apl98botsNV0hs8QlEoqzvgAZAzcrN1-zQ/s1600/tv-shows-like-dislike.png" /></div><br /><a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-confirms-testing-movie-tv-show-ratings-like-dislike-buttons-264869">Search Engine Land reports</a> that Google confirmed this experiment, which was first spotted last month.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/2284295361268178339/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/google-tests-movie-ratings.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="23 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/2284295361268178339" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/2284295361268178339" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/google-tests-movie-ratings.html" rel="alternate" title="Google Tests Movie Ratings" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPFAiwNrZB1y6MTSUKvxVwTDkV0dKKwEldgQyRXutDv-QNQ7_pysPel3MBbgvT-zKMMdCBa1qPWz6_sRnax4s5SnMAwL2rJv1PPGQ267Pi26vvQleTPvO3uBB-FTIKcB3JkOIQQ/s72-c/movie-like-dislike.png" width="72"/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4306221807816264654</id><published>2016-12-06T06:21:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-06T06:29:18.239-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Google's Holiday Decorations</title><content type="html">When you search Google for [<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=christmas">Christmas</a>], [<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=hanukkah">Hanukkah</a>], [<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=kwanzaa">Kwanzaa</a>], [<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=festivus">Festivus</a>] or other related queries, you'll see some special decorations related to each holiday. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus">Festivus</a> is "a holiday celebrated by those seeking an alternative to the commercialism and pressures of the Christmas holiday season."<br /><br />Christmas trees, Santa Claus, the Christmas star adorn the Google search page and bring the hoiday spirit.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONsU98x3_TF_BlhqXiTE6a6BpUuqx-SxGGFxthFDYmu5DgpV_9dYXz3HHf8-JUB3Jrb6gD7Kdq3cMb509dAYUp2dtnS4OmUp44ZOaph9eU9sQgvhb-bsDml2DZzuUurCnF08esQ/s1600/christmas-search-2016.png" /></div><br />The Hanukkah menorah and Kwanzaa's Mishumaa Saba (The Seven Candles) are lighting up Google's search pages.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9jxlmLME8kv8Rj-HwgzWMC8fjltBlsMiZUbihMgCQmIVgC_BnzGTU-UZTgPIgOc9IWFpvgViMquqqEBUNYUsNMBTi2mZ2mWD-s6LcGD4tfQRDHoxeFNlKsGJ4Na7S0iLOqeAWQ/s1600/hanukkah-search-2016.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNa6NAgcSjV91znnV8CY4s4eGyIr7y8shnWdvLUuCyrmkLaYptliIOon9u69HzcRtCX0P6CQIH4kic6iLv9qU0Y-Qgi-Q3kuRHgO8iqJkGWX0vPM6HkZjfW8la8ywiN9ERyf-KKg/s1600/kwanzaa-search-2016.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBacRHYuN6LUpst4sopgsMmj_iq9fwLs2Znux52Ui9kfky0nptXFLp8z57SIr11rm_12nkcs1DurXqgOexe0G8uwh6YZwsxiQPHlDYqamLSoSL6E5XE_zZBXXz4KjNDK9bIAvYcA/s1600/festivus-search-2016.png" /></div><br />Here are the decorations from <a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-gets-in-the-holiday-spirit-after-all-with-hanukkah-christmas-kwanzaa-decorations-238378">2015</a>, <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-decorations-in-google-search.html">2014</a>, <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2013/12/googles-animated-decorations-christmas.html">2013</a>, <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/christmas-kwanzaa-google-decorations-16094.html">2012</a> and <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/12/googles-christmas-decorations.html">2011</a>.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/4306221807816264654/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/googles-holiday-decorations.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="19 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/4306221807816264654" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/4306221807816264654" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/googles-holiday-decorations.html" rel="alternate" title="Google's Holiday Decorations" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONsU98x3_TF_BlhqXiTE6a6BpUuqx-SxGGFxthFDYmu5DgpV_9dYXz3HHf8-JUB3Jrb6gD7Kdq3cMb509dAYUp2dtnS4OmUp44ZOaph9eU9sQgvhb-bsDml2DZzuUurCnF08esQ/s72-c/christmas-search-2016.png" width="72"/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7555146758206450150</id><published>2016-12-06T05:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2016-12-06T06:03:59.740-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="User interface"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">New Interface for Google Search</title><content type="html">Google's desktop search pages have a new interface for navigating between search results. The search box is bigger, there's a new search icon and Google now only shows 2 or 3 specialized search engines next to "all", down from 4. Apps and shopping seem to be missing from the list of search engines, so you can only pick from image search, video search, Google News, Google Maps, Google Flights and Google Books.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIcTRj48zE_A2v3UophwZSBClDOIYtYvSg-9KAX7aUaINW3n7x0GBAqI1uYDR19vcOGHhAjDrLRLpT4ZwtjJpQTcZdvqp3gsZwMk5ECJtsu0tjXZyX5Xuc2Xci7qwcVR-ddGpUQ/s1600/google-search-dec2016-1.png" /></div><br />The settings dropdown is now placed below the search box and it includes the option that lets you hide private results. You can still change search settings, languages, turn on or turn off SafeSearch, use advanced search options, open Web History or go to the help center.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSl9rNjxq9P4kNZTJcSes5fFJky4i6o8ARSl7jeZPS1LCa_GW73cq3WruciXnr2nDSWLhmyNffqJTfhyphenhyphen_LcFLeXpyh23VasEYtIiIqooFsf0dmUq83BLssq98329WarXhSeIJD-g/s1600/google-search-dec2016-2.png" /></div><br />Search tools are now simply called tools and they include the same options: search by date and verbatim.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqTmPM05uBSj0cwTZhRWbVCaKYEK0UJpvbTnAjO-5FHV08tpaMktNFJLETH5rAPs_p6A2d5IDhm4OwN0w4Whf2F6K_GM1QgnbD6OndtpUm3n3UdKoxEz62Tu30zHGnQwMxKzf0w/s1600/google-search-dec2016-3.png" /></div><br />Image search lets you quickly go to the saved images page and change SafeSearch setting.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPqnq3cCN67RlicXKFeUFjj9Ar4V30eepf0nBe8QdIkFQ0O2L_OMIPd7WPvqCpch4gQZab0Bwi_uvhP6hv7KTSpMgPmO_FzO1G430V__4K5t8El4VhtC36Dixp_D61BpEobfUTQ/s1600/image-search-dec2016.png" /></div><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/shopping">Google Shopping</a> is broken. While the homepage still loads, when you click a product image or search for something, Google shows an empty page.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="border: 1px solid black; clear: both; padding: 1px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8FkH4cZ_6faAsak5wWYWW1P03D4ZhfejFJydBB2SL8_YtSiCiHYMEpblRkwygHj1rJyJ15ezcei5fb2y4Errf5Nx2alaUq_eUgBPFuMNvxxKqarOYaSzLvRT2T0oqBWTqn-FQFQ/s1600/google-shopping.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="border: 1px solid black; clear: both; padding: 1px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYJdfOT-zPh0s7rytn0bb73-EEF53SHmSoJ7vrcxnI8BkQorqjMQYtMnOhC7uoT4ObUyron_ovUJy3Gk5K8fLVFFwsyXb2XQgioLaB9YbOH4c6BZmjOP6oirdL8rfHLhJ74DNXw/s1600/google-shopping-broken.png" /></div><br />Here's the old Google Search interface, via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Web_Search_Wikipedia_result.png">Wikipedia</a>:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEP3eYfil4cKUGHVuQE9HLCpYgwkvV8fvBEOOnEJfFqcI98EEvX9h0QBs5M2HWLkhWFG9ajYy6qSawIdypTYFonQIy-BkqXz15FS7gJDegUpimnFvf1tUjPj_2AAWTlkf79HrNQ/s1600/Google_Web_Search_Wikipedia_result.png" /></div></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/7555146758206450150/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/new-interface-for-google-search.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="31 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7555146758206450150" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7555146758206450150" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/12/new-interface-for-google-search.html" rel="alternate" title="New Interface for Google Search" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIcTRj48zE_A2v3UophwZSBClDOIYtYvSg-9KAX7aUaINW3n7x0GBAqI1uYDR19vcOGHhAjDrLRLpT4ZwtjJpQTcZdvqp3gsZwMk5ECJtsu0tjXZyX5Xuc2Xci7qwcVR-ddGpUQ/s72-c/google-search-dec2016-1.png" width="72"/><thr:total>31</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-5637928908015775473</id><published>2016-10-17T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-17T14:11:22.017-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Knowledge"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Random Facts About Animals in Google Search</title><content type="html">Did you know that "male lions defend the pride's territory while females do most of the hunting"? Did you know that "the name humpback whale describes the motion it makes as it arches its back out of the water in preparation for a dive"? What about this one: "ostriches have the largest eyes of any land living animal and they measure 50 mm (2 inches) in diameter"?<br /><br />Google now shows random facts about animals in the "did you know" section of the Knowledge Graph card. They're extracted from various sites and Google actually links to the source.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYzxL-vDQlSFUkdobuAfhYtgH2ZmI8GwKPkgmXYVS2Icq93iJR62gVlpZu4BIOJRPNpq9EGefPmcFDddC4vdRSTqngRG4PtGbwOTbASNSwngsLPKP8LW-pseQwAsyKnABSoH3Wg/s1600/alpaca-did-you-know-knowledge-graph.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWyppCXRayeCHARNwzuUmDQZ3BXdeAHo2sI_k2JBhkiRMO72BzbOTlRucwySgPoE4JF4JY3hORkI71Rd3VYcAyrFuL2flskGYI5u4pV9c7O9-TJKHmUs4UnWLEGGk1MjaXKu04g/s1600/cat-did-you-know-knowledge-graph.png" /></div><br />Some example of queries that return random facts: [cat], [lion], [tiger], [alpaca], [giraffe], [ostrich], [duck], [elk], [raccoon], [shark]. It's worth pointing out that you can get another random fact by reloading the page or searching again for the same animal.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/5637928908015775473/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/random-facts-about-animals-in-google.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="56 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/5637928908015775473" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/5637928908015775473" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/random-facts-about-animals-in-google.html" rel="alternate" title="Random Facts About Animals in Google Search" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYzxL-vDQlSFUkdobuAfhYtgH2ZmI8GwKPkgmXYVS2Icq93iJR62gVlpZu4BIOJRPNpq9EGefPmcFDddC4vdRSTqngRG4PtGbwOTbASNSwngsLPKP8LW-pseQwAsyKnABSoH3Wg/s72-c/alpaca-did-you-know-knowledge-graph.png" width="72"/><thr:total>56</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-6828918509982792406</id><published>2016-10-15T00:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-15T00:34:47.350-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mobile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Found in Related Searches</title><content type="html">Google Knowledge Graph has more than <a href="http://www.thesempost.com/google-1-billion-knowledge-graph-search-results/">one billion entities</a>&nbsp;and more than <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffjarvis/status/783338071316135936">70 billion facts</a>&nbsp;about these entities (people, places, things). It's huge and it brings a different dimension to search: understanding concepts and the relation between them.<br /><br />Mobile Google Search now has a section called "found in related search", which shows a few entities frequently mentioned in other related searches. For example, I searched for [ethanol molar mass] and Google showed 2 lists of organic and inorganic compounds: one of them was found in the related search [properties of alkanes] and the other was for [polar solvents]. Ethanol is a polar solvent which can be obtained from alkenes, while alkenes can be derived from alkanes, so Google's suggestions are somewhat useful.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NFLNGhuwD6R-Q6onX2Fq8GgGvaAhmpWNoNPbD0YudWyHdmVPJIv4mCL34s6oMIWo-cVHtvVV2Yz-9g9BJh760Pk-kM0YsjmCc17s6I9UmbFaB0-r9hGBHnVuzAkBaEsjJVuHKw/s1600/found-in-related-searches-2.png" /></div><br />This feature is not limited to chemistry, it also works for other topics. Here's a different query: [tour eiffel design], which shows other "towers of the world" and "tourist attractions in France".<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYyiwhFpImpPJr0AcTy0KghOEvAI-fZR_egvDRjkMYwuA71l6vpiG-mMyTBVai_pFSL70ROML2DRV60Ts3f5ge2ZA_wQnUsvxp9n-aSdRZMKAJTm9a6a-nw9YnF4J64F6Ga2Lrw/s1600/found-in-related-searches-3.png" /></div><br /><br /></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/6828918509982792406/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/found-in-related-searches.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="9 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6828918509982792406" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6828918509982792406" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/found-in-related-searches.html" rel="alternate" title="Found in Related Searches" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NFLNGhuwD6R-Q6onX2Fq8GgGvaAhmpWNoNPbD0YudWyHdmVPJIv4mCL34s6oMIWo-cVHtvVV2Yz-9g9BJh760Pk-kM0YsjmCc17s6I9UmbFaB0-r9hGBHnVuzAkBaEsjJVuHKw/s72-c/found-in-related-searches-2.png" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-6517815590126907581</id><published>2016-10-14T15:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-14T15:29:57.015-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mobile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Google Converts Queries Into Questions</title><content type="html">I noticed an interesting Google Search experiment in the mobile/tablet interface. When searching for [alcohol with the highest boiling], Google converted my query into a question: "Which alcohol has the highest boiling point?", then it tried to answer the question using a snippet from a web page and then it added a "more results" link. Google's link sent to me to the search results page for the question inferred by Google.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExlUjW8FfSvBBsBKe7u4bAqZoPmXI_fwD23CpQPgIOkJWgEJm2jwtoBlAQZgvz9aIxyYlzmZ9-koAAlRJjI-k9pIe7TfcA82fdFxnuU-LBib2CdV5W-n8Bnu_GZ2Lv2Lj1mFFHw/s1600/queries-to-questions.png" /></div></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/6517815590126907581/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/google-converts-queries-into-questions.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="8 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6517815590126907581" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6517815590126907581" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/google-converts-queries-into-questions.html" rel="alternate" title="Google Converts Queries Into Questions" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExlUjW8FfSvBBsBKe7u4bAqZoPmXI_fwD23CpQPgIOkJWgEJm2jwtoBlAQZgvz9aIxyYlzmZ9-koAAlRJjI-k9pIe7TfcA82fdFxnuU-LBib2CdV5W-n8Bnu_GZ2Lv2Lj1mFFHw/s72-c/queries-to-questions.png" width="72"/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-5279043828980609889</id><published>2016-10-14T14:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-14T14:33:58.352-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google Maps"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Google's Card for Directions</title><content type="html">When you search Google for [directions] or [get directions], you get an error message: "<i>No results for that place. Try entering it below to get suggestions.</i>" Google shows a special card for directions with cool features like autocomplete, but the error message is out of place because you haven't typed a location.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh7OUwbdlPvx7nzqV1-QRm8IQkRiHXgDkS9tqjbFHTALFXze6fsftJE8z9KW2tvLcCCXdkO4ywECHvNSzRN_VIzNMmceGFuO_4faApKDCIDcK3vSwUE_ozDOmQxzJN6FZfXyi0A/s1600/directions-card.png" /></div><br />Suggestions aren't very smart. For example, I typed "Brisbane, Australia" as the starting point and then I started to type "Mel" as the destination. Google suggested 3 places from California, strictly based on my location, while ignoring that Melbourne is a much better suggestion.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jd_-Nu8-6W0hEtnftmoELj79q2WYECKRftZVlfaTg9nR8oEtCBomdkZawqfWqXUrgZNIIX5JUR3S7qormd_bRjiIUi56B0CCXEVz4U5W4nGFzUzb3Z_WgH3Zd7fvnOI6FXh5HA/s1600/directions-card-2.png" /></div><br />Google shows directions inside the card and you can pick between driving, walking, cycling or using public transportation.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBl2QaP3AJifxufIeaxpfzMbynb5Zce7fixmT7Ko8LQYRUL1jb03MvHrW5R58qSsGYIEE8f7DzHiwCpbbD0ywkpvpiVJBPXjO66uD7JVygXxHDe9jr4WaxVvau1gYUUDpFLs0qow/s1600/directions-card-3.png" /></div><br />To see the directions, just click the text that describes your favorite route. If there is only one route, pick that one. Another option is to click "directions" and go to the Google Maps site.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZ-Ai1K1QBNZURivg3Zs1-of-jJIidydC9qtiJH6ip77PAtl8DuvcN5uodV1L9S8TTSomJ5OUk-d2ZE9-2q4Q72l_SzHaK2fW-OsiWAQKrsCqHqWynO_SwtzC2X0rBAopYhjH3A/s1600/directions-card-4.png" /></div></content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/5279043828980609889/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/googles-card-for-directions.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="13 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/5279043828980609889" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/5279043828980609889" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/googles-card-for-directions.html" rel="alternate" title="Google's Card for Directions" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYh7OUwbdlPvx7nzqV1-QRm8IQkRiHXgDkS9tqjbFHTALFXze6fsftJE8z9KW2tvLcCCXdkO4ywECHvNSzRN_VIzNMmceGFuO_4faApKDCIDcK3vSwUE_ozDOmQxzJN6FZfXyi0A/s72-c/directions-card.png" width="72"/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-378186293744680973</id><published>2016-10-14T13:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-14T13:52:29.494-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Android"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google Maps"/><title type="text">Add Home Screen Shortcuts to Google Maps Directions</title><content type="html">I'm not sure if this is a new feature, but it must be pretty recent. Google Maps for Android lets you add home screen shortcuts to directions directly from the app. Just search for directions, tap the menu icon and pick "add route to Home screen". This works best when you select the current location, but it's not a requirement.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44qQiEKUvGKXcI1LXodbPB9CqRvzOBubeVfbPeQCcp-fEXQF52hOcLShX76mRZyFt9KxaJ_Wjf899GOqQOXbGAfghTVZzwL7CqfYOpz_p3HKZB6ulOAQo_gBMArzIZvFhLiik_g/s1600/add-directions-shortcut-1.png" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNuruUipBc6AcZSpacf7yN9-2eZ-sauENC6E32mkLNjieJ1xIWvQL_JQ0IQAjHYVCONvpwNd9yv2JJ35rHjizLLPQ1vwnsSFLbl9piwDXviCTwya1JwjZa2SB3VR_9IRdrGHgwQ/s1600/add-directions-shortcut-2.png" /></div><br />You may also see this message: "Go here often? Add this route. Tap here to add a Home screen shortcut to this route."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4GVrLZxI7ceNVHVpw7zoWNR_KY_ByWCIxL4reO26EKXc6lVmD30e6cnRw-qKrFUkhY4RiseJH3GXRA0SWtIKOc0YLSo2QPVgweFNiThJ0N6UShuWCGORfmif4-rC_CilZ8AMZg/s1600/add-directions-shortcut-3.png" /></div><br />Another option is to add the directions widget, which lets you pick the shortcut name, whether to start turn-by-turn navigation and more.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/378186293744680973/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/add-home-screen-shortcuts-to-google.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="13 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/378186293744680973" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/378186293744680973" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/add-home-screen-shortcuts-to-google.html" rel="alternate" title="Add Home Screen Shortcuts to Google Maps Directions" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44qQiEKUvGKXcI1LXodbPB9CqRvzOBubeVfbPeQCcp-fEXQF52hOcLShX76mRZyFt9KxaJ_Wjf899GOqQOXbGAfghTVZzwL7CqfYOpz_p3HKZB6ulOAQo_gBMArzIZvFhLiik_g/s72-c/add-directions-shortcut-1.png" width="72"/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-8984950382050922798</id><published>2016-10-10T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-10T05:19:55.925-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">Google Color Converter</title><content type="html">Google has a special card that's both a color picker and a color converter. For example, you can search for HEX color codes like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=#123456">#123456</a>&nbsp;and Google shows the color and converts it to other formats: RGB, HSV, HSL, CMYK. &nbsp;Google's card also shows up when you search for RGB values like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=rgb(255,0,255)">rgb(255,0,255)</a>. The most interesting feature of the card lets you pick a color interactively.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgIuIyDfYwbJ1qoQ8o1YgXx2JgENJwIiceE-E-0u_D38zhGHO7muJ0gTdZV_r1dN3BWDeQiMp-vbGVK-aD3DQayE5LSkF1wVioIFdmRD-CNrg5LzO2nYujdgrLTetcYWoAJDbcA/s1600/google-color-conversion.png" /></div><br />Other queries that trigger Google's card: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=rgb+to+hex">RGB to HEX</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=color+converter">color picker</a>.<br /><br />This is not a new feature, but it's worth pointing out that Chrome has its own color picker and converter in the developer tools. Click a color in the styles tab to open the color picker and shift-click a color to convert it to a different format.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQ8IuaMgUhD4VmRKHA_q2LTFCwFr1qE-hXQ-n9wCTSDi8p9Z27I4VkVYrm3ld0Kr72rGE8S9cy4FE8ERf4UgyJRcsu2ildJkah-8iGscRPUF1JsBFKsXuOJ0rKB0rVaiKU9HwjQ/s1600/chrome-color-picker.png" /></div><br />{ via <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/09/google-search-now-rgbhex-color-converter/">Android Police</a> }</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/8984950382050922798/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/google-color-converter.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="6 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/8984950382050922798" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/8984950382050922798" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/google-color-converter.html" rel="alternate" title="Google Color Converter" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgIuIyDfYwbJ1qoQ8o1YgXx2JgENJwIiceE-E-0u_D38zhGHO7muJ0gTdZV_r1dN3BWDeQiMp-vbGVK-aD3DQayE5LSkF1wVioIFdmRD-CNrg5LzO2nYujdgrLTetcYWoAJDbcA/s72-c/google-color-conversion.png" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7712097096106600454</id><published>2016-10-08T12:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-08T12:49:44.106-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Google Maps"/><title type="text">Google Will Shut Down Panoramio</title><content type="html">Google intended to discontinue <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/">Panoramio</a> back in 2014, shortly after <a href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2014/09/google-maps-views-to-replace-panoramio.html">Google Maps Views was launched</a>, but a lot of users complained and Panoramio <a href="http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2015/06/panoramio-reprieve-from-google.html">continued to exist</a>. Now <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/maps-faq">Google announces</a> that Panoramio will become read-only on November 4th and it'll be shut down one year later, in November 2017.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHJRKxQutYN5Hkn8uZXDJJLijTP_pAGyk0uUdCoEVBKFrV8GUNHiqT7nXsRhDfqOWqu3lIhQ_AQ41vIfrtrXndGgx7qJM2jZZPFgrS-F8R6MwdtEIv-Fkv12bNpvchjd981awdg/s1600/panoramio-closing.png" /></div><br />"Today, with photo upload tools in Google Maps and our Local Guides program, we are providing easy ways for you to share your photos with an active and growing community. As such, we've decided to move forward with closing down Panoramio," informs Google. If you've linked your Panoramio account with a Google account, you'll be able to find your photos in <a href="https://get.google.com/albumarchive">Google Album Archive</a> and they'll not use your storage quota. You can also export your photos in <a href="https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout">Google Takeout</a>.<br /><br />Google encourages Panoramio users to join the <a href="https://www.google.com/local/guides/">Local Guides program</a> for Google Maps and share photos, add reviews and information about places. "It's all about that warm feeling you get from helping others discover new, enriching experiences. That, and the benefits. Every place you improve on Google Maps gets you closer to unlocking something new - from early access to new products to exclusive contests and events."<br /><br />If you don't like Google's options, you can delete your Panoramio photos or go to <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/settings">Panoramio's settings page</a> and delete your account.<br /><br />Google <a href="http://googlepress.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-is-planning-to-acquire-panoramio.html">acquired Panoramio in 2007</a>. It was a Spanish startup which had a site that enabled "digital photographers to geolocate, store and organize their photographs and to view those photographs in Google Earth and Google Maps."</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/7712097096106600454/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/google-will-shut-down-panoramio.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="17 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7712097096106600454" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/7712097096106600454" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/google-will-shut-down-panoramio.html" rel="alternate" title="Google Will Shut Down Panoramio" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHJRKxQutYN5Hkn8uZXDJJLijTP_pAGyk0uUdCoEVBKFrV8GUNHiqT7nXsRhDfqOWqu3lIhQ_AQ41vIfrtrXndGgx7qJM2jZZPFgrS-F8R6MwdtEIv-Fkv12bNpvchjd981awdg/s72-c/panoramio-closing.png" width="72"/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-6162675772668184076</id><published>2016-10-08T01:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2016-10-08T01:42:31.474-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mobile"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Web Search"/><title type="text">More Related Searches in Mobile Google Search</title><content type="html">Google's mobile search interface shows a new box with related searches after clicking a result and going back to the search page. There's a list called "people also search for", which shows queries that are related to both the original search and the search result you've previously visited. Swipe left to see the entire the list.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZWCHXNuZsxEMLtbYlhrwlDpiuIwpNOwYkempyfKldSkOoxOBnpBLwCyPg_gcNQmSF8DJ-wp88P9m8iQ9m4amgyayMIKxPft-43I03EHsD_6bWfxy6g4CrdFs19IIYSvqvFazDQ/s1600/people-also-search-for.png" /></div><br />Tap a different search result and you'll get different suggestions:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaz4KiJl1MJeXCrAlc4uD2ltCS-rg5b9zLxCHOGquoOKq09dK4iS51W0ZbyYFzWvWdJk2yCUlOHPDK4MunFGIAOZ4tzrRHNIpQtCyWdXLVg4KZjEd03zfROvGx27DxM88Wu3iuHw/s1600/people-also-search-for-2.png" /></div><br />Google tested this feature <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-people-also-search-for-looks-new-22192.html">back in June</a> and now it's no longer an experiment.</content><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/feeds/6162675772668184076/comments/default" rel="replies" title="Post Comments" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/more-related-searches-in-mobile-google.html#comment-form" rel="replies" title="4 Comments" type="text/html"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6162675772668184076" rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18157064/posts/default/6162675772668184076" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2016/10/more-related-searches-in-mobile-google.html" rel="alternate" title="More Related Searches in Mobile Google Search" type="text/html"/><author><name>Alex Chitu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image height="16" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" src="https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" width="16"/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" height="72" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZWCHXNuZsxEMLtbYlhrwlDpiuIwpNOwYkempyfKldSkOoxOBnpBLwCyPg_gcNQmSF8DJ-wp88P9m8iQ9m4amgyayMIKxPft-43I03EHsD_6bWfxy6g4CrdFs19IIYSvqvFazDQ/s72-c/people-also-search-for.png" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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