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Google accounts on Twitter

Alpesh — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:59:00 +0000

We found Microsoft accounts on Twitter yesterday and now here is a handful of Google accounts on twitter.

We’ll update this list from time to time.
twitter.com/Google – our central account
twitter.com/Blogger – for Blogger fans
twitter.com/GoogleCalendar – user tips & updates
twitter.com/GoogleImages – news, tips, tricks on our visual image search
twitter.com/GoogleNews – latest headlines via Google News
twitter.com/GoogleReader – from our feed reader team
twitter.com/iGoogle – news & notes from Google’s personalized homepage
twitter.com/GoogleStudents – news of interest to students using Google
twitter.com/YouTube – for YouTube fans
twitter.com/YouTubeES – en Espanol
twitter.com/GoogleAtWork – solutions for IT and workplace productivity
Geo-related
twitter.com/SketchUp – Google SketchUp news
twitter.com/3DWH – SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse
twitter.com/Modelyourtown – 3D modeling to build your favorite places
twitter.com/EarthOutreach – Earth & Maps tools for nonprofits & orgs
twitter.com/GoogleMaps – uses, tips, mashups
twitter.com/GoogleSkyMap -Android app for the night sky
Ads-related
twitter.com/AdSense – for online publishers
twitter.com/AdWordsHelper – looking out for AdWords questions and tech issues
twitter.com/AdWordsProSarah – Google Guide for AdWords Help Forum
twitter.com/GoogleAnalytics – insights for website effectiveness
twitter.com/GoogleAdBuilder – re building display ads
twitter.com/GoogleRetail – for retail advertisers
twitter.com/TechnologyUK – for U.K. tech advertisers
twitter.com/InsideAdWordsDE – for German AdWords customers
twitter.com/GoogleAgencyDE – for German ad agencies
twitter.com/AdSensePT – info for Portuguese-language publishers
twitter.com/AdWordsRussia – AdWords news & tips in Russian
twitter.com/DentroDeAdWords – Spanish updates from the Inside AdWords blog
twitter.com/AdWordsAPI – AdWords API tips
Developer & technical
twitter.com/GoogleResearch – from our research scientists
twitter.com/GoogleWMC – Google Webmaster Central
twitter.com/GoogleCode – latest updates for Google developer products
twitter.com/GoogleData – Data APIs provide a standard protocol for reading and writing web data
twitter.com/app_engine – web apps run on Google infrastructure
twitter.com/DataLiberation – our initiative for complete import/export of all data
twitter.com/GoogleMapsAPI – about using Google Maps embedded in websites
twitter.com/GoogleIO – Google’s largest annual developer event
Culture, People
twitter.com/googletalks – notes from our @Google speaker series
twitter.com/googlejobs – the voice of Google recruiters
Country or Region
twitter.com/googlearabia – news from the Google Arabia Blog*

twitter.com/googledownunder – Google activities in Australia & New Zealand
twitter.com/GoogleDE – Google in Germany
twitter.com/GoogleKorea – News & notes in Korean*

twitter.com/GoogleLatAm – Latin America (en Espanol)
twitter.com/GooglePolicyIt – Notes on Google policy issues in Italy

This was posted on Google’s Blog and the list is expected to be updated as new accounts make their way on to twitter.

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Google: iMAP 4 All

Alpesh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:03:35 +0000

Although it was announced last week, I never saw IMAP until today. IMAP for gmail has been made available for all users – English language as of now. For other languages, imap will be made available in coming weeks.

You can check out the Help Center to learn more about IMAP, or watch the video to learn how to quickly set it up on the iPhone.

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Adsense debuts in Feeds

Alpesh — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:48:05 +0000

In my earlier post I had expressed interest in integration of adsense and feedburner. Finally, adsense ads in 300×250 or 468×60 text or image AdSense ad on your blog.

The ad will appear below the first item on your site and archive pages once you have installed the necessary code. Ad content is automatically targeted to complement your site and you will earn revenue each time visitors click on ads. You can even customize the colors (or use a saved color palette from your AdSense account) so the ad unit fits your site’s look and feel. Check out these 300×250 examples below.

To activate the service,

Sign in to your FeedBurner account,
Select your feed
Go to the Monetize tab
Configure Ads

Connect this service to your AdSense account (if you already have one), or create a new AdSense account (if you don’t).

Update: Login to your AdSense account, My Account tab, Account Access link, select “grant access” for www.feedburner.com.

Update: This is what it looks like in place of feedburner ads. I have not customized the palette as yet.

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Angus Logan's Feed Compromised!

Alpesh — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:31:20 +0000

Have you stopped using feedburner services, single GOOGLE acquisition? Well, your feedburner address is still out and about; open to anyone to use.

A big issue. It does not matter if you are a A blogger or a blogger. What matters is your privacy! Once you have stopped redirecting your blog’s feeds to feedburner, you will need to do the following steps:

Keep the feedburner account active.
Stop redirecting your feeds to feedburner
Inform your site visitors and rss readers of the change of feed address.

Never ever let go your feedburner address. It’s just like your domain name!

I had once written about Microsoft bloggers (some) using feedburner. However in last couple of months, I have seen quite a few of them dropping out of feedburner, since Google’s acquisition of feedburner.

Is feedburner now that evil? Honestly, if I were working for Microsoft, I would do exactly what other Microsofties have done. Maybe, I would have never subscribed to feedburner at all. Maybe.

What’s the point of this post?

The point is: if you stop using feedburner, don’t let go of your feed address and don’t delete your account.

Look at what has happened to Angus Logan’s feed. I knew he had changed his feed address. I know his blog address top of my head, so I didn’t change his address in Google Reader.

But today I saw an update on this feedburner address – which ~~was~~ is http://feeds.feedburner.com/anguslogan. This feed is now being used by BSPCN.

Lesson learnt well. Don’t delete your feed address!

What do you think? Isn’t this banking of someone’s credibility? In reality, feedburner should have a system in place to prevent this from happening.

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FreeBurnr Finally!

Alpesh — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:26:50 +0000

Yep, my feeds are now burning at http://feeds.alpesh.nakars.com/alpesh

I am glad that Google acquired Feedburner, this converts into atleast 2 advantages so far:

1] PRO is now free, and

2] FAN getting more and more advertisements.

I am looking forward to Adsense integration with Feedburner. Go Go Google

Have you spotted Microsoft bloggers move away from Feedburner? I have

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Domain: Whois Story…

Alpesh — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:01:22 +0000

My domain is due to expire next month and I just wanted to make sure I was right So I used whois from enom.com to see the exact date.

I was shocked to see this

Where in this page do you see any content related to SharePoint?

I write a lot on sharepoint on my blog, but this ad? How does that all fit in here? How was the related ad displayed? Was it to do with my site or cookies on my laptop?

It’s scary hey?! The ways of the internet are weird and scary sometimes

Check out your whois record and share with us your story.

I’d like to see what these bloggers come up with… let’s see how this goes Pass this on…

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Enterprise Search: SharePoint or Google?

Alpesh — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:32:35 +0000

Just as I was browsing through Mark Harrison post via Angus Logan on MOSS 2007 â€“ Search Evaluation Guide, I read news about feature enhancements to Google Search Appliance, on another site.

What caught my eye was â€“ Open Source Connectors for Microsoft SharePoint. This is their new feature to index and search content residing in Microsoft SharePoint 2003 and 2007.

How many organizations you know of who are using Google Search Appliance? At the same time how many organizations you know of who are using SharePoint? Search in SharePoint 2003 left a lot to be desired, but that is not the case with SharePoint 2007 – Page12 of MOSS 2007 â€“ Search Evaluation Guide and also recommend customer testimonial links at the end of page.

There has been a lot of focus on Enterprise Search. And the release of MOSS 2007 â€“ Search Evaluation Guide is just an indicator of how 2007 Office System will bring Web 2.0 to the Enterprise. It is worthwhile to read the white paper (link at end of post), co-authored by Arpan Shah, who delved into the topic of Web2.0 in the Enterprise, on his blog.

Google Search Appliance may be apt for organizations that arenâ€™t going to use SharePoint 2007. If they are using other WCMS, then they could benefit using the Google Search Appliance or even Google Mini. However, I am not able to comprehend this connector for SharePoint. Is this a challenge to Microsoft SharePoint Search technology?
What do you think?

Links:

MOSS 2007 â€“ Search Evaluation Guide

Enterprise Solutions : Google Search Appliance

Bringing Web 2.0 to the Enterprise with the 2007 Office System

Customer Testimonial – By Google

Customer Testimonial – Customer’s Blog via Mark Harrison

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