Today, we announced the release of the beta version of a new open-source browser: Google Chrome. We encourage you to download it and give it a try.

Google Chrome features a simple and intuitive user interface as well as an entirely new architecture designed for speed, security, and stability. You can find out more about other Google Chrome features here.

We built Google Chrome so that most webmasters and site owners shouldn't have to make changes to their sites. If your site is compatible with Safari, it will also be compatible with Google Chrome as they are both built using WebKit. If you have questions regarding compatibility with your site, feel free to refer to the Google Chrome information for web developers site.

Here are some answers to questions that Google Analytics users might have:

Q. Can I track Google Chrome visitors to my website properly?
A. Yes - visitors who use Google Chrome and visit your site will be tracked by Google Analytics just like other visitors. The only exception is when Google Chrome users activate incognito mode within Google Chrome. When a user goes to your website, turns on incognito mode and returns to your website, they will not be counted as a return visitor, but rather a new visitor. This is similar to what would happen if a user actively clears his or her cookies.

Q. Can I look at my Google Analytics reports in Google Chrome?
A. Yes, definitely. Google Analytics reports look beautiful and load nice and fast in Google Chrome!

Q. Will I see Google Chrome listed as a browser in my Google Analytics reports?
A. Because Google Chrome was not launched externally until today, we haven't yet changed Google Analytics to recognize it when you segment by browser within reports. However - this will change in the coming weeks (until then, the browser will show as Firefox). We'll let you know when the change happens.

For more information about why we built Google Chrome, see our Google blog post.

Posted by Jeff Gillis, Google Analytics Team
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Today, we're happy to announce the release of the beta version of a new open-source browser: Google Chrome. We encourage you to download it and give it a try.

Google Chrome features a simple and intuitive user interface and an entirely new architecture designed for speed, security, and stability. You can find out more about other Google Chrome features here.

For publishers, you should see the ads on your pages continue to appear as normal in Google Chrome; we built Google Chrome so that most webmasters and site owners shouldn't have to make changes to their sites. If your site is compatible with Safari, it should also be compatible with Google Chrome, as they are both built using WebKit. If you have any questions regarding compatibility with your site, feel free to refer to our webmaster site.

To learn more about why we built Google Chrome, see our official Google blog.

Posted by Brian Rakowski - Google Chrome Product Manager
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At Google, we have a saying: "launch early and iterate." While this approach is usually limited to our engineers, it apparently applies to our mailroom as well! As you may have read in the blogosphere, we hit "send" a bit early on a comic book introducing our new open source browser, Google Chrome. As we believe in access to information for everyone, we've now made the comic publicly available -- you can find it here. We will be launching the beta version of Google Chrome tomorrow in more than 100 countries.

So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.

All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends -- all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build.

On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff -- the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers.

This is just the beginning -- Google Chrome is far from done. We're releasing this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We're hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and will continue to make it even faster and more robust.

We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we're committed to continuing on their path. We've used components from Apple's WebKit and Mozilla's Firefox, among others -- and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.

The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better.

So check in again tomorrow to try Google Chrome for yourself. We'll post an update here as soon as it's ready.

*Update @ 3:30 PM: We've added a link to our comic book explaining Google Chrome.

Posted by Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management, and Linus Upson, Engineering Director

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Today, we announced the beta version of a new open source web browser: Google Chrome. Google Chrome features a simple and intuitive user interface and an entirely new architecture designed for speed, security, and stability while browsing the Internet. For more information on why we built Google Chrome, please take a look at the Official Google Blog.

We want you to know that Google Chrome should not have an impact on your AdWords campaigns.

Google Chrome uses the same open source rendering engine as Apple's Safari browser (WebKit), so your landing pages and sites should appear in Google Chrome as they do in Apple Safari. The way users interact with ads and sites should be similar as well.

You can learn more about Google Chrome on the features page; or try it yourself at the download page.

Posted by Trevor Claiborne, Inside AdWords crew

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Google Chrome version 0.3.154.9 has been released. You will automatically get updated in the next few days. You can open About Google Chrome (from the wrench menu) to get the update at any time.

This release fixes the top issues we've heard about from people using the Beta release, especially with plugins (the programs that show video on sites like YouTube).

This is a roll up of fixes that have previously been released to our Dev channel users. See http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/release-notes for details on the changes that have been made since 0.2.149.30.

Security Update

• This release fixes an issue with address spoofing in pop-ups. A site could convince a user to click a link to open a pop-up window. The window's address bar could be manipulated to show a different address than the actual origin of the content.
  Security rating: Medium. This flaw could be used to mislead people about the origin of a web site in order to get them to divulge sensitive information.
  Disclosed by: Liu Die Yu of the TopsecTianRongXin research lab.

Top Issues Fixed

• Scrolling with laptop touchpads now works.
  
• Improved performance and reliability for plugins (like Flash, Silverlight, QuickTime, and Windows Media). We fixed issues with video not loading, stopping after a second, and slowing down or freezing Google Chrome (100% CPU usage).
  
• Fixed the 'chrome has crashed' message when you close a tab that was showing PDF using Adobe Reader 9.
  
• We no longer store data from secure sites (they use https: and show a lock in the address bar) in your history. You can still search your history for the site's address, but not the contents on the page.
  
• Improved performance and reliability for people who use web proxies (thanks to griffinz for the fixes).

Changes to how things look and work

• The New tab, New window, and New incognito window options moved from the 'Control the current page' menu to the 'Customize and control Google Chrome' (wrench) menu. Thanks to Szymon Piechowicz for the patch.
  
• 'New incognito window' always opens a new window. 'New window' always opens a new normal window. Both options are always visible on the wrench menu.
  
• The spell checker works on text input fields and underlines misspelled words. You can now add words to the spell check dictionary so they are not shown as misspelled (right click on a misspelled word and choose 'Add to dictionary...').
  
• The download behavior for files that could run programs (exe, dll, bat, etc.) has changed. These files are now downloaded to unconfirmed_*.download files. Google Chrome asks you if you want to accept the download. Only after you click Save is the unconfirmed_*.download file converted to the real file name. Downloads that you never confirm are deleted when Google Chrome exits.

Link - from Google Chrome Releases

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Posted by Brian Rakowski, Google Chrome Product Manager

Yesterday, we launched Google Chrome, a new approach to the web browser that comes with a few features that can give you a better Gmail experience:

• A browser built for speed: Google Chrome features a new JavaScript engine, V8, that has been designed for performance from the ground up, so web applications like Gmail that use the browser to its fullest run lightning fast.
  
• More room for your stuff, less browser window: We've removed all the unnecessary clutter from the browser window to give you more room for your favorite applications and websites. If you use an application shortcut (below), you can launch Gmail in its own streamlined window that gives you as much working room as possible, without the URL box or browser toolbar.

• Application shortcuts: You can create an application shortcut to access Gmail straight from your desktop. Simply go to Gmail while you're using Google Chrome, click the page menu and select 'create application shortcuts.' When you double-click a shortcut icon, it opens in a streamlined window.
  
• Crash control: Every tab you use is run independently in Google Chrome, so if one tab crashes, it won't take the tab with your inbox down with it.

Ready to try it out? Download Google Chrome and let us know what you think. (Chrome is currently available for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later and Windows Vista. Mac and Linux versions are being developed, so stay tuned.)

Link - from Gmail Blog
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Google Chrome version 0.2.149.30 was released on 17 September 2008. Users will get automatic updates over the next few days.

Security Updates

• [r2042] Fix a potential denial of service with very long title attributes on tags. The title attribute sets the tooltip text when you hover the mouse over an element.
  Security Rating: Low risk. This can lead to 100% CPU usage or a tab crash.
  More information: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30975

Other Changes

• [r1927] Stop adding content from HTTPS sites to the searchable index.
  Google Chrome keeps a searchable history of pages you visit. This history is only stored locally on your computer. Previously, this searchable history included the text from secure sites, such as your online bank (any sites using SSL for security). Google Chrome no longer saves text from secure pages in its local history. The address bar and local history search page will no longer find data from secure sites you have visited.
  
  If you are concerned about data that might have been indexed for searching before this release, you can follow the Google Chrome Help Center instructions for clearing your browsing history.


• [r1978] Don't send sensitive URLs to search suggest services. Google Chrome stops sending data to a suggest service if the typed URL:
• contains a username:password field (http://username:password@example.com/)
• has query parameters (the trailing ?param=data following the URL)
• is an https URL with any path component (any part following the hostname, such as /path in https://www.example.com/path)
  


• [r1848, r1943, r2003] Fixes to the Google Chrome updater to make updates more reliable.


• [r1859] Fix problems with Flash not playing video if too many connections are opened. For example, using the slider to advance video on YouTube could cause video to stop playing.
  


• [r2059] Allow JavaScript to communicate with Java applets. Fixes bug 580.
  


• [r1299] JavaScript: Dispatch contextmenu events after mouseup events. This fixes the right-click menu not working on Google Spreadsheets. Fixes bug 745.
  


• [r1692] Fix crashes with some plugins --3dvia was the most widely reported-- when they return an error for NPN_GetValue. Fixes bug 493.

Link - from Google Chrome Releases
Related: Beta release: 0.2.149.29

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Whenever we release a product in beta as we just did with Google Chrome, we can always count on our users to come up with ways to improve it. This week's example: several eagle-eyed users and bloggers have expressed concern that Section 11 of Google Chrome's terms of service attempts to give us rights to any user-generated content "submitted, posted or displayed on or through" the browser.

You'll notice if you look at our other products that many of them are governed by Section 11 of our Universal Terms of Service. This section is included because, under copyright law, Google needs what's called a "license" to display or transmit content. So to show a blog, we ask the user to give us a license to the blog's content. (The same goes for any other service where users can create content.) But in all these cases, the license is limited to providing the service. In Gmail, for example, the terms specifically disclaim our ownership right to Gmail content.

So for Google Chrome, only the first sentence of Section 11 should have applied. We're sorry we overlooked this, but we've fixed it now, and you can read the updated Google Chrome terms of service. If you're into the fine print, here's the revised text of Section 11:

11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

And that's all. Period. End of section. It will take a little time to propagate this change through the 40+ languages in which Google Chrome is available, and to remove the language in the download versions. But rest assured that we're working quickly to fix this.

The new terms will of course be retroactive, and will cover everyone who has downloaded Google Chrome since it was launched. Posted by Mike Yang, Senior Product Counsel

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Google Analytics is now showing "Chrome" as a browser type in your reports! All current and future visits will be labeled as such.

Over the next few days, the visits from Google Chrome since its beta launch on Tuesday will be identified and updated to correctly show "Chrome" as the browser type for that period.


Posted by Jeff Gillis, Google Analytics Team

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Google Chrome 0.3.154.3 has been released to the Dev channel ONLY.

About the Dev Channel

The Dev channel lets you test the latest fixes and get access to new features as they're being developed. You can learn more about the Dev channel and how to subscribe here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/

Release Highlights

Crash Fixes

Release 154.0 had a few browser crashes, including a crash on startup on tablet PCs running Windows Vista. We fixed the new crashes and 154.3 should be much more stable.

Plugin Performance Fixes

There are more plugin performance updates in this release, including fixing some videos that halt after 1 second (r3123, Issue 115) and plugins causing the browser to become unresponsive (r3323).

Safer Downloads

r3228 Changes the download behavior for files that could execute code (exe, dll, bat, etc.). These files are now downloaded to unconfirmed_*.download files. In the browser, you're asked if you want to accept the download. Only after you click Save is the unconfirmed_*.download file converted to the real file name. Unconfirmed downloads are deleted when Google Chrome exits.

There were many more minor changes. A more complete list can be found here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/release-notes.

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Program Manager

Link - from Google Chrome Releases
Related:
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Dev release: 0.2.153.1
Beta release: 0.2.149.30
Beta release: 0.2.149.29

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In yesterday's post on Google Chrome, we promised to let you know when it would be available for everyone to try -- and that time is now. Visit http://www.google.com/chrome/?utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-blog-ogb&utm_medium=blog&brand=CHMP to download and start exploring. (For the moment, it's available only for Windows users, but you can sign up on the download page to learn when the Mac and Linux versions are available.)

Posted by Brian Rakowski, Product Manager

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Google Chrome 0.3.154.0 has been released to the Dev channel ONLY.

About the Dev Channel

The Dev channel lets you test the latest fixes and get access to new features as they're being developed. You can learn more about the Dev channel and how to subscribe here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/

Release Highlights: Plugin Fixes

This release includes several changes that improve the performance of plugins, especially Adobe Flash video. We address issues with plugins causing 100% CPU usage, locking up Google Chrome, and not playing at all on some pages. (Issues 93, 387, 772, 1533)

We also improved the experience with a few default search engines: improved results display with voila.fr (French), enabled search suggestions for voila.fr and daum.net (Korean), and fixed an issue that sometimes prevented importing Windows Live Search as your default from Internet Explorer settings.

There were many more minor changes. A more complete list can be found here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/release-notes .

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Program Manager

Link - from Google Chrome Releases

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Dev release: 0.2.153.1

Beta release: 0.2.149.30

Beta release: 0.2.149.29

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There's been quite a bit of comment in the last few days about Google Suggest, particularly how it's used in Google Chrome. Google Suggest is actually built into a number of different products including Google Search, Google Toolbar, browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox, and the Google Search application on the iPhone.

But what is Google Suggest? It's a feature designed to make searching both faster and easier. Whether you are typing into the search box on Google Toolbar or Google.com, or the Omnibox in Google Chrome, Google Suggest guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time. So for example, if you type "bass," Google Suggest might offer a list of refinements that include "bass fishing" or "bass guitar." Similarly, if you type in only part of a word, like "prog," Google Suggest might offer you refinements such as "programming," "programming languages," "progesterone," or "progressive." Again, these suggestions allow you to enter your searches faster, but also in a way that will more likely get you the results you're looking for.

That's what occurs on the surface of Google Suggest. Here's what happens under the hood. To provide its recommendations Google Suggest needs to know what you've already typed, so these partial queries are sent to Google. For 98% of these requests, we don't log any data at all and simply return the suggestions. For the remaining 2% of cases (which we select randomly), we do log data, like IP addresses, in order to monitor and improve the service.

However, given the concerns that have been raised about Google storing this information -- and its limited potential use -- we decided that we will anonymize it within about 24 hours (basically, as soon as we practically can) in the 2% of Google Suggest requests we use. This will take a little time to implement, but we expect it to be in place before the end of the month.

All data retention is a balance between user privacy and trust on the one hand, and security and innovation on the other. In the case of Google Suggest we decided it's possible to provide a great service while anonymizing data almost immediately. But in other cases - such as our core web search - storing data like IP addresses for a time is crucial to make improvements to search quality, improve security, fight fraud and reduce spam.

You can read more about our privacy policies on the Google Privacy Center, check out the Google Search Privacy: Plain and Simple video for more information about how our server logs work.

Posted by Urs Hölzle, Senior Vice President, Operations
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About the Dev Channel
The Dev channel lets you test the latest fixes and get access to new features as they're being developed. We will release new builds to the Dev channel about every week so that you can preview --and provide feedback on-- what's coming in Google Chrome.


You can learn more about the Dev channel and how to subscribe here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/


Release Highlights

• Scrolling with laptop trackpads is fixed (Issue 4).
  
• Check for updates works from the About box (Issue 2362, was broken in Dev channel only).
  
• Removed the separate installer for Gears. Gears is now installed as a versioned component in the same directory as Google Chrome.
  
• You can now add words to the spellcheck dictionary. Right-click a misspelled word and choose 'Add to dictionary...'
  

A more complete list of changes can be found here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/release-notes



--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Program Manager

Link - from Google Chrome Releases

Related:

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Beta release: 0.2.149.29

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Google Chrome 0.3.154.6 has been released to the Dev channel ONLY. This is a bug fix update to 0.3.154.3.

About the Dev Channel
The Dev channel lets you test the latest fixes and get access to new features as they're being developed. You can learn more about the Dev channel and how to subscribe here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel/

Reminder: please file (or update existing) issues at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues.

Bugs Fixed

• r3753 Fixes a crash with Adobe Acrobat 9 whenever you close a tab that was showing a PDF file.
  
• r3710 Fixes a crash while dragging tabs on Windows Vista with pen input or tablet services.
  
• r3803 [Issue 3183] Fixes a crash while dragging tabs.
  
• r3528 [Issue 2069] Fixes problems with the downloaded files shelf not closing and becoming unresponsive.
  
• r3570 [Issue 3539] Fixes not being able to save 'unconfirmed' file types with different names (Save As...).
  
• r3481 [Issue 666] Fixes Silverlight video not playing on some sites.
  
• r3810 [Issue 2929, Issue 3315] Fixes the page encoding menu to work properly again.
  
• r3546, r3659 [Issue 3039] Fixes a crash in the spell checker.
  
• r3621 [issue 2901] Fixes Ctrl+K to work again (focus the address bar and clear it for a new search).

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Program Manager

Link - from Google Chrome Releases

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Dev release: 0.2.153.1
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Beta release: 0.2.149.29

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Posted by Austin Chau, Google Data APIs Team

The Google Data JavaScript client library has expanded its support to cover our latest browser Chrome as well as Safari 3.x.

Now you can start writing AJAX applications that use the Google Data JavaScript client library and have your apps be compatible with the following desktop browser environments:

• Internet Explorer 6 & 7
• Firefox 2.x & 3.x
• Safari 3.x
• Chrome

The Google Data JavaScript client library is a pure JavaScript library that allows you perform cross-domain AJAX read/write operations for several Google services - Google Calendar, Blogger, Google Contacts, and Google Finance.

Check out some of the creative applications that were written using the Google Data JavaScript client library--

Calendar Visualization using Google Calendar Data API:


Contacts Picker using Google Contacts Data API:


blog.gears using Blogger Data API and the Gears API:


Ready to get started building your own app? Click on the links to the individual services above to use the interactive developer's guides and drop by in the forums if you have any questions and want to chat with other developers.

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By Luke Warren

Purchasing the right kitchen faucet design or style for your home or business can be quite a formidable task. People often times feel unsure with the multiple selections available. In addition to that, consumers are often misguided by the low quality faucets that entice buyers with their inexpensive prices.

If you are searching for a quality kitchen faucet that will suit your needs, then look no further. The Blanco Kitchen Faucet is of the highest standards, and comes in a variety of selections and shapes, and is produced by a reliable company.

The Blanco Kitchen Faucet is produced by a German company that was founded in 1925. This company is now considered to be one of the premier faucet producers in the world. In addition to high quality products, the Blanco Kitchen Faucet company also offers quick delivery and continual customer service.

Some of the more popular Blanco kitchen faucet designs and selection include are: the Blanco Madison III Series 157027, the Blanco Rados Traditional Series 157060, and the Blanco Professional Series 157060. All of these Blanco faucets are produced using quality materials and meet high quality design standards as well.

The Blanco Madison III Series is a double handle cast spout which has a reach of over 10 inches; this is the perfect spout selection for those who have large sinks. The Madison III series faucet is a swivel style faucet, and it is finished in PVD brass. The Blanco Rados Traditional Series has a high arched spout that comes in four designs and chrome color varieties.

The Blanco Professional Series is one of the higher end faucets of this type; it is finished in chrome or satin nickel, it can be mounted on the wall, and it is the perfect faucet for restaurants or for those who enjoy cooking a lot at home. All of these Blanco Kitchen Faucets can be located through magazines, internet websites, or Blanco Kitchen Faucet outlets.

Remember that a kitchen faucet is a big investment, so don't make a decision in haste. Take your time, do your research and try your best to make a smart, educated decision. Now, with that said, don't spend too much time going through each and every product available. Simply look into some of the popular products and start comparing from there.

Make sure to keep in mind that there are various advantages and disadvantages to each of these Blanco kitchen faucets. Now, the very first thing you need to do is to have a clear idea about your needs and wants. What are the things that you must have? Make a short list and be sure to write them down. Now, you can use this list as a guide when you go shopping for your kitchen faucet.

About the Author:

Luke Warren is involved with an online kitchen faucet venture that informs enthusiasts through educational articles. Read valuable reviews on Blanco kitchen faucets

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Official Google Blog: Plug in to the latest release of Google Chrome

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Did you know that millions of bloggers around the world write new posts each week? If you're like me, you probably read only a tiny fraction of these in Google Reader. What's everybody else writing about? Our Blog Search team thought this was an interesting enough question to look into. What we found was a massive mix: entertaining items about celebrities, personal perspectives on political figures, cutting-edge (and sometimes unverified) news stories, and a range of niche topics often ignored by the mainstream media.

Today, we're pleased to launch a new homepage for Google Blog Search so that you too can browse and discover the most interesting stories in the blogosphere. Adapting some of the technology pioneered by Google News, we're now showing categories on the left side of the website and organizing the blog posts within those categories into clusters, which are groupings of posts about the same story or event. Grouping them in clusters lets you see the best posts on a story or get a variety of perspectives. When you look within a cluster, you'll find a collection of the most interesting and recent posts on the topic, along with a timeline graph that shows you how the story is gaining momentum in the blogosphere.

In this example, the green "64 blogs" link takes you inside the cluster and shows you all the blog posts for a story.


We've had a great time building the new homepage and we hope you enjoy using it. Please give it a try and let us know if you have comments or suggestions. We're launching in English only today, but plan to add new features and support for more languages in the coming months, so stay tuned.

Posted by Michael Cohen, Product Manager

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Google had rolled out a new feature to Gmail Labs that lets you send SMS text messages right from Gmail. It combines the best parts of IM and texting: you chat from your computer and reach your friends no matter where they are.

But they found a glitch. When you'd try to turn it on, it wouldn't fully enable. So they've pulled SMS chat back to fix it. It will probably be back within 2 weeks, so stay tuned.

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Funcionando en todos los navegadores
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New in Labs: Canned Responses
More changes to Gmail contact manager
A sneak peek at Gmail on Android
Tip: Sending empty messages
New in Labs: Advanced IMAP Controls
Ending our agreement with Yahoo!
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Accessible View: An ARIA for web search

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