Interesting development - retail 3D printing and right in my neighborhood.

[And nice to see a fledgling business using Google+ Local and Pages together.]

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Hi, we are having problems on our Google page 1+ dropped from almost 12.000 to 720 and it's stuck. Our followers are complaining on me because of that lol. Can you help me? I can't see if it is a temporary common issue. Thanks in advance. Cheers!

 ps: nothing was changed and happened from night to day

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Recommended.  Surprised East Bay Express only has 66 followers so far..  Maybe they can link their site and add a Follow button on their main site....

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Listening to the new Deltron 3030 Album.  I'm not disappointed.

Folks in the Bay Area can catch an in-store appearance at Amoeba records in San Francisco today at 5pm.

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This is going to be a huge, positive change.

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Can't Stop listening to this track. It also makes a great radio seed song..

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Hi

Joslyn Biever, here's the event I was talking about.   Mary Grove and Steve Grove are doing great work with Google+ for entrepreneurs (see http://google.com/entrepreneurs )

[2nd time around, this time, not public (!)  Shouldn't be posting after midnight....]

Originally shared by Mary Grove (Mary Himinkool)

An amazing day underway at CoCo at Google for Entrepreneurs youth training day. 75 impressive teens here from the STEPUP program. So inspired by the talent and passion in the room.

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Greetings Googlers & Gophers!

The U of MN Engineering meetup was great fun.  It was nice to meet other Alumni and learn more about the great things going on back in Minnesota.

Googlers - I don't have all of your non-work accounts here, please feel free to follow me and I'll tag/mention your accounts here.

Gophers - If you ever need help with Google+ you can feel free to contact me.

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Google TV wins over the Chromecast for live YouTube streams... Not sure why. I can watch via the GTV browser.

The Postal Service is playing now... 2nd to last show.

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Nice writeup of Jeff Dean "Google's Unsung Hero" in Inventing Tomorrow, a University of Minnesota alumni mag.  Sadly there are no Jeff Dean Facts listed.

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Is this GASP approved?  Seems like our button states/colors are outta control....

Originally shared by Google OS

YouTube's subscribe button is now red

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LGTM :)

Originally shared by Gerwin Sturm

While the activity log at https://plus.google.com/apps/activities/from/i9 is nice for keeping track of posts you +1'd it contained too little information to be really useful, so I whipped up a chrome extension that rectifies this "issue" by fetching profile picture and a small text snippet for each of the posts via the Google+ API. This only works for public posts but from my experiments it seems that only public posts ever get added to the activities anyway. The extension still needs a bit of testing and clean-up, but I'll open-source it soon :)

PS. I've all sent feedback that this should be the default behaviour without the need for extra scripts :)

PPS. Source now available you want to give it a try - https://github.com/Scarygami/gplus-experiments/tree/master/better%20%2B1%20log

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I got an email from the Google + platform team saying that there was a problem with our implementation. The email however didn't contain any specifics, just some links to common issues. I've spotted 2 small things that might be the issue. Thing is I do not want to address what might be an issue only to have it turn out that I missed something for fixed something that wasn't broken.

So the question is where do I go / who do I talk to to get specifics?

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Originally shared by Chris DiBona

Neil Gaiman came by Google to speak about his recent novel, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and at the end, a bit from an new book coming out in September.

Neil Gaiman: "The Ocean at the End of the Lane", Talks at Google

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Hi there Android Central!  Nice to see you using our Google+ badges.  We noticed a problem with the badge on http://forums.androidcentral.com  -- could you please change the following code?

 <div class="g-page" data-href="http://www.androidcentral.com//plus.google.com/111016991750865047479" data-rel="publisher" data-theme="dark">

The href value should be set to 

http://plus.google.com/111016991750865047479

Thanks!

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The wait is over!  If you were at Google I/O you may have seen these new buttons and badges.   Now everyone can use them.

Originally shared by Raj Iyengar

If you're a publisher, blogger, or community owner that wants to promote your Google+ presence on your website, we have a bunch of new options for you!  Starting today, you can configure a compact Follow button, or beautiful redesigned Badges that help your visitors follow you on Google+ without leaving your site.  And, by popular demand -- Community Badges!

You can see the Follow button in action on the websites of

The Huffington Post, Mashable, CELEBUZZ, FITNESS Magazine, and Cooking Light. 

#googleplusudpate  #googleplusplatform

#googleplusplatform #googleplusudpate #gplus

Soundcloud and Google+: now better integrated.

If you already have a Soundcloud account go here:

http://soundcloud.com/settings/connections

If you create content on Soundcloud you definitely want to connect your profiles.  Add your Google+ profile here:

http://soundcloud.com/settings/advanced

And then add your Soundcloud profile here:

  https://plus.google.com/me/edit

Soundcloud supports authorship markup, and connected profiles makes your Soundcloud content eligible for enhanced search results!

Originally shared by Ade Oshineye

This: https://soundcheck.soundcloud.com/music/social-focus-google is cool.

But this: https://soundcloud.com/mayerhawthorne is cooler. /followed.

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Unexpected pleasure - Google Now and All Access let me know about new releases that I would have forgotten about.  In the past week it's highlighted a new single from M.I.A., the new CSS album and this gem from Austra.

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Great new feature that makes it easier for people to follow your Google+ page from your newsletters and notifications.

In the past you had to add and verify all your sender email addresses (which were often [email protected]). Now the email hostname just needs to match your verified website, which is much easier.

Originally shared by Google Small Business

Customers can now follow you directly from Gmail

Posted by Saurabh Sharma and David Nachum:

Today we're expanding the Gmail people widget to include brands and businesses (http://goo.gl/wx2mI), making it easier for your customers to connect with you on Google+. This way, when people receive emails from your domain, they can follow your Google+ page directly from their inbox! Your recent Google+ posts can also appear in the widget (alongside your email message), helping customers find and engage with your content.

To appear in the new Gmail widget, all your business or organization needs is a verified Google+ page and digitally-signed emails. Check out this page to learn more: https://support.google.com/plus/answer/3190197 

#googleplusupdate

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I was talking to Brett Slatkin about authorship and he mentioned the Google Consumer surveys offers an A/B image survey that would be perfect for Authorship profile photo optimization.

You also get geographic/demographic breakdowns so I suspect that it's a good deal more informative than the OK Cupid bestface system.

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Added some information to this question about integrating with analytics.js

I wasn't aware of this change to tracking functionality.  I'll see if we can add some of this to the docs or provide an easy way to activate this tracking.

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So even us Googlers are in the dark about possible musical acts for After Hours.  Last year it was Train and Paul Oakenfold.  The year before?  Janes Addiction.

Let's play a little game.  Post who you think will play and why here..

If you guess well and I'm impressed with your sleuthing skills find me at the Google+ office hours.  I might have some special schwag for you.

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Your investment in authorship continues to pay dividends. Thanks everyone for implementing -- it makes products like this possible.

Originally shared by AJ Kohn

Content Recommendations for Your Mobile Website

When you help someone find a great article on your site, you’re not only making them happier, you’re inspiring deeper engagement and loyalty. That's why today, we're bringing together elements of Google+ and Google Search to suggest the right content from your mobile website, at just the right time.

For example: Forbes visitors can now more easily discover other Forbes articles based on Search Authorship, signals and other articles with lots of Google+ activity (including +1's and shares). In all cases, recommended content is based on the specific page the visitor is viewing, to boost the relevance of recommendations. And they only appear when people tap for more, so as not to interrupt their browsing experience.

Very interesting on a lot of fronts!

#googleplus   #content   #authorship  

#authorship #content #googleplus #gplus

46 new speakers added to the I/O Speakers Circle (v4, May 9th edition)  Perfect for adding to your Google I/O stream.

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What's your favorite Oakland page?

Happy to see Montclair Veterinary Hospital posting now and then..

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I/O Speakers Circle v2 (May 3rd Edition)

Added some missing speakers including:

Pamela Fox Kris Schroder Alexis Deveria Helena Roeber Charles Mendis Alexis Hanicotte Steve Lee Olivier Michon 

Here's a circle containing all the speakers announced to date.  I'll try to keep it up to date and reshare it as more sessions are announced.

Tip: Consider creating a new circle for people from this list.  Then you can control how much I/O you get in your main stream with Google+ Volume Controls.  (You can also remove the circle later too)

Enjoy Google I/O!

#io13 

#io13 #gplus

Google does postmortems too.... at scale.

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Starting a Google I/O 2013 Circle?  

Here's a circle containing all the speakers announced to date.  I'll try to keep it up to date and reshare it as more sessions are announced.

Tip: Consider creating a new circle for people from this list.  Then you can control how much I/O you get in your main stream with Google+ Volume Controls.  (You can also remove the circle later too)

Enjoy Google I/O!

#io13  

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Going to I/O? Chris Messina and I will talk about authorship and many other topics of interest to web publishers..

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What would you like to see show up when you search?

Originally shared by Chris Messina

Today at #TCDisrupt ,  Seth Sternberg and Ardan Arac announced that we'll soon be integrating Google+ Platform app activities [1] into Google Search. 

Soon, if you search for a site or app on Google.com (and that app has integrated with Google+ Sign-In app activities), you'll see popular and aggregate user activity next to search results. For example, searching for Fandango will show the top movies among Google+ users. And when you click on a movie, you’ll go directly to its page on Fandango. 

Learn more here and be sure to follow Google+ Developers  :

http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.com/2013/04/Bringing-App-Activities-to-Google-Search.html

[1] https://developers.google.com/+/features/app-activities

#googleplusplatformupdate   #activitystreams  

#activitystreams #googleplusplatformupdate #gplus #tcdisrupt

Take heed developers.  Structured data connected to users will soon improve search for everyone.

Originally shared by Chris Messina

Today at #TCDisrupt ,  Seth Sternberg and Ardan Arac announced that we'll soon be integrating Google+ Platform app activities [1] into Google Search. 

Soon, if you search for a site or app on Google.com (and that app has integrated with Google+ Sign-In app activities), you'll see popular and aggregate user activity next to search results. For example, searching for Fandango will show the top movies among Google+ users. And when you click on a movie, you’ll go directly to its page on Fandango. 

Learn more here and be sure to follow Google+ Developers  :

http://googleplusplatform.blogspot.com/2013/04/Bringing-App-Activities-to-Google-Search.html

[1] https://developers.google.com/+/features/app-activities

#googleplusplatformupdate   #activitystreams  

#activitystreams #googleplusplatformupdate #gplus #tcdisrupt

RTL Nieuws Hangouts 

This is Paul Lindner from the Google+ Platform Team

I would like to report a problem with the +1 button on rtl.nl  The value of the 'annotation' parameter is incorrect.  This prevents the button from displaying.

Can you route to the appropriate technical contact? 

An example page where this failure occurs follows:

Thank you!

http://www.rtl.nl/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2013/04_april/16/binnenland/vleesverwerker-willy-selt...

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Happy that this track is available on Google Music because I can share a free listen and I prefer 320k mp3s.

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Google Now served up this article as Breaking News yesterday.

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food for thought...

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36 days until Google I/O?  Hurried man indeed.

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"Google should just buy stuff for me" -- Sergey at a TGIF a while back.

... or Takeout for subscription services

Think about Spotify, Rdio, Netflix, HBO and other content subscription services.  Once you stop paying you have nothing left.  Takeout is nothing more than references to a paywall.

A way to disrupt this might be to structure systems to reward you with ownership of a portion of the catalog each month.  Examples:
- Your most listened song or TV show.
- The ebook you shared the most.
- etc.

Then when your subscription period ends you get to keep the fruits of this relationship.

In many ways this is like the Columbia House[1] or BMG music club.  You get a free thing each month by default.  You can sample the entire catalog, or get more if you want.  But you're always *owning* something new and interesting each month.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_House

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Here's another episode of the fun with stopcharacters for #musicmonday 

Last time we covered the curious case of "ke ha"

Today we have someone that's truly ungoogleable.  He's Matthieu Chedid, better known by his stage name "-M-" (that's dash, M, dash)  Go ahead, try searching for that, you won't find it on Google, Youtube, or Play.  Not even Dailymotion or Fnac.

This is sad because less people see and hear his high-energy rock&roll played on a pacman-ghost guitar.  Enjoy!

#musicmonday #gplus

Test

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No, this isn't today's doodle.  It is some very creative high-speed liquid photography.

Originally shared by Alex Koloskov

Behind the shot video:

http://www.photigy.com/the-making-of-google-happy-birthday-google-plus/

Have one can of blue paint left, should we shoot Facebook from it? :-)

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Hi fine folks at Montclair Vet clinic.  You should merge your Google+ page with your local page here:

https://plus.google.com/117774614967907184951

I work for Google and am happy to help you out if you want.

Paul Lindner

[email protected]

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I recommend that you check out the Loring Cafe.  They're opening up from 5-8 during first friday.

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Once a Google+ skeptic the author Neil Gaiman is starting to share with people on Google+  You may remember that he didn't think much of us back when we launched:

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/07/tangled-like-ivy.html

Here's hoping that he's having more fun now, and that he enjoys and engages with his community.

Originally shared by Neil Gaiman

My Australian trip. My Return. Stuff. The Fire Brigade arrives.

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Reposting this writeup from Peiran Guo on the google groups list.  It is so true.  I deployed 40 resonators on 1950 Charleston a couple of days ago.  Could've kept going if it wasn't for a meeting.

Bonus: you can piss off TheCurmudgeon.  I hope for the sake of his career that he's hitting his OKRs since it seems like he's playing all the time and all over campus.

I wonder if there's any players in this area who are looking to level up. The resistance at Googleplex is oncall 9-5 on workdays and they respond with an SLA of less than 5 minutes to several of the portals on campus.

If you have a few hours to kill and want some easy AP, then bring about 200-500 resonators of any level, blow up one portal, stand back  about 20-30 meters and tap the deploy button as fast as you can. I've seen people come running out of the buildings to clear your resonators for you like it's some sort of emergency or something. You'll get as much AP as you have resonators. If you find you can't keep up, you may need to slap a bunch of shields on the portal. You might want to find a bench in the shade in case you get tired. You might want to double check that your gps isn't floating too much before you begin. Maybe bring a sandwich or a drink if you think you might get peckish and don't forget to use the restroom before you start.

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A little late to the party, but this is one incredible album.

Recorded at the First Avenue and 7th St Entry you'll get plenty of Dick Valentine banter between a solid set of Electric Six classics including this quote:

"Put the two together and you have a kangaroo going down a water slide." 

And what's more you have long-time First Ave stage manager Conrad Sverkerson on the cover.  Read more about it here.

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2012/10/electric_six_release_live_album_recorded_at_first_ave_...

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It's e-waste day here at Google. Time to ditch all my 16MB video cards, 10base2 Ethernet cards, UltraSCSI HBAs (fast 'n wide) and some old tape backup gear.

I might keep the Pentium 2 just for the bed of nails heat sink. Raj Iyengar snagged the Myspace branded Flip video camera with the dead battery.

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test

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Mike's already picked up on the +1s bleeding through.

We have an open bug on choosing a URL from the body text.  Another possible solution -- allow posts with links to use full-bleed photos.

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

How Google+ could improve viral G+ marketing for free.

Unlike Facebook, Google+ is a great blogging platform.

Let's say you want to blog about another post somewhere. If you paste in the link, or click on the link icon, Google+ will add a thumbnail from the external post, plus a blurb. 

But this is ugly. Some of the highest-traffic bloggers on Google+ don't use that system, including me. What we do instead is add a big, appealing photograph, the paste in the link in the body of the post. 

The first method links plus-ones on the other post. In other words, when someone plus-ones a post on Google+, the original source plus-one count goes up by one. It's linked forever. If the same user comes back and un-does his plus-one, the count on the source site goes down by one. 

However, if you do the big-picture method, plus-ones on Google+ are not reflected on the external post -- the plus-ones are not linked. 

Here's an example of the problem: Yesterday I posted an item on Cult of Mac using the big-picture method. The post and its comments got well over 2,000 plus-ones. But over on the Cult of Mac site, the post got only 76 plus-ones. 

https://plus.google.com/+MikeElgan/posts/B9VLptUGikF

People always mentally compare the Facebook "Like" count with the Google+ "plus-one" count and Google+ often looks like a slacker. But the reason is that likes for the the big-picture posts on Google+ aren't counted. 

If Google+ had counted the "plus-ones" for my post, for example, the G+ count would have been much higher than the Facebook count, and people viewing the source page would have a more accurate comparison between Facebook and Google+. 

Here's my proposed solution. 

When a user pastes in a URL in Google+, and the system auto-generates the thumbnail-and-blurb thing and links the plus-ones of the two posts, the user should have the option of replacing the thumbnail-and-blurb without de-coupling the linked plus-ones. 

That way, bloggers like me could use big-picture blog posts and still have plus-ones reflected on the source page. 

Is this possible or desirable? 

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Paul Lindner is hanging out. https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/dede4319707138a8db41fd1b7747a42fbf4534be #hangoutpost

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Nice to see a punk community springing up in Google+!  Here's my first pick.  Posting the play store link since they don't have many youtube videos available and since Revolution and World on Fire are my faves...

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