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

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

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

 

Hi, we are having problems on our Google page 1+ dropped from almost 12.000 to 720 and it's stuck.

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

 

Recommended.

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....

 

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

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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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.

 

Greetings Googlers & Gophers!

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.

 

After cleaning up Google+ Games I moved up to #221 on the all-time code deleter list.

Should break #200 once the chili removal CLs are all submitted and accounted for..

For future me, here's the dremel to find out..

define table stats /cns/pb-d/home/omoikane/change_stats/columnio/changes-*
SELECT user, SUM(file.deleted) AS lines FROM stats GROUP BY user ORDER BY lines DESC LIMIT 225;









 

*Two hundred dollar bid, now three, now three hundred, will ya give me three?*

_I researched some of your information online and you seem like an analytical person, so I thought I'd hit you with some numbers that show why Developer Auction is hands down the best tool for finding your next job - if and when you're ready to look._

_We just successfully completed our 13th auction, where 90 engineers received offers with a total value of 3,147,111. The average offer for a software engineer on Developer Auction is 24,816.33. Over 600 companies like Twitter, Klout, and UberConference have used our platform to hire top tech talent. On Developer Auction, you'll receive compensation, bonus, and salary information from employers first, and interview second, making DA the best place for you to find your next career opportunity._

_Our next auction starts August 19th. If you click the link below and create a profile, once it's complete, we'll review it for inclusion. Even if you're not looking to change jobs right now, if you build a profile, we'll keep you in mind for when you're ready to make a change._


https://plus.sandbox.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5912431615632055697/591243162378...






 

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

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.

 

Was actually thinking of doing this with some of the google-feedback code internally so we could automate regression testing of widgets...

Right now I have old iframe on the left, new on the right and can quickly eyeball it, but would love to have a computer do the boring stuff..


https://github.com/BBC-News/wraith#__sid=0






 

Latex in Google+?

.P
I say no, at least not until we have support for
.B  "nroff"
 macros
.br
.br


https://productforums.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=topic/google-plus-discuss/O9ZEvS5jmho






 

Nice writeup of Jeff Dean "Google's Unsung Hero" in Inventing Tomorrow, a University of Minnesota alumni mag.

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.

 

A song about gentrification in San Francisco...  It pains me to see Google vilified in this way when it enables so much (including this content itself)

Sadly I don't hold out much hope for technology fixing the dysfunctional housing situation in the Bay Area.

[And where's my soundcloud embed  @112474028169763877889 ??]

Also if you decide to watch the youtube video remember that _This video has been age-restricted based on our Community Guidelines_


http://soundcloud.com/persia415/persia-google-google-apps-apps






 

 

This is... grotesque..
1) Send html attachment
2) Have user open attachment on filesystem
3) Need to recover your password?  Send recovery link to email.
4) Enter password, click open, popup gets blocked on mail-attachment domain.
4) Secure? uhhhh


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5901699545583209681/5901699548451213538?...






 

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

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

 

LGTM :)

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

 

I got an email from the Google + platform team saying that there was a problem with our implementation.

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?

 

Little known fact.  All royal births require launchcal approval.

_It doesn't look like we're going to get launch calendar approval before EOD today. API team, please grant 100K QPD for now, to ensure that we do not block the birth of the Royal Baby._

ttp://b.corp.google.com/issue?id=9677423









 

Juhan says hi!

Here's my neighbor Juhan.  He's a Google fan that  suffers from Macular Degeneration. Every other week I help him with his old Windows XP rig that somehow resets the font sizes back to stock.

He's still on AOL, which doesn't support larger font sizes.  So when he receives a "letter" he opens it, selects Forward and uses the message editor to boost the font size.  He tried switching to Comcast (Zoho?) Mail but it was a big fail.

Otherwise he does pretty well with video sites, Newspapers and Skype.  Watching him use technology has been very instructive.  I learned a lot watching him cope with various web sites.

Despite not using our products he's a big fan of Google and wishes us all the best!


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5898813881606962785/5898813885589560450?...






 

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...

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

 

Two questions come to mind:
- Google, master of the links, should've done this first
- It will probably get spammed to death, but that's a fairly easy problem to solve...


http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/1/4482322/twitter-embedded-websites-tracking-monitoring-events






 

Mr Jingles is the best thing ever.  I fully expect it to help our popularity in APAC where a mascot is almost required.

Pictured below:  Toph and TophToph, the SixApart/Typepad mascots.


https://plus.sandbox.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5894689919880372449/589468991981...






 

Hi there Android Central!

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!

 

The wait is over!

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. 

 

 

Soundcloud and Google+: now better integrated.

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.

 

Unexpected pleasure - Google Now and All Access let me know about new releases that I would have forgotten about.

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.

 

Now we know why all the Noogler Helium balloons were replaced with pinwheels!

Congrats @105461895807395473744!

Couple of little things:
- Can you spec a better image for the snippet?
- Perhaps add more detail in your title?
- Add a rel="publisher" attribute to your Google+ page link.


http://www.google.com/loon






 

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

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 

 

I was talking to Brett Slatkin about authorship and he mentioned the Google Consumer surveys offers an A/B image...

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.

 

Do you send out emails with a noreply address?
Do you have a plus page?

Then you should consider getting your mappings added to the following bug so people can follow your page when they're reading your email updates.

https://b.corp.google.com/issue?id=9176847









 

Was listening to Kreayshawn's Gucci Gucci, heard the shout out to Google Maps and got curious...


http://rapgenius.com/search?q=google






 

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

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.

 

Care about standards? From my comment from Jeff Dean's post at http://plus.google.com/112317652221071509598/posts/Wd1SamQcvpQ

Here's some things you can do to support standards at Google:

-- Look at the pages your team generates the way Googlebot does:

http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets

Add standard schema.org and html5 markup.

-- Discuss standards with the scant 200 other Googlers at  http://g/standards-discuss

-- Participate in a standards mailing list/group.  Plenty available for individuals at IETF or W3C.  See standards-discuss if you want to participate as a Googler on corp-oriented bodies.  Standards often suck because they're written by the standards/industrial complex instead of actual implementors.

-- Participate in an open-source project that implements a standard.  These reference implementations are often poorly or insecurely coded.  (For example a few people contributing to Apache Oltu would make Java OAuth that much better)

-- Consider exposing your amazing well-crafted stubby API via Apiary.  Be extra careful to not break compatibility for a whole year.   Write lots of integration and conformance tests.

-- Be like Vint.  Suit up.

-- Above all have fun!


http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets






 

Broadening distribution.  Syncing up the Moments API (aka History API) with schema.org actions and the recent changes for inbox activities would benefit us all.


https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/document/d/1IMQGH0F8SQ2r0I1CdlOwGFWsI5kYZccavyKGoArMn6U/edit






 

I highly recommend taking some time to set up your own Adwords campaign.  It's eye-opening.

There are things I like.  [targeted emails are genuinely helpful and intelligent based on your situation]

And things that are not so great.  [some confusing web UI for newbies, some difficulty getting keyword/landing page quality matched to bids]


http://www.google.com/adwords/?sourceid=awo&subid=ww-et-awhp_nelsontest3_nel_p&clickid






 

Interested in standardizing and coordination of Google's vocabulary and markup efforts?  Join here!

 <div itemscope
          itemtype=”http://schema.org/SubscribeAction”>;
   <span itemprop=”name”>Join</span> the
   <a itemprop=”url”
     href=”https://plus.google.com/communities/102693216008518569997”>;
     Schemarama</a>
    Community!
</div>


102693216008518569997






 

Anyone interested in a structured data/markup/schema group to coordinate external facing efforts?

It seems that we're moving in the same directions:

- Publisher Markup (authorship/schema)
- Interactive Posts for Google+
- Moments API
- Inbox Actions (JSON-LD)
- Tools (SDTT, markup helper)

If interested you can plus people into this thread and I'll create a G+ community with these people as seed members...









 

So even us Googlers are in the dark about possible musical acts for After Hours.

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.

 

Have to give props to the people that go through all the effort to place ads on our site.

Finicky finicky.  Or is just that we internally outbid everything with the word 'google' in it?


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5877650856094579745/5877650856940352498?...






 

Somewhat surprised that Adwords doesn't use Google Wallet.....









 

Your investment in authorship continues to pay dividends.

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!

     

 

Leafletting a Googler parking lot for low-end android phones?

Hope they're not on commission.


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5876404909126848705/5876404927437279234?...






 

 

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

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

 

 

Animated GIF of a webpage with animated GIFs, which will go into a slides preso that will be recorded on Youtube.

I'm all out of encapsulations..


https://plus.google.com/photos/107786897865850743842/albums/5875959129896111745/5875959136286702114?...






 

What's your favorite Oakland page?

What's your favorite Oakland page?

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