Blogger Made Very Easy to Setting a Go Daddy Custom Domain

If you blogging with blogger and want to give this your own touch using a custom domain then Blogger's new system allow to setup a custom domain with the click of a button.

This new tool made setting up a custom domain name very easy for newbie and non-tech users. If you decided to buy a custom domain with Go Daddy, the largest domain name register in the world, then you are lucky here.

According to a post by Brett Wiltshire of Product Operations of Blogger, "Adding a custom domain to your blog is a great way to increase your brand identity. Setting one up, however, can sometimes be a frustrating experience, especially if you aren’t quite sure of the difference between an A-NAME and C-NAME record or where to find them.
The good news is that the folks at Go Daddy created a handy tool that simplifies the process and makes it possible to redirect your blogpost domain to a custom Go Daddy domain with the click of a button".

Now if you going go buy a new Go Daddy domain or already own a Go Daddy domain and would like to connect it with your Blogger blog, just visit this Go Daddy Tool page, and log in to your Go Daddy account.
Now simply enter your preferred domain or subdomain, click Confirm. Its done! Yes now your DNS records are updated with this new domain.

Setting a Go Daddy Custom Domain with Blogger

Now log in to your Blogger dashboard and goto your Settings page and click on “Add a custom domain” in the Publishing section. Now just follow the few instructions on screen and your custom domain will be set up and you old blogspot domain will be redirecting to this new domain within few hours. Its easy as 1,2,3.

Google to Combat Music Piracy in India

According to a Wall Street Journal article, Google plans to launch a music service meant to combat piracy by making readers search for legal streaming music and downloads. The service is claimed to be implemented in a short span of the next few days.

For this purpose, Google has tied up with three music labels from varying backgrounds (Saregama India Ltd., New York based Saavn, and web portal In.com) with an access to large Bollywood music database. The music service shouldn't be confused with the likes of iTunes because it's a feature incorporated in Google's search bar. When Indians search for music in Google's search engine, the top results will be from the aforementioned partner labels. The report also said that clicking on a link (search result) will launch a pop-up music player where the requested content will be streamed for free.

The success of this feature is open to conjecture, because people who seek latest tracks for free, which will definitely be beyond the database of Google's partners, will always skip the first few pages or use another search engine for what they seek.

Google's Tips for Safe Online Web Browsing and Security Of Your Online Data : A Guide

Google suggests some tips on improve your online security

and for safe online while browsing and help to protecting your data. Like many people, you probably store a lot of important information in your Google Account. I also check my Gmail account several times a day and rely on having access to my mail and contacts wherever I go. With Google Account we also have access to lots of other services like videos, photos, documents, blogs, calendars, and more.

A Google Account is also valuable in the eyes of spammers and other people looking to do harm. It’s not so much about your specific account, but rather the fact that your friends and family see your Google Account as trustworthy. A phishing scam that aims to trick your contacts into wiring money — ostensibly to help you out. If your account is compromised and used to send these messages, your well-meaning friends may find themselves out a chunk of change. If you have sensitive information in your account, it may also be at risk of improper access. As part of National Cyber security

Awareness month, Google want to let you know what you can do to better protect your Google Account.


Stay one step ahead of the bad guys:
Account hijackers prey on the bad habits of the average Internet user. Understanding common hijacking techniques and using better security practices will help you stay one step ahead of them. The most common ways hijackers can get access to your Google password are:
Password re-use: You sign up for an account on a third-party site with your Google username and password. If that site is hacked and your sign-in information is discovered, the hijacker has easy access to your Google Account.
Malware: You use a computer with infected software

that is designed to steal your passwords as you type (“keylogging”) or grab them from your browser’s cache data.
Phishing: You respond to a website, email, or phone call that claims to come from a legitimate organization and asks for your username and password.
Brute force: You use a password that’s easy to guess, like your first or last name plus your birth date (“Laura1968”), or you provide an answer to a secret question that’s common and therefore easy to guess, like “pizza” for “What is your favorite food?”


As you can see, hijackers have many tactics for stealing your password, and it’s important to be aware of all of them.


Take control of your account security

across the web:
Online accounts that share passwords are like a line of dominoes: When one falls, it doesn’t take much for the others to fall, too. This is why you should choose unique passwords for important accounts like Gmail (your Google Account), your bank, commerce sites, and social networking sites. Google also working on technology that adds another layer of protection beyond your password to make your Google Account significantly more secure.


Choosing a unique password is not enough to secure your Google Account against every possible threat. That’s why Google created an easy-to-use checklist to help you secure your computer, browser, Gmail, and Google Account. We encourage you to go through the entire checklist, but want to highlight these tips:


~Never re-use passwords for your important accounts like online banking, email, social networking, and commerce.
~Change your password periodically, and be sure to do so for important accounts whenever you suspect one of them may have been at risk. Don’t just change your password by a few letters or numbers (“Aquarius5” to “Aquarius6”); change the combination of letters and numbers to something unique each time.
~Never respond to messages, non-Google websites, or phone calls asking for your Google username or password; a legitimate organization will not ask you for this type of information. Report these messages to Google so they can take action. If you responded and can no longer access your account, visit our account recovery page.
We hope you’ll take action to ensure your security across the web, not just on Google. Run regular virus scans, don’t re-use your passwords, and keep your software and account recovery information up to date. These simple yet powerful steps can make a difference when it really counts.

Gmail Security: Gmail Security Checklist by Google

Google now offers a security checklist for Gmail users. Google is advising Gmail users on how to secure their accounts by having them go through a checklist of tasks that involve following basic security principles and verifying Gmail specific options. Its a five-part process with multiple steps in each designed to reclaim the feeling that nobody can get into your inbox. It starts out obvious (security updates, plug-ins, passwords) then gets into trickier tactics.  Google has shown an increased concern over the security of Gmail users after a spying attack has targeted its network earlier this year. The list is split into five parts, each containing several tasks. As the users go through them and check the completed items, they are kept informed about their progress.  Part 1: Your computer: The first part concerns general computer security and instructs people to scan for malware, update their operating system and install updates for third party popular applications, like Adobe Reader, Flash player and Java. Part 2: Your browser: The second part refers to the security of the browser used to access the Gmail account. Google advises users to keep their browsers up to date and to be very careful about add-ons that require their Google Account credentials. Part 3: Your Google Account: The 3rd part, users are asked to change their password twice a year, review the websites that have access to their account from the "My Account > Change authorized websites" menu and also update password recovery options like alternate email, mobile phone or secret question. Part 4: Your Gmail settings: In part four deals with actual Gmail settings. These include enabling the "always use HTTPS" option, as well as checking the "Filters" and the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" settings to make sure that emails are not being forwarded to other accounts. The company also suggests verifying the "Send Mail As", "Get mail from other accounts", and "Grant access to your account" options, as well as checking the "Last Account Activity" list for suspicious IP addresses. Part 5: Final Reminders: This is last part of the checklist is called "Final Reminders" and contains general advices like not giving out login information to other websites, always logging out after reading email or clearing browser cookies, cache, stored passwords and autocomplete data periodically. The Gmail security checklist can be accessed by clicking on the Help link from the email account and then the checklist one in the left menu or visit directly Gmail Security Checklist.

New Windows Phone 7 OS Tablet Concept Photos

The trend of porting a mobile OS to a tablet isn’t a new one at all. After all, mobile OS are much finger-friendly than the full featured OS that we mainly use on our laptops and desktops.

Here, designer Umang Dokey has taken inspiration from the same approach and made a concept tablet that runs on Windows Phone 7 OS. The Tablet has a 8-inch capacitive touch screen, 2 web cams for 3D video calling, an in-built stand and a keyboard.

Interestingly! other companies like Apple and Google have already begun to make tablet-devices out of their mobile OS, so something like the Windows Phone 7 OS Tablet shouldn’t be far from reality.

And if that’s really the case, I wonder what Microsoft will do about the HP Slate that is supposed to launch later this year? Not to mention the Microsoft Courier too?

Google Android 4.0 Release To Be Called Ice Cream

Google has revealed that Android’s next iterations will be called Gingerbread (3.0) and Honeycomb (3.5), but according to new reports the Android 4.0 will be called Ice Cream. The list of Android releases should be expanded next year with two new versions, including Android Honeycomb and Ice Cream. Gingerbread will arrive later this year as Android 3.0.


Google has a special pattern for naming each Android. company names each release after a dessert, in alphabetical order. This began in May 2009 with the development of the 1.5 version of Android, which Google dubbed Cupcake. Donut (Android 1.6) followed in Sept. 2009 and Éclair (Android 2.0) in Oct. 2009. The current version of Android (Android 2.2) is called Froyo, short for frozen yogurt. It was unveiled in May at Google’s annual developer conference.


Android’s next releases will be called Gingerbread (3.0) and Honeycomb (3.5), but has kept the following name–which, according to the company’s pattern, will start with “I”– secret, and they are expected to be followed by Ice Cream sometime in mid or second half of the next year. According to Forbes, the new name has been already confirmed. ARM President Tudor Brown is the one who confirmed that Android 4.0 would be called Ice Cream, and there are little chances that he would be mistaken, especially since the company's processors are being used in over 95 of all mobile phones out there and over one-quarter of all electronic devices.


Google is salient on the Android 4.0 release, which would be called Ice Cream. Coz this is one of the few desserts that starts with the letter 'I', and fits Google's roadmap. The company might not announce something on Ice Cream until next year, especially since it already has two platform versions on their way to the market, but there are great chances that the name is the correct one. 
Samsung also unveiled the existence of Honeycomb before the announcement by Google, and in this case we also hope that ARM's President Tudor Brown should be correct.

Google TV is Available Now : Announces Sony

The one of leading manufacturer Sony has unveiled the first televisions set with built-in Google TV. Retail prices will start from $599 for the 24” model, ranging to $1,399 for the 46” model. Version in 32” and 40” are also currently available for pre-order, with the range billed as “the world’s first HDTV powered by Google TV”. 
According to details by Sony, the first televisions that will include Google TV will launch this autumn in America, do not yet have a European release date. Sony unveiled this TV at a press event in New York City. Google TV itself was unveiled at Google’s I/O conference earlier this year.

The range includes screen sizes between 24 and 46 inches and accesses content via broadcast as well as the internet and applications. They also unveiled a Blu-ray player with Google TV functionality. The new Google TV models feature 1080p edge-lit LED screens in all cases except the 24-inch model. They all feature four USB ports, four HDMI inputs and Wi-Fi capabilities. 

Internet TV software also brings Hulu, Twitter, Netflix, YouTube and Pandora direct to the television. Web surfing is powered by Google Chrome, while apps are powered by the Android operating system

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According to Sony, “Google TV delivers a new experience by bringing the TV and internet together. Using your existing cable or satellite service and at no additional cost, Google TV gives you access to more entertainment options and simplifies the process of finding what you’re looking. Plus, you can enjoy both TV and web content at the same time, on the same screen”. 

The new Sony Internet Blu-ray player which cost around $400 also can be preordered now and will be available at Sony Style this week.

Google Celebrates 12th Birthday This September

Google is celebrating its 12th birthday this September. If you visited the Google homepage, you have noticed a new logo for celebrting birthday. Its a Google tradition to sporting a custom logo to mark the occasion. The latest logo created by American artist Wayne Thiebaud. Google started custom logos for its birthday since 2002 on September 27. Though the official date has shifted between September 7 to September 27 as official birthday. 


Google has a new logo for every occasion, which also known as Doodle. And Google started custom logos for its birthday since 2002, till now it has total 9 custom logo for birthday celebration. Here a look on the all Google birthday Doodles. 


Summer 1995 Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford, when the 23-year-old Brin was assigned to show 24-year-old Page around the campus. They do not particularly hit it off, but Page joins the university as a computer science graduate student.


January 1996 Page and Brin, now both computer science graduate students, begin collaborating on a search engine called BackRub which operates on Stanford servers for more than a year, eventually taking up too much bandwidth. September 1997 Google.com is registered as a domain after the pair decide BackRub needs to be rebranded. The new name is a play on the word “googol,” a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros. It is an early hint at their mission to organise a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web. 


Read the Full History of Google.

Google Serious About Paying You For Helping Them

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Google india has started a program that is referential in nature.All you need to do is just send some details of anybody you know here. Actually Google is hiring people for its offices in hydrabad and bangalore for the posts of software engineers.The recruitment team of google will contact with that person. If he/she gets selected in the google ,then for your useful contributio ,you will get INR 1,00,000. There is no limit on the number of persons you can refer.
         The last date for sending referrals is 15th October, so hurry up.

Google Instant : Your Mobiles Will Have It Soon

Google Instant will soon available for Mobile phone users and they should soon be able to enjoy this new feature when accessing Google search on their devices. Google Instant has been recently released for desktop PCs, and which was already tested for mobile devices, it seems. We can hope that the new feature will first available for handsets running under Google's Android operating system in the beginning, as the company usually does so, but more devices might also get it soon after.

According to Mr. Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, “Google Instant is search-before-you-type. Instant takes what you have typed already, predicts the most likely completion and streams results in real-time for those predictions—yielding a smarter and faster search that is interactive, predictive and powerful”.

Google Instant perform searches even before one finishes typing the query, which means that the results will come much faster than before. Currently released for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE 8, the solution is being tested for use on mobile phones too, at least this is what a recent post on Engadget suggests.

The solution is meant to offer users three Instant results under the search box. As the photo attached to this article shows, users would receive one search result between Android's notifications bar and the native keyboard auto-complete bar, without scrolling. It seems that Google plans on making the solution available in the near future on any AJAX-capable mobile browser, and that Android users would get it pretty soon, the same applying to Apple's iphone.

Google Android Phone Secret Codes

There're many hidden secret codes on your Android phone that can be used to accomplish certain tasks with more easy way. Those from some advanced to basic codes. Some of them do fairly basic, practical things, while others can be used to perform complete alterations, such as factory resets. Lest start from here:

~The code *#*#4636#*#* shows the following information about your phone and battery:

    * Phone information
    * Battery information
    * Battery history
    * Usage statistics

~The *#*#7780#*#* performs a factory data reset, and will remove the following:

    * Google account settings stored in your phone
    * System and application data and settings
    * Downloaded applications

It will not remove:
    * Current system software and bundled applications
    * SD card files e.g. photos, music files, etc.

This one asks for a confirmation, so if you do get a chance to change your mind.

~This *2767*3855# code is used for factory format, and will remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage. It will also reinstall the firmware. Don’t try this one unless you’re sure.

PS: Once you give this code, there is no way to cancel the operation unless you remove the battery from the phone, and even then, you run the risk of bricking your phone.

~This *#*#34971539#*#* code is used to get information about the camera. It shows following 4 menus:
    * Update camera firmware in image (Don’t try this option)
    * Update camera firmware in SD card
    * Get camera firmware version
    * Get firmware update count

WARNING: Never use the first option otherwise your phone camera may stop working, and there is really no reason to update the camera firmware anyway.

~This  *#*#7594#*#* code will change the “End Call / Power” button action on your phone. By default, if you long press the button, it shows a screen asking you to select any option from Silent mode, Airplane mode and Power off.

You can change this action using this code. You can enable direct power off on this button so you don’t need to waste your time in selecting the option.

~This  *#*#273283*255*663282*#*#* code opens a File copy screen where you can backup your media files e.g. Images, Sound, Video and Voice memo.

~This  *#*#197328640#*#* code can be used to enter into Service mode. You can run various tests and change settings in the service mode.

~WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth Test Codes:

*#*#232339#*#* OR *#*#526#*#* OR *#*#528#*#* – WLAN test (Use “Menu” button to start various tests)

*#*#232338#*#* – Shows WiFi MAC address

*#*#1472365#*#* – GPS test

*#*#1575#*#* – Another GPS test

*#*#232331#*#* – Bluetooth test

*#*#232337#*# – Shows Bluetooth device address

~This *#*#8255#*#* code can be used to launch GTalk Service Monitor.
~Codes to launch various Factory Tests:

*#*#0283#*#* – Packet Loopback

*#*#0*#*#* – LCD test

*#*#0673#*#* OR *#*#0289#*#* – Melody test

*#*#0842#*#* – Device test (Vibration test and BackLight test)

*#*#2663#*#* – Touch screen version

*#*#2664#*#* – Touch screen test

*#*#0588#*#* – Proximity sensor test

*#*#3264#*#* – RAM version


~Codes to get Firmware version information:

*#*#4986*2650468#*#* – PDA, Phone, H/W, RFCallDate

*#*#1234#*#* – PDA and Phone

*#*#1111#*#* – FTA SW Version

*#*#2222#*#* – FTA HW Version

*#*#44336#*#* - PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Changelist number

You should be careful when using some of these codes. Once you apply them, they can not be undone. For exp restore factory settings. 

New Priority Mail Feature In Gmail : Google New

In their constant endeavour for providing something exciting and useful to its users Google has come up with a new feature in their gmail suite.For those who are very new to Gmail , i must tell them that Gmail is a e-mail service offered by Google with several gigabytes of storage space.

Coming back to the main topic of priority inbox, this feature will help you get useful mails from herds. Most of the times your inbox gets hung up by so much useless mails that it becomes quite difficult to search the important ones.

This priority inbox can be configured (which is quite easy and few steps are done automatically) to sort your mails and save your valuable time.The video shown below is one of the introductory videos released and i found it quite helpful i understanding the main concept behind Priority inbox. So i added it here for your help.Just go on and try it because it is worth it.

Google Analytics :At A Glance

This presentation develpoed by sarah blake is very helpful if someone is interested in getting to understand what actually Google Analytics deliver to you.I have been using this tool for quite sometime and found it very helpful in getting good quality traffic to my weblog.If you need some clarification, just post a comment and i will try my best to provide it to you.

Tech4Africa Google Workshop 1

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Now Enjoy Full Length Movies On You Tube

You Tube Movies

YouTube has launched new Movies category for enable users to watch full length free movies. The YouTube Movies contains about 400 full-length films for your on-demand viewing pleasure, all free of charge. This contains movies in categories like Documentary & Biography, Bollywood, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Drama, Animation & Cartoons,  and Recently added movies.
You can visit movies in following categories: Documentary & Biography, Bollywood, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Drama, Animation & Cartoons,  and Recently added movies. 

All moves has rated according to contents. When a partner uploads a video that does not have a specified content rating (i.e. MPAA or TV rating), YouTube ask that the content owner rate any mature content in these five categories: Language, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Violence and Drug Use.
 
The renewed section, which is actually more like the next step in previously announced projects, comes courtesy of deals the Google company struck with U.S. studios like Lionsgate, MGM and Sony Pictures and UK service Blinkbox. 
This contains a lots of movies from Bollywood like Maine Pyar Kiya, Vivah, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, Dhamaal, Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, and some old classic like Piya Ka Ghar, Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, An Evening In Paris, Aradhana, Amar Prem. You can also enjoy a bunch of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan films, obscure horror movies and cartoons, among many other sections.
YouTube head of video partnerships Donagh O’Malley told, “This is one of many efforts to ensure that people can find all the different kinds of video they want to see, from bedroom vlogs and citizen journalism reports to full-length films and TV shows”. “We hope film lovers enjoy the range of titles in this free library, whether catching up on a mainstream hit or delving into the vast archive of classic films from decades past.”

How Google Tracks The Invalid Clicks

Have you think about how do google know that this is a Valid or Invalid AdClick? Google Adsense serve a large number of ads and it necessary to findout the fraud or invalid clicks on ads. Here is a Google Invalid Clicks Tracking Methods below which helps everyone to understand that how google can trace your clicks. Google can easily track you and collect your behaviour and data which you have browsed. Google is a leading ad company and manage everything very smartly. As you know that Google Adsense allows to earn from valid clicks or page impressions. Ads are automatically distributed according to page materiel. Google adsense is very popular become Bloggers and everyone willing to get Adsense account. Many users making fraud clicks and try to earn easy money. But they often get banned because of Invalid Clicks method by Google.

But question is that How Google will detect invalid clicks? Google has highly sophisticated systems to detect invalid clicks. These are several ways to detect Invalid clicks:

IP Address: Its very common ways to detect invalid clicks almost all ads companies are using this method. Once you login to your account, your IP will be trace for such invalid click.

GEO Location: It has very powerful tools to detect from Geological Locations.

Cookies: Google will set cookies on your computer,that can trace even you restart your connection. Very strong tool for it.
Your Website/Blog Design: Google will clearly say that adsense user must Read Terms of Services (TOS) before use. Its has clearly mention that don’t offer visitors to click on ads and clearly mention that ADS wherever there is ads. You should not ask anyone to click on ads. 

Way of Click: The way of click is artificial intelligence,Normally peoples will surf net and click on the ads but peoples intentionally click on ads as they enter wesite/blog.

Google Services: Other google services will detect the invalid clicks (Youtube, gmail, gtalk etc).

Also google has many other Detection and monitoring technique and Advance monitoring technique to find such activities. 
Remember that once you had been in invalid click scam the Google will suspend or ban your Account with or without intimation. You must take care of this things to prevent your adsense account getting banned. For easy earning don't go for a invalid methods and I wish for a good earning to you.

AdSense Facts to Avoid Disabling Your AdSense Accounts

Here some official facts about Google AdSense that help you better understand AdSense program and how to take care to avoid termination of your Google AdSense account. You sometime face this situation for a minor policy violations. Google's first step will be to issue a warning to you. 

According to AdSense blog, "We rely upon a detailed set of guidelines when looking at policy violations, and these policies are published in our Help Center. Our intent is to keep Google's content and search networks safe and clean for our advertisers, users and publishers. We seek to be as transparent and consistent with our decision making."

The monitoring the AdSense network involves working with publishers to identify and address potential issues. Google understand that there are a lot of policies to take into account, and so for minor policy violations first step to issue a warning. The reasons a publisher might receive a warning will vary, but in general they tend to be for violations that can be fixed fairly easily. 

Examples of these violations range from deceptively labeling ads “Today’s hot deals” to having a minimal amount of adult-content comment spam in a forum. Publishers, after receiving a warning, are given three days to fix their violations. If changes are not made in that time, ad serving will be disabled to the violating site.

There are some situations when Google need to disable ad serving to a site without first sending a warning. Google usually reserve this action for egregious violations like adult content, copyright infringement, as well as cases of extreme violence and gore. It may also disable ads to a site when find a violation that already contacted a publisher about in the past.

The final and most severe action that AdSense teams can take is to close down an account completely. This normally only happens when they find that a publisher’s entire network consists of violating sites or for repeat policy offenders. If you have received a policy notification from the AdSense team, please visit this help center entry for additional information.

The notifications that result from the previously mentioned policy violations are different from notifications sent because of issues with invalid click activity, which are monitored by Google's Ad Traffic Quality Team. Invalid click activity consists of any clicks or impressions that may artificially inflate an advertiser's costs or a publisher's earnings, and for which Google decide not to charge the advertiser. For more information about invalid clicks and impressions, please refer to this page, which includes a link to our FAQ page for accounts disabled due to invalid activity.

Lastly, its highly recommend reviewing these guidelines to help avoid policy violations, and to help keep your AdSense account in good standing. I hope this tiny guide will helpful to you to avoid your AdSense account termination. 

Revenue Shares for AdSense For Content and Adsense For Search

Google decided to sharing the revenue shares for two main AdSense products i.e. AdSense for content and AdSense for search. Google’s advertising is a highly successful program of Google. The biggest share of its ad revenue comes from its search engine, but a significant part also comes from the ads it serves on third-party sites. The AdSense program has been doing great so far, but Google thought it was time for a little transparency concerning how much of the advertisers’ money it keeps for itself.


Neal Mohan, Vice President, Product Management at Google, wrote, “AdSense for content publishers, who make up the vast majority of our AdSense publishers, earn a 68% revenue share worldwide. This means we pay 68% of the revenue that we collect from advertisers for AdSense for content ads that appear on your sites. The remaining portion that we keep reflects Google's costs for our continued investment in AdSense,”.

“We pay our AdSense for search partners a 51% revenue share, worldwide, for the search ads that appear through their implementations. As with AdSense for content, the proportion of revenue that we keep reflects our costs, including the significant expense, research and development involved in building and enhancing our core search and AdWords technologies,”.

AdSense for content publishers serves contextual ads on third-party sites. Its advertising network is the largest in the world and its ease of use and mostly accurate algorithms, matching the right ads with the right sites, made it popular, especially with smaller publishers. Since launching the network in 2003, the rates have remained the same, 68 percent of the ad revenue goes to the publisher and Google keeps the rest.

AdSense for search serves search ads alongside queries on the customized Google search tools deployed by various sites. For these, the rates are smaller for the publishers as, Google says, it costs more to operate them. In truth, with AdSense for search, the company is providing an additional service, the search engine, besides serving the ads so that weighed on its decision. The rate has been at 51/49 since 2005, when the company increased it. For the immediate future, Google states it’s not likely it will modify any of the rates.

According to Googe, "We also offer additional AdSense products including AdSense for mobile applications, AdSense for feeds, and AdSense for games. We aren’t disclosing the revenue shares for these products at this time because they’re quickly evolving, and we're still learning about the costs associated with supporting them."

With this new update, for example, you would receive $68 with AdSense for content for $100 worth of advertising that appeared on your site. If another ad network offers an 80% revenue share, but is only able to collect $50 from ads served on your site, you would earn $40. In this case, a higher revenue share wouldn’t make up for the lower revenue yield of the other ad network.

Google Chrome 7 is Ready Now!

The Google

Chrome 6 Beta has just been made available and Google has already started to work for Chrome 7. Yes Google is has started to cocked the Chrome 7 very fast. The first Chrome 7 builds available in the Chromium repositories. Chromium 7.0.497 is the first build to get a major version. There're are minimal and evolutionary changes from the latest Google Chrome 6.0.490.1 dev.
The Chromium 7.0.497 builds continue the UI revamp with some small bug fixes. Chromium 7 also support for web apps and the Chrome Web Store

, slated for launch later this year. Chrome 6 already has support for web apps, but it’s not enabled by default.
Chromium 7 also feature the “click-to-play” functionality for blocked plugins which enabled by default. Other features linked to Chrome OS, which is also slated for a fall launch, should be making their way into Chrome 7 as well. 

Google plans to ramp up the delivery schedule. Google aiming to launch a major stable release once every six weeks rather than three months as is the norm now. We hope that Google Chrome 7 stable should be available at the end of September. Google has just released the Chrome 6 beta but the first Chrome 6 stable release should be coming very soon and which has already seen a small update. And the stable builds for Chrome is still Chrome 5.
Direct Download Link for Chromium 7.0.497.0:
Chromium 7.0.497.0.zip (23.4 MB) 

Google Dips Down In Search During July

The July market share numbers for the US are now available by ComScore and its almost similar to the previous months. The overall trend is largely the same, Google continued to lose a little market share, Yahoo gained a tiny amount and Bing stalled. Google Sites led the U.S. explicit core search market in July with 65.8 percent market share, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 17.1 percent (up 0.4 percentage points) and Microsoft sites with 11.0 percent. Ask network captured 3.8 percent of explicit core searches, followed by AOL LLC with 2.3 percent. 

Two years ago, many people expected Google to march right on up to 90% search share--and the stock price reflected this happy consensus. Now, however, it appears that Google will be lucky to cling to its mid-60% share. Yahoo clawed back half a point to 17% share still well down from a year ago and close to the lowest in the company's history. And the Microsoft Bing train stalled out at 11%.

For the past few months, the search market share numbers have been overshadowed by several moves from the search engines. Specifically, some types of searches were not initiated by the users, but they counted towards the market share. Now comScore has come out with numbers that take this into account and only reports the searches initiated manually by the user.

Explicit core market share is what comScore now calls the searches initiated by the users. comScore only looks at the queries from the top five search engines in the US, the “core” market, and then reports each site’s relative market share. The top five search engines account for very close to 100 percent of the searches in the US. Overall, search volume was up 15.1 percent year-over-year in the last month, up from just 10.8 percent in June and 7 percent in the second quarter.