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Here s another practitioner focused approach from James Tipton, one of our specialists in New York.A Web Analyst is on an eternal quest to understand content consumption. When Visitors come to your site, what do they read? What fascinates them? What do they find depressing?In this quest, the Google Analytics Top Content report can be powerful and full of insights. But depending on your website platform and use of URL parameters, it can also appear cluttered and, in rare cases, confusing.For...

On Saturday, June 21, 2008, the AdWords system will be unavailable from approximately 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. PDT, for maintenance as was noted in our previous maintenance update, earlier this month. While you won t be able to sign in to your accounts during this time, your campaigns will continue to run as usual. This particular maintenance may last up to one hour longer than typical maintenance sessions. AdWords system maintenance typically occurs on the second Saturday of each month from 10...

Just in time for the Firefox 3 Download Day today, June 17th , last night we released a new version of YSlow that works with Firefox 3. You can install it from the YSlow page or the Mozilla add ons site. What s new in this version: Firefox 3 and Firebug 1.2 beta support improved and simplified check for javascript minification different coloring for inline vs. external CSS and JS All CSS and All JS features clickable list of resources as a Table of Contents All CSS and All...

Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer Name: Shia Jafari Prayer TimeAuthor: Alzahra Satellite ChannelDescription: Displays prayer times, using the Jafari methodMore information Download gadgetEach week this blog features a recently added Google Desktop gadget that looks promising. If you d like to see all new Desktop gadgets as they re published, subscribe to the RSS feed. ...

Wanna hear something you ve probably heard 5,000 times before? The Nintendo Wii is really hard to find. Wanna hear something else? Thanks to Wii Fit, the hunt ain t getting any easier.Already an unqualified hit with gamers and those longing to lose a few pounds not always two mutually exclusive groups , Wii Fit is attracting even more buzz thanks to upcoming titles that take advantage of the game s balance board.Not surprisingly, many of these games are fitness oriented. Jillian Michaels, the...

Tim Russert was a well known family man. He wrote a memoir about his dad, Big Russ and Me, which was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, Wisdom of Our Fathers, chronicled lessons and letters from daughters and sons. It also topped the book charts.So it s not surprising that searches for Russert s father and his wife, Maureen Orth, have lifted since his death. But it s Russert s 22 year old son Luke who has emerged as a focal point for the intense interest surrounding the newsman...

Posted by Katharine Lu, Book Search Support TeamWhether it s finding a moonwalking bear or researching Shakespeare, we re known for a broad range of searches here at Google. But Miriam Midkiff of Spokane, Washington uses Google Book Search for a very specific reason discovering her family s history. Miriam became interested in genealogy after visiting relatives in Michigan when she was twelve. She s since devoted her career to teaching and writing for a genealogical society, and...

Once upon a time, the baddest of the bad were sent to Alcatraz to cool their heels. Fortunately, that s no longer the case. If felons were still being housed on The Rock, a luxury hotel would be much more difficult to build. Wait, what? Five star accommodations on a site that once held hundreds of scary convicts? Yep! Several articles in the Buzz report that the National Parks Service of which Alcatraz is a part may build a swanky lodge for tourists and wannabe jail birds.Of course, the...

Posted by Maureen Schumacher, Regional Sales Director, AtlantaOur Atlanta office recently teamed up with the Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to support an initiative called Get Outdoors Georgia GO Georgia . An effort to help Georgians get outdoors, get fit and enjoy their diverse natural resources, the initiative focuses on family friendly, nature based, healthy outdoor recreation opportunities throughout the state. As a founding...

I now pronounce you spouses for life. With those words from San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, 87 year old Del Martin and 83 year old Phyllis Lyon wed... again.Technically, the first words allowing their same sex marriage came from the California Supreme Court on May 15, who ruled that the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right of marriage to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual. If the couple of 55 years had to save on wedding...