Google announced on their official blog on November 23, 2011 that they are retiring Friend Connect for all non-Blogger sites on March 1, 2012. Find out how you can keep in touch with your community.
Google provides search and advertising services, which together aim to organize and monetize the world’s information. In addition to its dominant search engine, it offers a plethora of online tools and platforms including: Google+, +1, Gmail, Maps and YouTube.
Auto-Expanded Sharebox and Follow
Google+ updates +1 button and Google+ badge
Google+ brought about two subtle updates to +1 button sharing flow, and Google+ badge to use a Follow button in developer preview today.
Google Bar and Share Box
Google home page gets the share box for Google+ sharing
The Google bar that spans across Google products updated its look on November 29, 2011. Google had introduced the new bar with plenty of flexibility for the future. We expected more changes in future. For the first time ever Google home page itself gets the share box for Google+ sharing.
Valentine’s Day Google Doodle
Google doodles an animated video celebrating the holiday
Valentine's Day is on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Google is celebrating the holiday with an animated doodle on its home page. Tony Bennett's rendition of Hank Williams' classic blues ballad “Cold, Cold Heart” accompanies the one-minute animation. Google’s first Valentine’s Day Doodle appeared way back in 2000.
Blogger Dynamic Views
Blogger offers seven dynamic ways to share your blog
Blogger offers you the ability to present your blog content in seven different views that display text and photos differently. Blogger introduced Dynamic Views in September, 2011. In dynamic view the entire blog can be changed automatically with a click of a mouse and can be displayed in seven different looks.
Google Privacy Policy Update
A brief video overview of recent changes to the Google privacy policy
Google announced this week that they are getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that is a lot shorter and easier to read. These changes will be effective March 1, 2012, and will replace the existing Privacy Policy.
More Options for Google+ Badges
Google+ badges, now with variable width and color options
The Google+ badge is a customizable widget that helps you connect your site to a Google+ page. Featuring both an add to circle and a +1 button, the Google+ badge makes it simple for your users to add your Google+ business page to their Google+ circles and +1 your page, all without leaving your site.
2011 Year in Review Video
Fastest-rising Google global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011
What mattered in 2011? Zeitgeist sorted billions of Google searches to capture the year's 10 fastest-rising global queries and the rest of the spirit of 2011. Re-live top events and moments from 2011 in today's weekend video blog post.
Holiday Easter Eggs
Google has a tradition of perpetrating fun holiday tricks
An Easter egg is an intentional hidden message or an in-joke inserted into a computer program or web page. Various Google services also hide Easter eggs meant to be amusing entertainment. This holiday seasons, the site was filled with many fun holiday tricks to help people get into the holiday spirit.
YouTube Snowflakes
Watch snowflakes fall and accumulate inside your videos
Like Google, YouTube is getting into the holiday spirit too by adding a snowflake button on some of its videos that allows snowflakes to fall and accumulate at the bottom of the video. The button appears at the bottom right-hand side of the video. When you click it, snowflakes begin to fall from the top of the video.
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