Official Google Australia Blog: December 2010

What to do with a bad review?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

This blog post was originally published on mumbrella.com.au-’Frozen Solid’ of BondiGoogle Maps1. Stay Cool
2. Respond, Respond, Respond - publicly
Google Maps3. Remember who your audience is
4. Respond to your positive reviews as well
Caffeine Junkie of Randwick

YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011: Help your favourite Aussies make the final cut

Friday, December 17, 2010

This is a cross-post from the YouTube Australia blog.

We recently announced the shortlist for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011. Musicians from around the world are ready to play their part, and we need you to play yours! With 336 finalists selected from 46 countries, help our fellow Aussies get to the Sydney Opera House in March.

Here’s a few words from Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy, Principal Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra:

So have a look at our 12 Aussie finalists, get voting, and stay tuned to find out who makes the final cut!

adam360, Flute
bmpercussion, Timpani
BrahmsWhiskers, Violin
jasechong, Violin
JohnBurgessMusic, Bass
MikieRei, Piano
MrDavidrowden, Clarinet
mrsaxmanny, Saxophone
schnarchentier, Contrabassoon
tishmp, Cello
vananhnguyenmusic, Piano
ViolinoDanski, Violin

Posted by Ernesto Soriano, YouTube Team, recently watched Katie Noonan - Vote Now

More road traffic information and better mobile maps in Australia

Friday, December 17, 2010

Today we’re excited to announce the availability of two things to help you get around during your summer break.

Road Traffic Information on Google Maps

The road traffic information feature in Maps, available previously in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and surrounding areas is now also available in Perth and Adelaide.

To turn traffic information on, click the button labelled 'Traffic' next to the 'More' button at the top left of Google Maps. The colours you'll see overlaid on the roads correspond to the speed of traffic (relative to the speed limit of the road): green is free sailing, yellow is medium congestion, red is heavy congestion, and red/black is stop-and-go traffic. The information is updated every few minutes.

Google Maps for Mobile 5

A new version of Google Maps for Android (5.0) is also available today, including some new exciting features: 3D maps, allowing you to zoom in and tilt maps, and 3D interaction, and offline access and rerouting for Google Maps Navigation. You can read more about this over on our Mobile blog, and update to the latest version of Google Maps from the Android Market.

These new features create a faster, more interactive experience where efficiency really matters: on mobile devices. For example, we estimate that viewing maps now requires almost 70% less mobile network data overall than before. Also, your phone can now help you get to places even when you lose a mobile signal. We can’t wait to take the next steps in making Google Maps faster, more reliable, and even more useful no matter where you take it.

Hopefully these new features will help you enjoy your summer break, and make driving to work next year a little easier.
Posted by Andrew Foster, Product Manager.

If Google was a pair of runners, I would be a triathlete today

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Edith Cowan UniversityLearning CenterHal VarianBusta GrooveDynamic Keyword Insertion ToolPosition PreferencesThe Brand Agency

Chrome is Ready for Business

Thursday, December 16, 2010

This is a cross-post from the Google Chrome blog.

When we announced that Chrome is now used by over 120 million users and showed off some of its latest features last week, we saw a tremendous amount of excitement from both users and businesses. Many businesses asked how they can get the benefits of increased security, speed and the modern browser capabilities that Chrome offers with the configurability and customisations they need.

The good news is that businesses don’t need to wait any longer to deploy Google Chrome. Today, we’re announcing that Chrome offers controls that enable IT administrators to easily configure and deploy the browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux according to their business requirements. We’ve created an MSI installer that enables businesses who use standard deployment tools to install Chrome for all their managed users. We’ve also added support for managed group policy with a list of policies and a set of templates that allow administrators to easily customise browser settings to manage security and privacy.

By deploying Google Chrome, organisations can take advantage of improved security and web application performance without needing to upgrade other expensive software licenses or buy new hardware. Deploying Google Chrome also gives users access to productivity-enhancing HTML5 web applications. Since Google Chrome is the same as the browser on Chrome OS, admins considering Chrome OS for their organisations can start testing their mission-critical web applications by deploying the Google Chrome browser.

Support for these new administrative features is available to Google Apps for Business admins by phone and email as part of their Apps deployment. For those who are not Google Apps for Business customers, we’ve also posted documentation to assist administrators deploying Chrome inside their organisation.

Over the past few months, we’ve worked to test Chrome with admins in a diverse set of large organisations interested in moving to a more secure, modern browser. Organisations such as Vanguard, Boise State University, and Procter & Gamble (and Google!) have already successfully deployed Chrome to thousands of users. They’ve provided us with excellent feedback, and we’re continuing to work on the next set of features that they’ve requested.

What we’ve built is just the start of what we’d like to offer businesses with Google Chrome. We’re excited by the features built so far, and we’re working hard on polishing the next set of policies that will make Google Chrome even more customisable and useful to users in the future. Please give the new features a try and let us know what you think!

Posted by Glenn Wilson, Product Manager and Daniel Clifford, Software Engineer

Double rainbows, annoying oranges, and bed intruders: The year on YouTube

Monday, December 13, 2010

It’s time to rewind back through the YouTube videos that people in Australia and around the world were watching and searching for in 2010. These lists of most-watched videos reflect the people, places and events that captured our collective attention and imagination throughout the year. During 2010 you all watched more than 700 billion YouTube videos, and uploaded more than 13 million hours of video. We met new faces, some new words and phrases entered our shared lexicon, and we celebrated as some new YouTube partners hit the big time with millions of views. Remember these moments?

It started with a crime scene, and ended up on the Billboard chart: when Antoine Dodson met the Auto-tune the News guys, a viral hit was made.
He’s an orange and, yeah, he’s pretty annoying. And that’s been the key to this clip’s meteoric rise in 2010: in less than one year, more than one million people have signed up for a regular dose of wise-cracking citrus.
Paul “Yosemite Bear” Vasquez’s emotive footage of a spectacular rainbow in Yosemite National Park caught the attention of a few pop culture sites and comedian Jimmy Kimmel, whose Tweet helped make this clip and the “double rainbow” one of the most beloved memes of 2010.

And now … the moment you’ve all been waiting for … here are the most-watched videos of 2010, compiled based on the view counts of videos uploaded during 2010 (in some instances aggregated across multiple versions of the same video):

In Australia, the most-watched music videos on YouTube were:

Globally, the most-watched YouTube videos were:

BED INTRUDER SONG!!! (now on iTunes)
TIK TOK KESHA Parody: Glitter Puke - Key of Awe$ome #13
Greyson Chance Singing Paparazzi
Annoying Orange Wazzup
Old Spice | The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10
OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE - Trailer
Jimmy Surprises Bieber Fan
Ken Block's Gymkhana THREE, Part 2; Ultimate Playground; l'Autodrome

The most-searched for queries on YouTube during the year show what was on our collective minds as 2010 played out. Like Google Zeitgeist these lists reveal the interests, issues, and entertainment that connected us - is that what you were searching for each month?
January - iPad
February - luge
March - eclipse trailer
April - dog man
May - airplanes
June - california gurls
July - old spice
August - teenage dream
September - x factor
October - commonwealth games 2010
November - firework

For more reminders of the people, places and events that played out on YouTube during 2010, visit youtube.com/rewind or check out YouTube trends for more detailed lists including the most-watched videos in the US.

Posted by Mia Quagliarello, YouTube Community Manager.

Anita Borg Scholarship Finalists in Sydney

Monday, December 13, 2010

This is a guest post from Sarah Bull, 2010 Anita Borg Scholarship Winner. The Google Anita Borg Scholarship was established in 2004 to honor the legacy of Dr. Anita Borg and her efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in computer science and technology. For further information on this scholarship and how to apply, please go to http://www.google.com.au/anitaborg/Anita Borg scholarship

YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011: The Shortlist Is In, Let The Voting Begin

Friday, December 10, 2010

youtube.com/symphony

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Taking the pulse: Australia’s top Google searches 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Google.com.auFastest-rising searches 2010Most popular searches 2010Fastest-rising news stories 2010Justin Bieber + searches 2010Top questions people ask Google - ‘What is …?’Fastest-rising election stories 2010Fastest-rising people 2010Fastest-rising advertising campaigns 2010Most popular celebrity weddings 2010Most popular movies 2010Most popular Do-It-Yourself searches 2010Most popular diets 2010Fastest-rising retailers 2010Posted by Kate Mason, Public Affairs Manager, Google Australia & New Zealand

Congratulations to the Aussie finalists of global AdWords Train & Gain competition

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

announcedtop 15 global winners Raymond Mellick, Temporary Tattoos Guru, Collingwood, VIC Jason Xa, Benjamin’s Crafts, Inglewood, WA
“The advice and tips that you have supplied helped to firstly keep monitoring my AdWords campaign. By checking the campaign every two days I was able to ‘see’ changes and results. I was able to understand how to get the best ads and make them stand out from my competitors by adding in phone numbers. In this way the customers would call me straight away from the ad and I would convert them to a sale. I love using the AdWords system.”AdWords Small Business Centre

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PS to this blog post:

We’d also like to give an unofficial “honourable mention” recognition to Gordon McNenney of http://www.dtdigital.com.au/ who submitted the following post-competition report as part of the AdWords Train & Gain program. Cue the music!

Please sing this to the tune of Advance Australia Fair:

AdWorders all let us rejoice

For we are optimised.

We've reviewed all our keyword lists

And fine tuned our text ads.

Our conversions now are trending up

whilst CPCs decline.

In analytics, let every stage

Advance AdWorders fair!

In joyful spreadsheets let us sing

Advance AdWorders fair!

Gordon, we salute your Aussie creativity!

Updated by Richard Flanagan, Product Marketing Manager

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What’s it like to have the Best Job in the World

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

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What to do with a bad review?

YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011: Help your favourite Aussies make the final cut

More road traffic information and better mobile maps in Australia

If Google was a pair of runners, I would be a triathlete today

Chrome is Ready for Business

Double rainbows, annoying oranges, and bed intruders: The year on YouTube

Anita Borg Scholarship Finalists in Sydney

YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011: The Shortlist Is In, Let The Voting Begin

Taking the pulse: Australia’s top Google searches 2010

Congratulations to the Aussie finalists of global AdWords Train & Gain competition

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The DoubleClick Ad Exchange: Growing the display advertising pie in Australia

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