Google says Goodbye to Hello

'Hello' was an instant messenger-like desktop photo sharing application that made it easy to send photos to friends via an encrypted connection. The Hello.com web page has been replaced by a shut down notice and the service will cease to work on May 15th.

"We originally embarked on a mission to make photo sharing easier and more fun with Hello. We plan to keep carrying that torch in new projects to come." wrote the Hello team on their now defunct web site. Hello team encourages users to use Picasa, Picasa Web Albums, and Google Talk.

What will Google do with this cool domain (hello.com)?

                I think not for sale

New Google AdSense Font - Comic Sans

Google Adsense team are testing the ads with new fonts. now they are testing with these fonts,

- Comic Sans
- Times New Roman

I found a screen capture of new Google Adsense font - Comic Sans in action via DigitalPoint Forums.

 

it's nice - I like Comic Sans 

Google Talk chatback badges in new styles

Google Talk chatback badge

Google launched new Google Talk feature at February that lets visitors to your web site chat with you. That is "chatback" because instead of you doing all the talking on your blog, your visitors can talk back to you. Sure, they could leave comments, but those are public and hard to use for a real conversation. With chatback, it's a real instant message session.

I am also integrate that facility in Dotcom-SEO blog. if you want chat with me Gtalk feature in this blog sidebar.

Now Google update the Google Talk chatback badges in several new styles. These options are available by clicking on the “Styles” drop down menu when creating a chatback badge.

To create a Google Talk badge, visit 
 http://www.google.com/talk/service/badge/New

If you are a Google Apps user, visit
http://www.google.com/talk/service/a/DOMAIN/badge/New
replacing DOMAIN with the name of your domain.

Google Analytics for Blogger - Private beta

Google Analytics for Blogger - Nice thing.

Google official message -
http://analytics.blogspot.com/2008/04/google-analytics-for-blogger-now-in.html 

"Several weeks back at South by Southwest, Jeff Veen announced our new Google Analytics for Blogger reporting interface. Currently available only in private beta, this product is a collaboration of several teams and marks the transition of Measure Map customers to a new Google Analytics interface designed specifically for Blogger users.

Here's what Jeff had to say:

"Many of you may remember when Google acquired Measure Map, our analytics product for blogs. When we came to Google, our first job was to take the experience of providing clear, accessible reports, coupled with powerful tools for analysis, and apply it to Google's already robust Analytics product. The result of that collaboration launched last May, in the redesigned Google Analytics interface.

Since then the team has been hard at work fulfilling our original promise: to help bloggers understand the impact that their blogs are having on the world. To that end, we've rebuilt Measure Map as an integrated feature of both Google Analytics and Blogger. We hope you like what you see."

Though we usually don't widely announce private-beta programs, we are migrating all existing Measure Map users (which include many prominent bloggers) to this new interface. With all the excitement around it, we knew we couldn't keep it a secret, so we decided to let the cat out of the bag early.

However, please keep in mind that this is an early beta; as such, we expect changes and hiccups along the way. We'll be refining the new interface throughout the year before we release it to the general public as an optional reporting interface in both Blogger and Google Analytics accounts. In the meantime, you can always use Google Analytics to track your blog."

Google - Domain information 'onebox'

Google added a new search feature - Domain information 'Onebox'. You can now type into Google, whois domain.com and get the whois information for that domain.

Enter e.g. whois google.com to find a special link referring you to domain info from domaintools.com

When you click on the whois link, you are taken to Domain Tools. Domain Tools is one of the most widely used whois databases out there. May be it was a formal partnership with Google and Domaintools. Anyway I like nice Google feature.

Google Gadget Designer 1.1

Google Gadget Designer 1.1 application for Windows, you can easily create a Desktop gadget from scratch. Gadget Designer is also useful for modifying existing gadgets, such as when you need to change a gadget's user interface or repackage a gadget.

This Google official tutorial leads you through the process of creating a simple Google gadget.

Tutorial Contents,
Step 1: Download and Install Software
Step 2: Create a New Gadget
Step 3: Add a UI Element
Step 4: Add Event Handling
Step 5: Get Debugging Output
Step 6: Customize Strings and Settings
Step 7: Package the Gadget
What to Do Next

FeedBurner Moves to Google Accounts

Friends, Like YouTube you will soon be able to login into FeedBurner using your regular Google account.

That’s one less username and password to remember though only a select group of publishers will get invites for the first round of migration from FeedBurner to Google Accounts.

In another exciting news, Now FeedBurner working on integrating FeedBurner and Google AdSense.

Check this Dotcom-SEO FeedBurner feed - may be I will integrate Google Adsense. 

Orkut Apps - Live in India

You will add OpenSocial applications to your Orkut profile. Your friends can see list and your interactions get published to your Orkut news feed. Currently the Orkut directory includes only a limited number of applications. you can add a maximum of 25 apps to your Orkut profile.

My Orkut Apps - TypeRacer - more funny

Orkut Apps can relate to anything, from games and music to travel and books. If you're interested in learning more, check this video.

Google Earth 4.3 - new features

The latest version of Google Earth 4.3 brings a lot of interface changes and new features. There's a redesigned and improved navigation control that lets you change the perspective much faster.

Check this cool screenshot,

Google Earth 4.3 can be downloaded from earth.google.com Windows users that don't want to install the application using Google Updater can try this direct link. You'll probably notice that the Windows setup is much smaller: the size has been reduced from 12.7 MB to 7.36 MB. Unfortunately, the new version seems to be less stable and it uses more resources, but it's still in beta.

check this cool video,

more information at Google system blog

iGoogle page Backup option

Google's personalized homepage - iGoogle, offers two options to backup your gadgets and feeds at the bottom of the settings page.

Two options is there,

• Backup on Google's server
• Import XML file in your system

that's look like this,

Backup the iGoogle page on Google's servers - it's useful to backup your page before adding gadgets that might create problems.

Import XML file that includes all the tabs, layouts and themes, the feeds, gadgets and their settings. The XML file can be imported in any iGoogle page, so this is a good way to migrate the page to a different Google account.