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Look for the label \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/search/label/This%20Week%20in%20Search\"\u003eThis week in search\u003c/a\u003e and subscribe to the series. - Ed.\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis week brought a number of new features to the fore.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGoogle Translate\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe biggest and most visible release this week was our \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-look-for-google-translate.html\"\u003eupdate\u003c/a\u003e to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://translate.google.com/\"\u003eGoogle Translate\u003c/a\u003e. New changes to the interface help you translate instantly and see translations as you type. We have also introduced both input and output transliteration: for selected languages, our tool will show you letter by letter how a word or phrase appears in a different language as you type. We have also added text-to-speech, so you can figure out how to pronounce new words as you learn them.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRich snippets in Japanese\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOn the topic of international launches, at our \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-search-options-and-other-updates.html\"\u003eSearchology\u003c/a\u003e event in May we announced the launch of rich snippets, which webmasters can use to help Google show more useful information from the page. For example, if you are thinking of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?hl\u003den\u0026amp;q\u003ddrooling+dog\"\u003etrying out a new restauran\u003c/a\u003et and are searching for reviews, rich snippets could include things like the average review score, the number of reviews, and the restaurant's price range. Starting this week, this feature is available in Japanese.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFlu shot finder now on results pages\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/finding-flu-vaccine-information-in-one.html\"\u003elast week's launch\u003c/a\u003e, we have now added our flu shot finder to the search results page.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eExample searches: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?hl\u003den\u0026amp;q\u003dflu+shot\"\u003eflu shot\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?hl\u003den\u0026amp;q\u003dh1n1+shot\"\u003eh1n1 shot\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?hl\u003den\u0026amp;q\u003dflu+vaccine\"\u003eflu vaccine\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSite hierarchies in search results\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGoogle usually shows a green web address, or URL, at the bottom of each search result to let you know where you're headed. Tuesday we began rolling out \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-site-hiera\"\u003ean improvement\u003c/a\u003e that replaces the URL in some search results with a hierarchy showing the precise location of the page on the website. The new display offers valuable context and new navigation options. For example, on the eHow.com result below, you can see that this page is in the Martial Art Techniques section.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwcslxH5FSI/AAAAAAAAE-I/nf39f3HNogw/s1600/agjgj9ggz6_54gx2nd9f8_b.bmp\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 56px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwcslxH5FSI/AAAAAAAAE-I/nf39f3HNogw/s400/agjgj9ggz6_54gx2nd9f8_b.bmp\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406338905034790178\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eExample searches: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?hl\u003den\u0026amp;source\u003dhp\u0026amp;q\u003dvenn+diagram\u0026amp;btnG\u003dGoogle+Search\u0026amp;aq\u003df\u0026amp;oq\u003d\"\u003e venn diagram\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?hl\u003den\u0026amp;source\u003dhp\u0026amp;q\u003dhow+to+punch+harder\u0026amp;btnG\u003dGoogle+Search\u0026amp;aq\u003df\u0026amp;oq\u003d\"\u003ehow to punch harder\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?rlz\u003d1C1CHTA_enUS29\"\u003ehodgkins lymphoma\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/search?hl\u003den\u0026amp;safe\u003dactive\u0026amp;rlz\u003d1C1CHTA_enUS299US306\u0026amp;q\u003dkeurig\u0026amp;aq\u003df\u0026amp;oq\u003d\u0026amp;aqi\u003dg10\"\u003ekeurig\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHope you enjoyed this week's new features. Stay tuned for more!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"byline-author\"\u003ePosted by Johanna Wright, Director of Product Management, Search\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10861780-2169424613928410654?l\u003dgoogleblog.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10861780/posts/default/2169424613928410654"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10861780/posts/default/2169424613928410654"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-week-in-search-112009.html","title":"This week in search 11/20/09"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A Googler"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"08971260574430529266"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwcslxH5FSI/AAAAAAAAE-I/nf39f3HNogw/s72-c/agjgj9ggz6_54gx2nd9f8_b.bmp","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10861780.post-4216299395160044293"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-20T08:57:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-20T09:19:05.384-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Google Apps highlights"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"apps"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Google Apps highlights – 11/20/2009"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\"  style\u003d\"font-size:small;\"\u003eThis is part of a regular series of Google Apps updates that we post every couple of weeks. Look for the label \"Google Apps highlights\" and subscribe to the series. - Ed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOver the last two weeks, we've made improvements across Google Apps, some geared for individuals, others meant for business customers.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGreen Robot icon in Gmail Labs\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe green, orange and red chat bubbles in Gmail signal if your contacts are online, idle or unavailable, but as more people sign in from mobile devices, it's becoming harder to tell when someone is actually online at a computer or just connected with their phone. The Green Robot feature in Gmail Labs helps you spot when you might want to tailor your exchanges with more succinct messages for people who are signed in with Android-powered devices. Look for the green beaker icon at the top of Gmail to enable Green Robot and other Labs features.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwbCqAtCRcI/AAAAAAAAE9w/Y2KAtN5RWMU/s1600/greenrobot.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 160px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwbCqAtCRcI/AAAAAAAAE9w/Y2KAtN5RWMU/s400/greenrobot.gif\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406222429704046018\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSite templates\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOn Tuesday we launched \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/templates-now-available-in-google-sites.html\"\u003etemplates for Google Sites\u003c/a\u003e. The templates gallery is filled with useful example sites ranging from wedding websites to corporate intranets, which you can copy and customize so they're just right. This lets you create a useful, visually appealing collaborative workspace in seconds. And if you have a great site other people would find useful, you can submit it to the gallery. If your business uses Google Sites, templates you submit stay private within your company.\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwbCqn24-8I/AAAAAAAAE94/dtsBO7R9Je8/s1600/sites.png\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwbCqn24-8I/AAAAAAAAE94/dtsBO7R9Je8/s400/sites.png\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406222440214363074\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMore overflow storage for less\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf you're using Google Apps to store photos and manage large volumes of personal email, you'll be happy to hear we're now offering more extra storage for less. Our new \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.google.com/accounts/PurchaseStorage\"\u003eoverflow storage plans\u003c/a\u003e start at $5 per year for 20 GB. For the most avid shutterbugs, the 16 TB plan is enough space for roughly 8 million high resolution pictures!\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwbCq7zT_-I/AAAAAAAAE-A/m15LhgG45KI/s1600/storage.png\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 187px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwbCq7zT_-I/AAAAAAAAE-A/m15LhgG45KI/s400/storage.png\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406222445568065506\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eImprovements to Sync for Outlook \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLast week, we released an update to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/outlook_sync.html#utm_campaign\u003dapps-highlights\u0026amp;utm_medium\u003dblog\u0026amp;utm_source\u003den-ogb-na-us-apps-highlights-112009\"\u003eGoogle Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook\u003c/a\u003e, our tool that lets companies stop running Microsoft Exchange while still letting some employees use the familiar Outlook interface. Now, employees can sync multiple calendars between Outlook and Google Apps, and look up free/busy information from Exchange for co-workers who haven't migrated to Google Apps yet.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGoogle Apps Premier Edition innovation – Year in review\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBusinesses using Google Apps not only \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging_value.html#utm_campaign\u003dapps-highlights\u0026amp;utm_medium\u003dblog\u0026amp;utm_source\u003den-ogb-na-us-apps-highlights-112009\"\u003esave money\u003c/a\u003e compared to running their own email systems, but also their employees get access to innovation at a much faster pace than with conventional business technologies. We've launched over 100 improvements to Google Apps in the last year, and on Thursday I hosted a webcast to recap noteworthy recent updates for businesses, including push email, contacts and calendar support for BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile and Android, Sync for Microsoft Outlook, offline access and more. If you missed the webcast, you can \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v\u003dvX0bOVjUWDY\"\u003ewatch it on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"Apple-style-span\" style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWho's gone Google?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis week I'm pleased to welcome a new crop of companies, schools and public agencies that have recently switched to Google Apps, including \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/11/from-microsoft-exchange-2007-to-google.html\"\u003eDelta Hotels\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href\u003d\"http://blog.vudat.msu.edu/?p\u003d525\"\u003eMichigan State University\u003c/a\u003e, the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/11/governments-gone-google.html\"\u003eCity of Orlando\u003c/a\u003e and the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/11/governments-gone-google.html\"\u003eOffice of the New Mexico Attorney General\u003c/a\u003e. The \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v\u003d56ETTYvGsg4\"\u003eMotorola Mobile Devices Division\u003c/a\u003e deployed Google Apps to its employees this week, and the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/733435\"\u003eLos Angeles City Council\u003c/a\u003e recently voted unanimously to move 30,000 city employees to Google Apps.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe hope these updates help you get even more from Google Apps. For details and the latest news in this area, check out the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleapps.blogspot.com/\"\u003eGoogle Apps Blog\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"byline-author\"\u003ePosted by Jeremy Milo, Google Apps Marketing Manager\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10861780-4216299395160044293?l\u003dgoogleblog.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10861780/posts/default/4216299395160044293"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10861780/posts/default/4216299395160044293"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-apps-highlights-11202009.html","title":"Google Apps highlights – 11/20/2009"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"A Googler"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"08971260574430529266"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xigk/SwbCqAtCRcI/AAAAAAAAE9w/Y2KAtN5RWMU/s72-c/greenrobot.gif","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10861780.post-1574464891098424884"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-19T12:00:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-19T12:00:32.717-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"search"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cool. Even Batman uses Google."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"When I first started at Google, Craig Nevill-Manning, engineering director here in New York, said to me: \"The Google homepage doesn't belong to us. It belongs to the millions of people who use it.\" Besides the fact that Craig can make one of those insanely cool leaf patterns in his \u003ca href\u003d\"http://images.google.com/images?hl\u003den\u0026amp;source\u003dhp\u0026amp;q\u003dlatte+art\"\u003elatte\u003c/a\u003e, I find the simple truth of his statement inspiring. I often refer to it as a guidepost for our work.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo when we got together with the search team to brainstorm ways to talk about our latest innovations (like \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/making-search-more-musical.html\"\u003emusic in search results\u003c/a\u003e), we decided to feature them through stories inspired by our users. Because while we're proud of the innovations we're making in search, we're proudest of the things people use search to accomplish. In other words, the best search results don't show up on a webpage — they show up in somebody's life.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo in that spirit, we made a bunch of videos. There's one about grandma dipping her toe into technology. One about friends taking a Kerouac inspired road trip. And yes, there's even one about Bruce Wayne.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere's the first one:\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"560\" height\u003d\"340\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/nnsSUqgkDwU\u0026amp;hl\u003den_US\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/nnsSUqgkDwU\u0026amp;hl\u003den_US\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"560\" height\u003d\"340\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYou can see them all \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/searchstories?x\u003dbatman\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs they say in the movies, all the characters in these videos are fictional, any resemblance to persons alive or dead are purely coincidental.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe hope you enjoy them.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan class\u003d\"byline-author\"\u003ePosted by Robert Wong, Google Creative Lab\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10861780-1574464891098424884?l\u003dgoogleblog.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10861780/posts/default/1574464891098424884"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10861780/posts/default/1574464891098424884"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/cool-even-batman-uses-google.html","title":"Cool. 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