Eric Schmidt speaks at the Salesforce Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Calif. on September 1, 2011.

A highlight of some of our favorite interactive doodles from past years. To play with the Les Paul guitar, explore 20,000 leagues under the sea and more visit www.google.com/doodles.

Search tips: http://goo.gl/o9fmF | To help St. Nick with his big flight this year, a few Googlers created this holiday search tips rap video. Song written and produced by, and video starring, all Google employees.

Lyrics:
Yo, I run a few searches before the big flight,
To save me more time on this magical night.
I type [sunrise and city] of my last stop,
I got plenty of time before my last drop.

If I don’t know the time in a certain city,
I peep it on search before my chimney shimmy.
Tyle [time and town] before I come into town,
To see if Johnny’s in bed before I hit ground.

Go Santa, Santa work it!
Go Santa, Santa search it!

But before I go flying through the frosty air,
I do a weather search to decide what to wear.
Mrs. Clause, should I bring my extra warm down jacket?
[Mrs. Clause]: Hmmm, yes. You should definitely pack it.
And please pack these cookies that I baked for you.
Shhhhh! I researched the recipe with recipe view,
And used the low cal filter, I must admit:
I wanna make sure that jacket still fits!

Go Santa, Santa work it!
Go Santa, Santa search it!

Check one, check two: yes I check twice.
Santa’s Google Doc called ‘Naughty and nice.’
With control+F, I find a name in the doc n’,
I hope I don’t have to put coal in a stockin’

When I’m cruising in my sleigh with my hands on the reigns,
Voice input is handy, ’cause typing is a pain.
If on a wish list I spot a gift I never heard: schlittschuhe,
I use the translate app to speak the foreign word.

Go Santa, Santa work it!
Go Santa, Santa search it!
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho.

Go Santa, Santa work it!
Go Santa, Santa search it!

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Yeah!
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Lyrics by Matt Kane, Google Content and User Education Specialist and hip hop enthusiast
Music by Ranidu, Google Business Systems Integrator and musician: http://raniduonline.com/album/
Video produced with the help of our friends at Seedwell: http://seedwell.com

See how the World Searched with Google’s 2011 Zeitgeist:
http://googlezeitgeist.com

Music: “Sooner or Later” by Mat Kearney
Produced by Whirled Creative with Director Scott Chan

“Soldier surprises mom” clip courtesy of the National Geographic Channel, Siskell/Jacobs Productions and Joseph Desira.

Follow Brett on Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/112943669059404972481

For Brett, the search for amazing foods doesn’t happen at the dinner table. His determination to discover new ingredients takes him to every corner of the globe.

Visit http://maps.google.com/starthere
Searching for your dream house is always an adventure. Pedal to Properties, a real estate agency in Boulder, Colorado, helps clients find their house through guided bike tours with the help of Google Maps features like Street View, local search, and biking directions. Visit http://www.pedaltoproperties.com/

Eric Schmidt speaks with Gwen Ifill at the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, D.C., on October 5, 2011.

A new Google bar helps you navigate quickly between products, and share the right stuff with the right people easily on Google+.

More info: http://maps.google.com/starthere

Find your way around IKEA using Google Maps on your Android phone. The Google Maps indoor display details the store’s layout, from one floor to the next. Figure out how to get from home furnishings to Swedish meatballs, right from the palm of your hand. To learn more, Start here.

http://maps.google.com/starthere