http://maps.google.com/android – Now you can get Zagat Scores and Google+ reviews from people you trust on Google Maps for Android. You may just find the perfect place!

Trial Version: http://goo.gl/i4onu

Google Maps is now available for 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment Systems (NES). Availability in Google Store is TBD but you can try it on your browser by going to http://maps.google.com and clicking “Quest” in the upper right hand corner of the map. Also…

Happy April Fools 2012!

We all know that geography is important; but what can you do with it? As students across the country prepare for the 2012 National Geographic Bee, we’ve explored how geography is used in the real world, from disaster response to military intelligence and even polar exploration. We wish all competitors good luck in this year’s competition!

Download Google Earth at http://earth.google.com.

A walkthrough of how to view results using Google Consumer Surveys. Learn more at http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys

A walkthrough of how to target surveys to custom audiences using Google Consumer Surveys. Learn more at http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys

A walkthrough of how to target surveys to custom audiences using Google Consumer Surveys. Learn more at http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys

Learn more at http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys
A fast, accurate, and affordable way to do quantitative market research online.

Learn more at http://www.google.com/insights/consumer
A fast, accurate, and affordable way to do quantitative market research online.

As part of our continued effort to be more transparent about how search works, we’re publishing video footage from our internal weekly search meeting: “Quality Launch Review.” We hold the meeting almost every Thursday to discuss possible algorithmic improvements and make decisions about what to launch. This video is from the meeting that happened on December 1st, 2011, and includes the entire uncut discussion of a real algorithmic improvement to our spell correction system. The language can be technical, so we’ve included annotations to provide some context for the discussion (and have a little fun!).