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As I mentioned in a previous post , we've taken several measures to help differentiate legitimate API traffic from bad requests. To help us serve you better, I'm pleased to announce a new way for you to identify your request as harmful. Beginning today, please include the &evil=true parameter in your API requests if you're one of the bad guys. How does this work in practice?... →

It is often difficult for Internet users to input text in many non-Latin script-based languages for a variety of reasons. The correct keyboard layout may not be installed on the computer they're using - sometimes such a layout may not be well developed or widely available. This poses a challenging problem for web developers because there is no way they can ensure that their users have access to this very basic input technology. Our Transliteration API can help,... →

Recently, the guys over at Ext JS released ext-core under an MIT license, which was a big win for open source! Today, they released a stable (non-beta) version of this library and we are proud to be part of that announcement by hosting the new version. You can now pull ext-core from Google servers: // directly access it http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/ext-core/3.0.0/ext-core.js // alias the newest 3.0.x version http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/ext-core/3.0/ext-core.... →

Over the last several years, you've helped make Google's AJAX APIs incredibly successful. Not surprisingly, however, there are some people who try to take advantage of these free APIs by using them in ways that they were not designed for, abuse which is prohibited by the Terms of Use . Specifically, some servers are making countless requests - requests not made on the behalf of an end-user - in an attempt to scrape data from the APIs.... →

I'm always amazed at the creative ways developers use Google's APIs. I'm always pleased when we are able to add a new feature to the API, as I know that someone, somewhere will do something cool and unexpected with it. The latest addition is to the Image Search API. You can now restrict results by various licenses applied to each image. There are two different ways to use this feature. In the JavaScript API,... →

Creating a custom look and feel for your website can have significant benefits in everything from improving usability to setting a professional or playful tone for your website. In many cases, letting users search the content of your site and related sites gets them the information they need faster. After all, a speedy user experience is a happy user experience.... →

Некоторые SEO-специалисты считают, что наличие ошибок 404 на сайте может привести к санкциям со стороны Google. Аналитик и инженер отдела качества поиска Google Гэри Илш (Gary Illyes ) опроверг это мнение. Когда страница сайта начинает выдавать код ответа сервера 404 («Страница не найдена»), Google автоматически удаляет её из индекса. Однако это не наказание, а естественный итог. Ошибка информирует пользователей, что разыскиваемая ими страница отсутствует. Поэтому её исключение из индекса поисковика вполне... →

Оператор заказа такси Hailo запустил кампанию в честь дня рождения... →

Платёжный сервис Chronopay сократил время обработки транзакций на 2 секунды благодаря переносу персональной информации российских пользователей в дата-центр в Москве. Как сообщают 10 августа «Ведомости», в качестве нового хранилища компания выбрала центр обработки данных, принадлежащий семье бывшего президента «Роснефти» Сергея Богданчикова.... →

Главным барьером на пути технологии остается недостаток грамотных кадров... →

Super Evil Megacorp, creators of hit touch screen multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game Vainglory, has raised $26 million in funding. The funding is a big endorsement for Super Evil Megacorp’s plan to create hardcore esports games on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. The new round was led by Index Ventures, with support […]... →

Виктория Херст требует ввести возрастные ограничения на продажу журнала... →

«Кремль медиа» может заплатить за телеканал 1,3 млрд. рублей... →

Posted by Jane_MorganInspired by a discussion at Product Camp, this process article, and a desire to dispel the fear of doing usability testing, this step-by-step guide provides answers on how to successfully do face-to-face usability testing. This guide is for anyone with who wants to know: Does the functionality, as implemented, solve the customer needs elegantly? If not, where are they getting stuck? How can I do usability without looking foolish? What usability testing is notUsability is not for uncover... →

Samsung займётся расширением сети собственных монобрендовых магазинов в России и откроет 100 новых салонов в Москве, Санкт-Петербурге и других крупных городах. Об этом 10 августа сообщает «Коммерсантъ».... →

Posted by EricEngeHow do the SERPs for commercial queries vary from the treatment of informational queries? Moz is about to publish its new Search Engine Ranking Factors, and was kind enough to provide me with access to their raw ranking data. Today I am going to share some of what I found.In addition, I am going to compare it against raw ranking data pulled by my company, Stone Temple Consulting (STC). What makes this so interesting is that the Moz data is based on commercial queries across 165,177 pages a... →

Since taking over YC, Altman has not only increased the number of startups in each batch, but he has also ventured into hardware and biotech, started a growth fund (according to SEC filings) and, last week, YC announced a new fellowship program for companies at the concept or prototype phase. Read More... →

Российский стартап Linguatrip, который представляет онлайн-сервис по бронированию языковых курсов за рубежом, получил $100 тысяч от американского акселератора 500 Startups. Об этом Firrma рассказала основательница проекта Марина Могилко. Сделка состоялась в апреле 2015 года, когда стартап начал программу акселерации. Размер доли, которую получил акселератор, не раскрывается. Обычно 500 Startups вкладывается в обмен на долю до 7%.  На сервисе Linguatrip аккредитованные школы иностранного языка могут размещат... →

GUEST: This past quarter we saw major deep linking announcements from some of the industry’s biggest players, including Google at I/O and Apple at WWDC, highlighting the importance of deep linking. With 70 percent of mobile commerce taking place in-app, marketers need deep links in order to take control of app re-engagement. Similarly, deep links make […]... →

I don’t know what kind of a situation one needs to be in to need a pack of condoms delivered in under an hour when there’s likely a fully-stocked convenience store within a 15 minute walk but one San Francisco-based startup has you covered here. L. Condoms is a startup in the current batch of Y Combinator that promises delivery of comfortable, paraben and glycerin free… Read More... →