Teenagers are now welcome on Google+

Google+ Social Site Opened Up to Teens, With New Protections

By Brian Womack

(Updates with Google Earth in fifth paragraph.)

Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. opened its social- networking site to anyone 13 or older and added features to protect teenagers’ safety, helping the company compete with Facebook Inc., which has similar age requirements.

The Google+ service, until now limited to users 18 and up, will be available to all teenagers, except those in Spain, South Korea and Netherlands, where the age requirements are higher, the company said. New safety enhancements, meanwhile, will help control who can contact teens online and put restrictions on group video chats.

“With Google+, we want to help teens build meaningful connections online,” Bradley Horowitz, a vice president in charge of the service, said today on his Google+ page. “We also want to provide features that foster safety alongside self- expression.”

Google+, unveiled last June, is the company’s latest effort to push back against Facebook, the largest social-networking service in the world. Google’s service has more than 90 million users, up from more than 40 million in October, Chief Executive Officer Larry Page said earlier this month. Facebook has more than 800 million.

The company also announced that Google+ will be integrated into Google Earth as part of an upgrade to the service. That means users can more easily share maps such as maps of mountains or oceans, with friends.

Google shares were little changed today, closing at $568.10. The Mountain View, California-based company climbed 8.7 percent in value last year.

--Editors: Nick Turner, Tom Giles
To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Womack in San Francisco at bwomack1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Tom Giles at tgiles5@bloomberg.net

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-27/google-social-site-opened-up-to-teens-with-new-protections.html
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Google performance drives mobile estimate to $2.6 billion

Google's "exceptional" mobile advertising and new data has prompted eMarketer to revise its 2012 estimate for mobile advertising spending upward, from $1.8 billion to $2.61 billion. Google has already come to dominate the field, capturing 51.7% of mobile revenue, far ahead of Apple's 6.3% share. The competition is tighter in the area of mobile display, with Google at 24.8%, Apple at 18% and Millennial Media at 17.7%. PaidContent.org (1/25)

Source: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-2012-mobile-ad-spend-revised-up-to-2.6-billion-google-fueling-the-machi/

Google+ allows nicknames for some users

In a Switch, Google Plus Now Allows Pseudonyms
Should people be allowed to use pseudonyms online?
It is a topic of much debate, with Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus each giving different answers. On Monday, Google will change the policy on its social network to permit nicknames and pseudonyms.
But not any pseudonym will pass muster. Google will allow nicknames, maiden names and pseudonyms if the person can prove to Google that he or she is known by that name elsewhere, in published material or on other social networks.
“We want to build a product that is for humanity at large, and we recognize people have many notions around identity and ways to represent themselves,” said Bradley Horowitz, a vice president of product who works on Google Plus. “We want to be as inclusive as possible while still ensuring the integrity of the system and the community.”
Google employees will manually review some name changes, asking for documentation like a driver’s license, a link to a blog or social network where the person has a large following or published material under the new name.
“If they’re good actors in another place on the Internet, like a blog, they can take the reputation or credit they’ve earned over there and cash it in on Google Plus,” Mr. Horowitz said. “It’s a judgment call.”
“To be clear, this does not solve every case in the world,” he added, and said that this would be the first step of many to make Google Plus more accessible to people who do not want to use their real names.
The debate over pseudonyms is about privacy, freedom of expression and business. Fake names might be necessary to protect victims of abuse or political dissidents, but the more companies know about who you really are, the better they can pitch advertisers and partner Web sites.
Facebook requires that people use their real names and is trying to use that to become a digital passport for the Web. On Twitter, on the other hand, people can mostly use any name they choose.
Google’s role as an online identity service, Mr. Horowitz said, is “to allow people to express themselves and have a coherent, useful experience on the Internet, to give users choice and control.”
Google faced an outcry when it introduced Google Plus without the option of pseudonyms and shut down some users’ accounts, though it insists that it always planned to allow them.
First it had to work out some kinks, Mr. Horowitz said. It needed to learn how users behave on the site so it could monitor spam and inappropriate comments, which are likely to be more common with fake names. It also wanted to have measures in place to deal with pseudonymous users in the case of a government subpoena, for instance.
Christine Chen, a Google spokeswoman, said that if subpoenaed, Google asks for the narrowest request possible. That way, it can avoid turning over a pseudonymous user’s real identity, which it might have if the person has also signed up with a credit card to Google Wallet or sent a driver’s license to Google Plus, for example. Google said it would destroy all the documentation that users submitted.
A tiny percentage of Google Plus users who try to use fake names, have very unusual names or enter a business’s name instead of a person’s have been unable to create a profile. Business owners can now create corporate pages, and as of Monday, people using other names can enter them by editing their profile under the “About” section of the site.Source: The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Bits blog
Source: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/in-a-switch-google-plus-now-allows-pseudonyms/
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Google Zeitgeist 2011 rankings

According to the annual Convention, Google released the 2011 global top search keyword ranking Google Zeitgeist. 2011, the world’s fastest-rising search queries in the teenage singer Rebecca Black first, Google Plus, iPad2 and iPhone5 test. “Fastest rising” queries refer to 2011 the most searched, based on their popularity increase compared with the 2010 rankings. In turn, “down the fastest” queries are those that is very popular in 2010, 2011 and not too hot, the query.
In the video on the Web site with a singing of the Friday sitting of 13 year old girl Rebecca Black stability “of the world’s fastest-rising search keyword ranking” the first, Google’s social network “Google+” table of the secondary. And the year of 2011 is Apple, in the top ten in the rankings, there are three things related to Apple. Apple founder Steve Jobs ranked 9th, iPad2 and iPhone5 listed also.

In the search rankings in mainland China, fastest rising search keyword is Japan earthquakes, nude wedding age, discounts, and so on, and people search in the list, film and television actress Yang Mi more than Steve jobs, living in the top.

This year’s top ten popular search keywords include:
1.Rebecca Black: in YouTube with a singing of the Friday red only 13 years old, Luo Li
2.Google Plus: Google social network
3.Ryan Dunn: is famous for starred in reality TV, due to car accident died
4.Casey Anthony: mother accused of killing 2 year old daughter, murder at the final level is liable to not set up
5.Battlefield 3:EA first-person shooter game
6.iPhone 5: the legend of Apple in new phone
7.Adele: name of the publication of the 21 albums off bombing marked 22 years of young female singers
8. the Tokyo electric power: tsunamis and earthquakes led to release of nuclear power plant company
9.Steve Jobs: death of Apple co-founder and CEO
10.iPad2: the second generation iPad tablet computer

The following is a partial ranking list. All rankings please click here.
Global parts
World’s fastest-rising
1. Rebecca Black
2. Google Plus
3. Ryan Dunn
4. Casey Anthony
5. Battlefield 3
6. Iphone 5
7. Adele
8. the Tokyo electric power
9. Steve Jobs
10. Ipad 2

World’s fastest drop
1. Myspace
2. Hi5
3. Mebo
4. Nasza Klasa
5. Netlog
6. Baidu
7. Wer Kennt Wen
8. Meinvz
9. Hotmail Correo
10. Delta Airlines

World’s fastest-rising consumer electronic products
1. Amazon Kindle Fire
2. Iphone 4s
3. Sidekick 4g
4. Hp Touchpad
5. Spb Shell 3d
6. Ipad 2
7. Htc Sensation
8. Samsung Nexus Prime
9. Sony Ngp
10. Ipad 3

Google map of the world’s fastest-rising search terms
1. Utm
2. Siegessule Berlin
3. Dpt Conforama
4. Wells Fargo
5. Friseur
6. Elementary Schools
7. Campgrounds
8. Shopping Centre
9. Starbucks
10. Lake

World’s fastest-rising figure
1. Rebecca Black
2. Ryan Dunn
3. Pippa Middleton
4. Casey Anthony
5. Adele
6. Steve Jobs
7. Amy Winehouse
8. Osama Bin Laden
9. Charlie Sheen
10. Kate Middleton

Google News of the world’s fastest-rising search terms
1. Fukushima
2. Iphone 4s
3. Melania Rea
4. Salvatore Parolisi
5. Lamberto Sposini
6. Battlefield 3
7. Dsk
8. Iphone 5
9. Gaddafi
10. Libya

China area
In the search rankings in mainland China, fastest rising search keyword is Japan earthquakes, nude wedding age, discounts, and so on, and people search in the list, film and television actress Yang Mi more than Steve jobs, living in the top. China rarely compiled this year’s content, only two post, it seems Google China does not attach too much importance to.
China’s fastest-rising search terms
1. Japan earthquake
2. the raw age of marriage
3. discount
4. Libya
5. Kung Fu Panda
6. Ipad 2
7. Android
8. transformers
9. QQ 2011
10. the letter

China’s fastest-rising figure
1. Yang Mi
2. Steve jobs
3. Guo Mei
4. the Col
5. Yao Chen
6. Cecilia Cheung
7. the Xin
8. Chen cursor
9. Zhao benshan
10. Jay

Google Zeitgeist is developing a network Google query parser. Million Google query for statistics on it every day, collecting keywords that people are most concerned about, and actually listed.
Source: grass-roots network (www.20ju.com)-the Internet sector of reader’s Digest
Source: http://www.seonaut.org
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Google Zeitgeist 2011 年度排行 (Chinese Version)

按照年度慣例，Google發佈了2011年度全球熱門搜索關鍵字排行榜Google Zeitgeist。2011年度，全球上升最快搜索關鍵字中，少女歌手rebecca black位居首位，Google Plus、iPad2和iPhone5均上榜。“上升最快”的查詢指的是2011年最熱門的搜索，根據它們與2010年相比的熱門程度提升度進行排名。反 過來，“下降最快”的查詢是指那些在2010年非常熱門，但在2011年不太熱門的查詢。
在視頻網站上以一首《星期五》唱紅的13歲女 孩麗蓓嘉•布萊克穩坐“全球上升最快的搜索關鍵字排行榜”首位，穀歌的社交網路“Google+”居次席。而2011年可謂蘋果之年，在該排行榜的前十位 中，有三樣與蘋果公司有關。蘋果公司創始人約伯斯排第9位，iPad2和iPhone5也榜上有名。

在中國大陸的搜索排行榜中，上升最快的搜索關鍵字是日本地震、裸婚時代、折扣等，而人物搜索榜單中，影視演員楊冪超過了約伯斯，居於榜首。

今年的十大熱門搜索關鍵字包括：
1.Rebecca Black：在YouTube以一首《Friday》唱紅的年僅13歲的蘿莉
2.Google Plus：Google 的社交網路
3.Ryan Dunn：以出演真人電視而出名，由於車禍而喪生
4.Casey Anthony：被控殺害2歲女兒的母親，最終一級謀殺罪名被判不成立
5.Battlefield 3：EA第一人稱射擊遊戲
6.iPhone 5：傳說中的Apple新手機
7.Adele：發佈名為《21》的專輯而一炮打紅的22歲年輕女歌手
8.東京 電力：海嘯和地震導致核洩漏的核電站所屬公司
9.Steve Jobs：逝世的Apple聯合創始人兼CEO
10.iPad2：第二代iPad平板電腦

以下是部分排行榜清單。全部排行請點這裏。
全球部分
全球 上升最快
1. Rebecca Black
2. Google Plus
3. Ryan Dunn
4. Casey Anthony
5. Battlefield 3
6. Iphone 5
7. Adele
8. 東京 電力
9. Steve Jobs
10. Ipad 2

全球 下降最快
1. Myspace
2. Hi5
3. Mebo
4. Nasza Klasa
5. Netlog
6. Baidu
7. Wer Kennt Wen
8. Meinvz
9. Hotmail Correo
10. Delta Airlines

全球 上升最快的消費性電子產品
1. Amazon Kindle Fire
2. Iphone 4s
3. Sidekick 4g
4. Hp Touchpad
5. Spb Shell 3d
6. Ipad 2
7. Htc Sensation
8. Samsung Nexus Prime
9. Sony Ngp
10. Ipad 3

全球 上升最快的 Google 地圖搜索詞
1. Utm
2. Siegessule Berlin
3. Dpt Conforama
4. Wells Fargo
5. Friseur
6. Elementary Schools
7. Campgrounds
8. Shopping Centre
9. Starbucks
10. Lake

全球 上升最快的人物
1. Rebecca Black
2. Ryan Dunn
3. Pippa Middleton
4. Casey Anthony
5. Adele
6. Steve Jobs
7. Amy Winehouse
8. Osama Bin Laden
9. Charlie Sheen
10. Kate Middleton

全球 上升最快的 Google 新聞搜索詞
1. Fukushima
2. Iphone 4s
3. Melania Rea
4. Salvatore Parolisi
5. Lamberto Sposini
6. Battlefield 3
7. Dsk
8. Iphone 5
9. Gaddafi
10. Libya

中國地區
在中國大陸的搜索排行榜中，上升最快的搜索關鍵字是日本地震、裸婚時代、折扣等，而人物搜索榜單中，影視演員楊冪超過了約伯斯，居於榜首。中國今年的榜單內容很少，只有兩張榜單，看來Google對中國不太重視了。
中國 上升最快的搜索詞
1. 日本地震
2. 裸婚時代
3. 折扣
4. 利比亞
5. 功夫熊貓
6. Ipad2
7. 安卓
8. 變形金剛
9. Qq2011
10. 微信

中國 上升最快的人物
1. 楊冪
2. 約伯斯
3. 郭美美
4. 卡紮菲
5. 姚晨
6. 張柏芝
7. 藥家鑫
8. 陳游標
9. 趙本山
10. 周傑倫

Google Zeitgeist是Google開發的一款網路查詢分析程式。它對每天上百萬次的Google查詢進行統計，收集人們最關心的關鍵字，並列舉出來。
來源：草根網 (www.20ju.com) – 互聯網界的讀者文摘
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