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Look Ma, No Hands! Part II: How To Search Google Without Typing or Saying a Thing
Feb 27th
Google search is one of my favorite resources for me while I’m on the road. Personally I love being able to look things up via text message on the fly — faster than 411 can deliver results.
Sometimes I’ll use Google via my mobile browser on my phone.
But there’s a new mobile search app which Google has released to the Android phone platform which takes mobile search to a whole another level.
They already have the ability to take any voice recording and integrate it into their searches. It is a matter of time before voice search becomes widely available to mobile phones.
But in the meantime, wherever you may be, you are now a SNAP, not a click, away from search results.
Here’s how . . .
Quickest Way To Look Up Movie Listings
Feb 19th
School’s out!
Winter break is here for the kids!
A whole week or two off to fill the kids’ schedules with fun stuff to do if you’re not going away on vacation.
A trip to the movie theater is in order since there are a couple of blockbuster movies that just came out and they pass the litmus test for child-appropriate as well.
Here’s a tip to find out which movies are playing now in your area:
Google has a search built just for movie theaters and listings. You can search by zip code, but movie, or by theater. There are links to reviews as well as listings for future dates so you can plan your movie nights out this weekend.

Just go to http://www.google.com/movies and type in your zip code to start your search!
List of 100+ Official Google Blogs (& some unofficial)
May 16th
If you’re involved or interested in anything about online marketing, search engine optimization, etc, then Google is a part of your life.
Here’s a list of Google-releated blogs. A quick search of Google references in the blogosphere came up with over 14 million blog posts, not to mention the 1 Billion+ SERP’s that come up when you search for Google on Google. That’s over 80 pages worth of search results!
So of course the list starts with The Official Google Corporate Blogand then makes it’s way down the list by product or country or employees, including Matt Cutts, who’s blog is probably one of the most popular.
- Blogger Buzz
- Blogs of Note
- Google AJAX Search API Blog
- Google Analytics Blog
- Google Checkout API Blog
- Google Code – Featured Projects
- Google Code – Updates
- Google CPG
- Google LatLong
- Google Librarian Central
- Google Public Policy blog
- Google SketchUp blog
- Google Summer of Code Blog
- Google Talkabout
- Google Testing Blog
- Google Web Toolkit Blog
- Google Webmaster Central Blog
- Inside AdSense
- Inside AdWords
- Inside Google Book Search
- Inside Google Desktop
- Official Google Base Blog
- Official Google Blog
- Official Google Checkout Blog
- Official Google Data APIs Blog
- Official Google Docs & Spreadsheets Blog
- Official Google Enterprise Blog
- Official Google Mac Blog
- Official Google Maps API Blog
- Official Google Reader Blog
- Official Google Research Blog
- Official Google Video Blog
- YouTube :: Blog
- YouTube API Blog
International Google Blogs:
- AdSense ?? ?? ???
- AdWords API Blog
- AdWords ??? ?????- JAPAN
- AdWords-BR
- Dentro de AdSense
- Dentro de AdWords
- El Blog de Google Mexico
- Google Australia Blog
- Google ??? — Google ???????- CHINA
- Google ?? ???- KOREA
- Google Polska – oficjalny blog
- Il blog ufficiale di AdSense in Italiano
- Inside AdSense – Das offizielle deutsche AdSense-Blog
- Inside AdSense: Het Officile Nederlandse Google AdSense Blog
- O blog do Google Brasil
- Official Google Italia Blog
- Official Google Japan Blog
- ??????????? ???? – Google ??????
- Por dentro do AdSense
- Webmaster-Zentrale Blog
Google Employee Blogs:
Some Former Google Employee’s Blogs:
Know of any more? Please share them via comments!

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