From Google Blog:
Like lots of you, we’ve been drawn into Twitter this year. After all, we’re all about frequent updates ourselves, and there’s lots happening around here that we want to share with you. Of course, we enjoy watching, and contributing to, the tweetstream (we hope you find our tweets useful, too). Because there are many programs and initiatives across the company, we’ve got a number of active accounts. Here’s a list of the current ones. We’ll update this list from time to time.

twitter.com/Google – our central account
twitter.com/Blogger – for Blogger fans
twitter.com/GoogleCalendar – user tips & updates
twitter.com/GoogleImages - news, tips, tricks on our visual image search
twitter.com/GoogleNews – latest headlines via Google News
twitter.com/GoogleReader – from our feed reader team
twitter.com/iGoogle - news & notes from Google’s personalized homepage
twitter.com/GoogleStudents – news of interest to students using Google
twitter.com/YouTube – for YouTube fans
twitter.com/YouTubeES – en Espanol
twitter.com/GoogleAtWork - solutions for IT and workplace productivity

From Google Blog:
Like lots of you, we’ve been drawn into Twitter this year. After all, we’re all about frequent updates ourselves, and there’s lots happening around here that we want to share with you. Of course, we enjoy watching, and contributing to, the tweetstream (we hope you find our tweets useful, too). Because there are many programs and initiatives across the company, we’ve got a number of active accounts. Here’s a list of the current ones. We’ll update this list from time to time.

twitter.com/Google – our central account
twitter.com/Blogger – for Blogger fans
twitter.com/GoogleCalendar – user tips & updates
twitter.com/GoogleImages - news, tips, tricks on our visual image search
twitter.com/GoogleNews – latest headlines via Google News
twitter.com/GoogleReader – from our feed reader team
twitter.com/iGoogle - news & notes from Google’s personalized homepage
twitter.com/GoogleStudents – news of interest to students using Google
twitter.com/YouTube – for YouTube fans
twitter.com/YouTubeES – en Espanol
twitter.com/GoogleAtWork - solutions for IT and workplace productivity

Geo-related
twitter.com/SketchUp - Google SketchUp news
twitter.com/3DWH – SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse
twitter.com/Modelyourtown – 3D modeling to build your favorite places
twitter.com/EarthOutreach - Earth & Maps tools for nonprofits & orgs
twitter.com/GoogleMaps – uses, tips, mashups
twitter.com/GoogleSkyMap -Android app for the night sky

Ads-related
twitter.com/AdSense – for online publishers
twitter.com/AdWordsHelper – looking out for AdWords questions and tech issues
twitter.com/AdWordsProSarah – Google Guide for AdWords Help Forum
twitter.com/GoogleAnalytics – insights for website effectiveness
twitter.com/GoogleAdBuilder – re building display ads
twitter.com/GoogleRetail – for retail advertisers
twitter.com/TechnologyUK – for U.K. tech advertisers
twitter.com/InsideAdWordsDE – for German AdWords customers
twitter.com/GoogleAgencyDE – for German ad agencies
twitter.com/AdSensePT – info for Portuguese-language publishers
twitter.com/AdWordsRussia – AdWords news & tips in Russian
twitter.com/DentroDeAdWords – Spanish updates from the Inside AdWords blog
twitter.com/AdWordsAPI – AdWords API tips

Developer & technical
twitter.com/GoogleResearch – from our research scientists
twitter.com/GoogleWMC – Google Webmaster Central
twitter.com/GoogleCode – latest updates for Google developer products
twitter.com/GoogleData – Data APIs provide a standard protocol for reading and writing web data
twitter.com/app_engine – web apps run on Google infrastructure
twitter.com/DataLiberation – our initiative for complete import/export of all data
twitter.com/GoogleMapsAPI – about using Google Maps embedded in websites
twitter.com/GoogleIO - Google’s largest annual developer event

Culture, People
twitter.com/googletalks – notes from our @Google speaker series
twitter.com/googlejobs – the voice of Google recruiters

Country or Region
twitter.com/googledownunder – Google activities in Australia & New Zealand
twitter.com/GoogleDE – Google in Germany
twitter.com/GoogleLatAm – Latin America (en Espanol)
twitter.com/GooglePolicyIt – Notes on Google policy issues in Italy Continue reading »

Part 1: This is Part 1 of 2 videos showing Multiple Websites/Stores. Part 2 will go into more detail about store views and multiple stores under the same website.

This screencast from johannes, Magento focuses on one of the more powerful Magento features, the ability to manage multiple Online storefronts from a single administration panel.

This functionality allows an online merchant to centrally manage all facets of a business from one location, while selling through multiple online stores. The first video goes through the basics of creating a completely separate website within the Magento installation, to be controlled from the same admin.

Below are the necessary steps to do this, carried out and recorded on the 0.9.17740 version of Magento:

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Pablo Picasso, the first living artist to be featured in the Louvre, influenced the artistic world in a uniquely original way. So why is he known for saying “Good artists copy, great artists steal”?

It’s true. Picasso really said, “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Or at least, since his death in 1973, everyone believes he said that.

But why? Why would someone as original as Picasso say something as ironic as that? And what did he mean? Google Picasso’s quote, and you’ll find plenty of opinions and interpretations as to what he really meant.

My intent here, then, is to uncover one possible interpretation. This interpretation involves three levels of design, each of which:

1. involves some aspect of copying or stealing,
2. shows increasing design maturity, and
3. adapts Picasso’s quote to modern graphic design.

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By using Google Analytics with your Ecommerce website, you can gain valuable insights about your transactions, ROI, and customers.

Learn how Google Analytics and Site Search can improve content discovery and landing page relevancy for your online advertising spend.

In this screencast we will walk you through the setup of Magentos interface and theme directory, as well as how you can go about creating and assigning a new theme to your store front.

Magento Groups are the easiest way to coordinate with your fellow community members on various projects to help you accomplish your goals with Magento. This screencasts demonstrates how to create a new group and shows you what groups can do.

One of the most valuable Enterprise Edition features is the ability to create, edit, and test new store content on a Staging web site. The live store remains untouched and customers can keep shopping while you update the site and develop new exciting content. Create new marketing campaigns, update your product catalog, test new designs, and enable new features in a safe environment separate from your live business.

Configuring Tier Pricing – Magento Screencast
English, by Magento
Magento makes it easy for you to implement tier-pricing for products that are often bought in bulk, like print cartridges or office supplies. In this screencast, we show you how to add tier pricing to any product in your catalog.

Google, the Behemoth sized company that it is today has many rules enforced in it’s Adsense system. In certain cases the slightest mistake can mean impending doom and cost you greatly for the potential to monetize your website. This should be taken very seriously because Google does not offer redemption or second chances to reinstate your account 95% of the time.
The chances of your account becoming re-instated is like saying current President George W. Bush is the best president of American History. So I listed here a few of the more important guidelines listed by Google as well as a few others I found while surfing the net. Continue reading »

Every aspect of your products, from the price to the image, is classified in Magento as an Attribute. This screencast guides you through the creation of an attribute and an attribute set, helping you get the most out of Magento’s efficient attribute management system.

Magento DataFlow is a framework for creating components that are used in data exchange processes.

Each member of your staff does different things for your store, and therefore, not everyone should have the same access to your entire backend. This screencast demonstrates how to create an account for each member of your staff, and give them access to only what they need.

Creating customized transactional e-mails like new account alerts and order confirmations is made easy with Magentos Transactional E-mail templates. In this screencast, learn how to create transactional e-mails and assign them to different actions within your store.

Products are the backbone of your eCommerce business, and this screencast takes you step-by-step through the process of creating simple products for your catalog in Magento. We recommend you view Creating and Managing Attributes before viewing this screencast.

Implementing tags into your store can help customers browse, search and get involved and with Magento, that process is easier then over. In this screencast, learn how to moderate and create tags for products in your store.