Samstag, 30. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Maps

Mark asks…How to create something like Google Maps for a website?How does Google Maps work and how would I need to get something like that on a website I'm starting.

Also, I understand Navteq sells map and has a similar online map like Google has. Is it possible to somehow forge a partnership with them?admin answers:You can license the Google Maps API, to use their maps for your online project.

Otherwise, simply, they are either pre-rendered PNG tiles of various zoom levels, or they are

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Freitag, 29. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Voice

Robert asks…How does Google Voice work when you have no cell phone reception?Can anyone explain in steps? I'm a little lost. But anyways, yeah I'm basically moving to an area where there's no cell phone reception for calling/texting. There's wi-fi and I have been suggested Google Voice for texting/calling. Can anyone care to explain?admin answers:Google Voice is a service by Google (obviously) that gives you a single phone number that you can give to people. Calling this number will forward

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Dienstag, 26. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Voice

George asks…Can a transfer my Google Voice number to a cell phone?I had a phone with Sprint and towards the end of my contract I signed u for Google Voice and had my cell number used for tht account. I've been using GV but I'm planning on getting a new phone and I want to have my number switched to that new phone. Is this possible? Or would I just have to keep using GV to make calls using my old number?admin answers:It would be the same as it is right now... When somebody calls your Google

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Sonntag, 24. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Earth

David asks…What is the best way to a Google Earth animation in a video?I am making a video and I am wanting to include in it Google Earth showing where I am located. I want it to start with a zoomed out view of Earth and then zooming in on my location. What would be the best way to do this?admin answers:Using FRAPS or something that records what is on your screen ATM, then manually zoom in to your location while in Google Earth.Mark asks…How good is the quality of images taken by spy

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Samstag, 23. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Voice

Donna asks…Can a transfer my Google Voice number to a cell phone?I had a phone with Sprint and towards the end of my contract I signed u for Google Voice and had my cell number used for tht account. I've been using GV but I'm planning on getting a new phone and I want to have my number switched to that new phone. Is this possible? Or would I just have to keep using GV to make calls using my old number?admin answers:It would be the same as it is right now... When somebody calls your Google

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Mittwoch, 20. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Images

James asks…How do you post pictures on google images?Is there a way to link a picture to google images or just to simply upload one onto it?admin answers:You cant really post images on google, the images come from different websites. For example, if you have a facebook then if you type your facebook name on google images then your picture will be there. If you own a website with some pictures that you uploaded, then they will be on google too. You just gotta look for them ;)Mark asks…How do

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Dienstag, 19. November 2013

Your Questions About Google News

Ken asks…How does a webmaster get a site listed on the google news site?I run a news site and want know how to get isted on the google news aggegation site?admin answers:I had to do it this way www.hitstalk.com They will advertise you in every search engine you can think of ....And I mean thousands....Hope that helped or this one http://www.scentral.com/cgi-local/urlsub/urlsubmitter.cgi just copy and paste it submits your web site to every free search engine there is on the netSandra

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Sonntag, 17. November 2013

Your Questions About Google

Chris asks…When is Google-Earth going to start using its new satellite technology?I heard google bought a new satellite or something so you can see anything "bigger than a shopping bag" with amazing clarity. When is this going to be implemented?admin answers:I do not actually know but I am all against Google Earth. It invades everyone's privacy. It's like having a big black van outside your house monitoring youSharon asks…How can I stop Google from showing a location under the search

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Your Questions About Google Maps

Ken asks…What is the difference between listing your business on Google Places and Google Maps?To me they seem like the same thing? If you have a listing in Google Maps do you need to create a listing in Google Places? Or is it the same listing for both? What are the differences from an SEO perspective?admin answers:Google Places is Local but Google Maps is not. If you want to do Local then I would suggest to do SEO on it, since for Google Places you can SEO it so when someone is searching

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Samstag, 16. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Docs

Sandra asks…How to ad different special effects in Google Docs Presentations?I did a little presentation with Google docs presentation and thought it was OK but it wasn't near to Power Point.How can i add special effects between slides? How can i add charts, And add more beautiful themes? Please help understand G Docs better.Thanks in Advanceadmin answers:I'm so sorry, but according to Google Docs help "There are no animation effects in Google Docs presentations."Sandy asks…How do you

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Montag, 11. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Scholar

Maria asks…How do you embed a "Google Scholar" search into a website.?I need the code to embed a Google Scholar search. I'm guessing it's similar to the normal Google search code but I can't find it. Help?admin answers:Give your site the power of Google Scholar (from Google.com):

http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/scholarsearch.html

The full instruction is explained in three simple steps.

Good LuckRuth asks…How does the librarian profession thrive in the age of Google?If you’re

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Sonntag, 10. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Maps

Chris asks…Is it possible to add driving,walking and public transport options to a google maps form on your website?Hello,

When searching for directions on google maps, there is a drop down list of options:

By Car
By Public Transport
Walking

Is it possible to add these to a drop down list on your own site and if so how could it be implemeted?

Thank You!admin answers:First, check the unique Google Maps URLs for the various modes of transportation you are considering. Second, create a

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Donnerstag, 7. November 2013

Your Questions About Google News

Maria asks…How to post my articles in google news?How to post my articles in google news and how many articles will allow to post in google news?admin answers:Google news' crawler crawls certain news-oriented websites. You can't submit a story directly to Google news but you can submit a story to certain websites that will help you to get your story in Google news.


You can seen checkout the news release & press release services here - news stories submitted often times end up in Google

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Dienstag, 5. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Voice

Sharon asks…How does google voice work with my cell phone?I am wanting to you google voice but I would like to know a little more about it. I want to know if someone calls my google number and I answer it on my cell phone will my cell phone company charge me for the minutes I use?admin answers:Yes your regurlar service minutes will kick into effect.

With Google voice however, you can add a home or office phone to be linked to that one number.
So if you answer your cell phone you can

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Montag, 4. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Earth

George asks…What are the controls for the google earth plane on a mac book?What are the controls for the google earth plane on a mac book? Dont copy and paste tell me how to actuallly turn on a MACBOOK. How to do page up and page down and that stuff too.admin answers:A full list of commands is available from Google Earth's userguide for their flight simulator, for both Windows/PC and for Mac: http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.htmlRuth asks…How often does Google

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Sonntag, 3. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Scholar

Sharon asks…How do you translate documents using Google Scholar?If I am doing some research on the government of a foreign country and find some potentially useful documents, but which are not in English, how can I use Google Scholar to translate those documents into English?admin answers:I do not believe that google scholar does that, you need some sort of translator function

~John asks…How to get maximum out of Google Scholar?Is there a way which can enable me to export the search

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Samstag, 2. November 2013

Your Questions About Google Images

Richard asks…How do I make google images go directly to the image and not the webpage?It used to be, maybe a year ago, in google image search, you clicked on an image and it took you straight to it. With the website as an option.

Now whenever I click on something in google images it goes straight to the website.

How can I change it so it goes directly to the image?admin answers:You have to go Google images site
http://images.google.com/Jenny asks…How does Google images determine if a

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Your Questions About Google Docs

John asks…How do you add html to a google docs document?I want to add html or javascript to some google docs documents. How? Not sure if this is possible.admin answers:Above reply is accurate and in this case, google docs works like WYSIWYG type editor. However, this is true only for HTML I suppose. For JavaScript, you'd do as suggested by above user and put your JavaScript code separately at proper place of the HTML.

Hope it helps!Chris asks…How to synchronize data between Google Docs and

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