Questions about Google on a broad level and which concerns one or more of the following web apps: Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and Google Voice
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What alternatives to Google Product Search exist? [closed]
A few months ago Google announced they would be getting rid of Google Product Search and be changing it to Google Shopping, so instead of delivering product results, prices, and reviews from all ...
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Google sign-in warning won't go away
I signed into Gmail while traveling, and Google blocked it as suspicious. I am now back at my residence.
Whenever I log into Youtube or a Google service, I see this banner:
When I click the link, I ...
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Can I display the circle with radius of N kilometers from specified place using google maps?
I need to see on Google maps the circle-radius of N km around specified city?
There is some kind of similar feature when the button "Show My Location" is pressed.
Any idea?
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How do I fit Google Drawing canvas to actual shapes?
I have a Google Drawing amongst my Google docs files with a huge canvas.
The shape I drew within the image is a lot smaller than the canvas though. How can I tell Google Drawing to automatically ...
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Why does Google Plus email my whole family when I share a post?
I frequently share photos from Instant Upload with my Family circle (which has 7 people in it). Every time I do this, I make sure that Also send email to Family is unchecked. However, every time, I ...
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“An error occurred while communicating with the server. Reload” error in new Google Groups
When accessing Google Groups I get the following error:
An error occurred while communicating with the server. Reload
The error happens only when I'm logged in and when the new interface is ...
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3answers
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How do I Log out of Google Accounts, one at a time?
I volunteer for many organizations, earning me several google accounts to manage. The Multiple account sign-in feature built into google is wonderful, except when I click Sign out, its signs out of ...
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Link Google Adwords & spreadsheet Google docs
I'm trying to link Adwords data with Google Docs. Now I have linked analytics and Google Docs spreadsheet. So now I can see the analytics data in a spreadsheet of Google Docs (I used "magic" Google ...
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Not refreshed in Google Calendar (Trello)
In Google Calendar, when all the items are refreshed by the r-key, Trello isn't active.
Older infromation is shown, but it doesn't make any change about Trello.
How do I refresh Trello in Google ...
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442 views
Alternatives to Google SMS Channels? [closed]
Is there any web app/site similar to Google SMS channels that can be used to send and receive free SMS in India?
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2answers
596 views
Force users to update password every 3 months for Google apps?
I manage a domain and I want to force all users to change their password every 3 months.
Is there a way to do this?
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1answer
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Not able to sign up for Google Labs: SMS Channels
I am not able to Sign up for Google SMS Channels, I am getting this error message:
What's wrong? What should I do?
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765 views
How do I untrust a computer with Google two-factor authentication?
I use google's two factor authentication to send my phone text messages with a string of 6 numbers every time I log into a computer that isn't mine. It has worked well so far until today.
Today, I ...
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I am unable to see my blog in Google Search! [closed]
I created a blog today, around 2 hours back, but I am unable to find it on Google. Is there any specific minimum time that Google takes for the same or do we need to do some settings for the same?
I ...
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1answer
397 views
Is it possible to use Google Spreadsheets to post to a web service?
I was wondering, as a thought experiment, if it were possible to use Google Spreadsheets to post to a web service.
For example imagine you created a spreadsheet for guests attending a party with ...
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2answers
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Where do I find the bookmarks I have made in Google and Gmail
I have Google with Gmail and have added bookmarks with the star in the search bar at top of the screen, but I do not know where to find them now. How do I find them?
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1answer
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Google Drive and Multiple Users
I am not very familiar with Google Docs or Google Drive but started to look into it more and have two questions:
Once a file is uploaded can others in my organization see the files and download ...
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Implications of removing a Google+ account
I recently upgraded my semi-throwaway Gmail account to Google+ in order to test the video conferencing abilities of Hangout. I would like to remove this as much as possible. Does Google+ → Settings → ...
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Creating Google+ profile has changed a Google Apps for Business email name
We use Google Apps for business for email, docs etc. For one account sydney@domain.com I setup a Google+ profile but didn't realise it would change the name of the email account
Was:
From email name: ...
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How to create a google account with my own email me@mydomain.com [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating Google+ Account without Gmail address
I'm creating a google account to use it to create a youtube account.
I'd like to use an email on my own domain ...
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226 views
Pie Chart for Google Calendar
Is there a plugin/app that would allow me to see a pie chart of how I'm spending my time based on my Google calender? Maybe by the color that I use or the first word of my title?
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Can't login to Yahoo Mail with OpenID
When I try to login to Yahoo Mail with my Google account, I get the error below. I thought it was a fluke when it first happened Wednesday, but now it's Sunday and still happening. I don't know what ...
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Sync two Google accounts
Since 1994 my primary email has been aol (which I have grown to hate and want to delete)
Years ago I set up an anonymouse blog on blogspot with a silly (dumb) Gmail address.
Since then I have become ...
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1answer
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Google Calendar Sync changing meeting organizer of recurring appointment in Outlook 2010
In Outlook 2010 I have created a recurring meeting with my non-gmail e-mail address. After a Google Calendar Sync, Outlook does not recognize me as the organiser anymore. If I look in Google Calendar ...
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Deleting an account(website) from Google Analytics?
Where exactly is the option to remove an account in Google Analytics? I have checked several of the settings tabs and I am still unable to locate the delete option.
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Is there a results limit on Google Custom Search?
I recently started dabbling in Google Custom Search and everything is fine, but my search results are restricted to 10 pages of 10 results.
Is this an intentional limitation on the free version? ...
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How to Filter Emails Forwarded to Gmail Alias?
I have a Google Apps email (me@business.com) set to auto-forward all mail to my personal Gmail (me@gmail.com). I have added the me@business.com address to my personal Gmail so I can send mail as ...
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1answer
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Gmail log in from foreign location
My friend and I share a gmail account. She is from the US and is on business in Kuwait. Gmail wouldn't let her log in from the foreign location. Can I change settings so that gmail will allow her ...
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Merge 'regular' Google account calendar with a Google Apps for your domain calendar
I have a 'regular' Gmail account, and a Google Apps for your domain account through one of my clients.
I use the calendars in both accounts, but there seems to be no good way to view events from both ...
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1answer
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Adding Pagenumbers to Google Drive Presentation?
Can someone tell me how can I add page numbers to my Google Drive Presentation?
I've read that it should be under "Insert" but there's nothing even remotely relevant there. Here’s a screenshot:
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How to opt out viewing doc files in Gmail through Google Docs?
When I want to view a doc attachment in Gmail, I am automatically sent to my Google Docs to view it. How to stop that and use a default viewer (Word, Foxit, etc.)?
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How to get IP address from Google web history
Robbers have stolen my laptop and it seems they are using my Google Account on Chrome. Can I find their IP addresses from Google web history? Gmail shows me only the last ten logins and I need more. ...
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Automatically send emails from Gmail
I use Google Apps email to send out details of a product I sell to people who enquire about it via a web form.
After a month or so I go through my Sent Mail folder and send a follow up email to all ...
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What access to my Google account am I granting this web app?
I was signing up for a web service, when the following prompt showed up. I'm familiar with this process, and I've granted some more finer-grained access to other apps before, but if I recall ...
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Is it possible to add a creative commons embed to a Google Doc?
I've written some basic training manuals using Google docs, and would like to release them under a creative commons license. I plan to use the Google drive "Publish" feature to release it to the web, ...
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Link to old Google Contact Manager
Is there a link by which I can open the old Google Contact Manager (the one with 3 columns layout)? It allowed instant search and the ability to view contact details on the same page.
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I see calendar items on my iPhone that I don't see on my iMac calendar even though it all runs through Google
I have calendar events on my iPhone that I'm not able to delete. They don't show up on the calendar on my iMac, just on the iPhone. Any ideas on how to delete them? There is no edit option when I ...
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Tôi thích các câu hỏi có thể được trả lời , không chỉ thảo luận [closed]
Tại sao tôi không thể mở tài khoản facebook của tôi bằng mã xác nhận mà facebook gửi cho tôi?
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2answers
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How to make all Google products appear in English?
Most of my accounts on various Google products are on English, but some consistently appear on my native tongue, Croatian (for example, Webmaster tools). I don't like this inconsistency, and would ...
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Blogger subdomain not redirecting to my custom domain
I bought a domain for my blog through Google (which uses GoDaddy to actually get the domains), but it seems like there are some problems. I can't get yannbane.blogspot.com to redirect to ...
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Google Chrome application: total newbie question about saving items to a database from the browser [closed]
I have a relatviely simple question: I'm building a digital scrap book and would like to add a browser extension. I was wondering if it was possible to build a Google Chrome extension which would ...
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Tumblr, Wordpress.com and Advertising [closed]
Am I correct that Tumblr is not a good place for advertising revenue?
For example, I have 2 photoblogs (Tumblr provide a good interface and themes support for photoblogs). People reblog my posts and ...
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How can I get Custom Vanity Google plus URLs?
I see that Google and Blogger and maybe other have a customized Google Plus URL.
Ex:
http://plus.google.com/+google/posts
http://plus.google.com/+blogger/posts
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Where is my site, actually? (Blogger w/ GoDaddy)
I made a blog, with the usual blogname.blogspot.com address, but then I bought a "real" web domain via GoDaddy, and associated it with my Blogger blog.
Now, I'm wondering what actually happens when ...
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Registered a GoDaddy domain through Blogger
I just registered the domain www.yannbane.com for my Blogger blog (which is at http://yannbane.blogspot.com/).
I used this tool to do it:
Well, this lead me to a Google page where I needed to ...
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I made my google calendar in the wrong account, can I copy and paste it to the right one?
I forgot to log out of a different account in gmail and I made a bunch of chagnes to the calendar. Can I copy and it to the other account?
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Limit Google “trusted computer” auth cookies to 30 days
It looks like Google's two-factor authentication has switched to using long-expiration cookies for remembering "trusted" user agents, instead of the 30 day expiration previously used. This seems ...
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Why does Google go to the “wrong” account for links in the top bar?
I've linked two accounts, and I use this, typically, to have two tabs open in Chrome with Gmail on the two accounts.
Of late, if I click on More/Reader on my personal account, I find myself in Reader ...
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Is Google Authenticator really a second authorization factor?
Google Authenticator uses static security key to generate time-based one-time-passwords.
This makes security key to be equivalent (in term of usage) to usual password.
As two passwords are ...
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Create a column of date in Google Spreadsheet [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to extend series of dates in Google Docs?
Is there a way to create a column of date easily with google speadsheets like with Excel ?
In Excel, enter a date, hold ...
