Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'google docs'

Googler, Marie in the Google Docs Help forum announced a major 'feature' coming to Google Docs that will make your documents more discoverable in Google's search engine. She explained that some Google Docs will soon be crawlable and found in...

Posted on September 21, 2009 7:54 AM

Christine from the Google Docs team posted an announcement in the Google Docs Help discussion area that two bugs have been fixed. The first bug was that published Google spreadsheets were becoming unpublished by themselves. This should now be resolved.The...

Posted on April 3, 2009 8:13 AM

There are reports from Google Docs Help forum that people in China cannot access their Google Docs or even FeedBurner on feedburner.google.com. Here is what the China Google Docs user said: Google Docs appears to be blocked here in China....

Posted on March 13, 2009 8:59 AM

Late last week, I saw dozens and dozens of threads in the Google Docs Help discussion forum, where Googlers were saying that they would contact these individuals directly, via email. Now, I saw a bunch of these, but didn't really...

Posted on March 9, 2009 8:18 AM

It seems like spammers finally got around to spamming Google Docs. We have confirmed reports at Google Docs Help discussions where some Google users have reported receiving hundreds of unwanted documents in their Google accounts. Here is the complaint: Someone...

Posted on February 2, 2009 8:17 AM

Over the past few weeks, there have been a number of bugs reported within Google Docs. Some of these have been fixed and others are still pending. Here's the lowdown of what we've found in the forums: * A Google...

Posted on December 24, 2008 8:59 AM

The Google Docs team announced in a Google Groups thread that they have inserted a holiday easter egg in Google Spreadsheets. They said that if you are one of the first fifteen to find the easter egg and let them...

Posted on December 3, 2008 8:15 AM

The Google Docs Blog has announced that there has been an update to Google Docs that allows you to freeze columns and share information on forms. To be more specific, they say: We're really excited to bring you forms! Create...

Posted on February 7, 2008 7:41 AM

On Friday, Google Docs Guide announced in Google Groups that Google presentations has been updated. We're ringing in 2008 with some new features. You can now embed your slideshow on any website, insert slides from PowerPoint files or other Google...

Posted on January 7, 2008 9:03 AM

How many people can participate in online collaboration with Google Docs now supporting 38 languages? According to the Official Google Docs blog, 99% of the world's Internet users. Google Docs now has added support for the following languages: Bulgarian, Catalan,...

Posted on November 2, 2007 9:08 AM

The Google Blog announced yesterday that Google Presentations have now been integrated fully into Google Docs. And it's true! I played around with it. Some screenshots below: Look at the highlighted menu item. That's new, my friends. Huzzah! Here are...

Posted on September 18, 2007 10:38 AM

Did you know you can now export you Google AdWords reports directly to Google Spreadsheets? Just go to your reports and click on the "Open as a Google spreadsheet." Here is a sample screen capture: This was a feature we...

Posted on August 15, 2007 7:29 AM

The Google Docs & Spreadsheets blog announced that Google has been listening to user feedback and has added two highly requested features: the ability to hide documents from view and to sort by name, date modified, starred/unstarred, and who the...

Posted on July 31, 2007 9:13 AM

Guess what, everyone? According to Google Docs and Spreadsheets Guide on Google Groups, a new feature has been added to Google Docs. You can now create a Google Calendar event from within a document. This feature is explained in further...

Posted on July 26, 2007 9:55 AM

A Google Groups thread announces a new interface for Google Docs which happens to be miles better than the older interface. The Google Docs and Spreadsheets blog also covers the launch and redesign. What has changed? There's a great new...

Posted on June 27, 2007 9:17 AM

As many know, yesterday was a rather important day for Google Docs when they announced that they are pregnant with a baby. Well, not really, but the Google Docs and Spreadsheets family intends to branch out into the world of...

Posted on April 18, 2007 9:25 AM

A Google Guide posted at Google Groups that they released a new small version update for Google Spreadsheets. The new version number is V1.2.0i and the improvements address: spreadsheets not loading quick enoughspreadsheets not loadingDisconnect error messagessome of you will...

Posted on March 23, 2007 8:03 AM

A Google Groups thread reports that Google now supports Japanese in Google Docs and Spreadsheets. The Google Japan Blog has more details in Japanese. If you want to test it, you can simply go to this URL but you will...

Posted on March 19, 2007 8:13 AM

Yesterday, I reported at Search Engine Land that Google Officially Adds Docs & Spreadsheets Integration With Gmail, based on Google's announcement. I wanted to be clear that it does support Microsoft Word and Excel documents, so I have been tracking...

Posted on January 31, 2007 8:30 AM

The Google Docs and Spreadsheets blog announced some new features for that application. Here they are: Add your active docs & spreadsheets list to your Google Personalized Homepage Browse (and revert to) past versions of your spreadsheet Publish spreadsheets as...

Posted on December 1, 2006 7:39 AM

Yup, Google announced the merging of Writely and Spreadsheets to form Google Docs & Spreadsheets. Danny has the lowdown on this here. You can access it at http://docs.google.com/. But wouldn't it be cool to have this integrated directly with one's...

Posted on October 12, 2006 8:08 AM