Google New Zealand Blog: November 2010

Knight News Challenge - Applications Due!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Earthquake motivates Christchurch and Dunedin to model their towns

Friday, November 19, 2010

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A curious guide to browsers and the web

Thursday, November 18, 2010

This is a cross-post from the Official Google Blog.Tim Berners-Leeproposal for the World Wide Web“The Wilderness DowntownHTML5 collaborationChristoph Niemann20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web

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Google Maps Navigation comes to New Zealand

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Sydney to HobartGoogle Maps NavigationAndroid smartphone

Search instead of type. Maps Navigation is integrated with Google Search, as well as Google Voice Search. That means you don’t need to know your destination’s exact address, or even its name. You can search instead: try saying “museum Wellington” instead of “Museum of New Zealand”

See where you’re going. You don’t haveto download imagery or data or store it on your phone. It’s always connected to the Internet, which means you can access satellite views of your route or preview your destination in Street View.

Explore along the way. Once you’re on your route, you can search for anything along your route: petrol stations stations, restaurants, museums, hotels, parks, anything you can think of. Some common searches, like petrol stations, are built in. Because Google Maps Navigation is integrated with Google Search, you can search your surroundings just as easily as you search the Internet.

Seamlessly in sync. Simply sign in to Google Maps on your desktop, click the star next to any result on maps.google.co.nz and that place will automatically be starred on your phone, making it easy to remember (and navigate to!).

We’re also excited to announce walking navigation too to help you explore your destination on foot. Your phone will vibrate when you need to make a turn. You can even turn off voice guidance and just use these notifications while soaking in the sights and sounds around you. Use it like a virtual compass with satellite imagery to look ahead or to help pick out landmarks along the way.

As for me, I’m looking forward to our family trip to Hobart even more, now that I have one less thing to worry about, and more time to spend playing “I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with...”

Posted by Andrew Foster, Product Manager

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Friday, November 12, 2010

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Helping you find emergency information when you need it

Thursday, November 11, 2010

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Your new map of New Zealand

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

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What we searched for in October

Friday, November 5, 2010

For Kiwis, October was a month of ghosts, hobbits, horses and Henrys according to the most popular searches on google.co.nz last month.

A spike in Paul Henry-related searches following his resignation from TVNZ saw him feature on both the fastest rising web searches and fastest rising news searches lists. Sheila Dikshit, the Indian politician at the centre of the Henry saga, was also a popular search term during October – featuring at number three in the fastest rising news searches.

‘Halloween’ and ‘Melbourne Cup’ are popular search terms every October, so it’s no surprise to see them making an appearance in October’s top searches. Also top of mind were ‘Hobbit’, ‘Election Results’ and ‘Silver Ferns’, reflecting the other big current affairs stories dominating the headlines throughout the month.

As the end of the year is quickly sneaking up, we’ll soon be starting to put together the top Google searches of 2010. These lists always provide an intriguing insight into what’s been on the minds of Kiwis throughout the year so we look forward to sharing them with you!

NZ’s fastest rising web searches, October
1. Halloween
2. www.fishforprizes.co.nz
3. Commonwealth Games 2010
4. Commonwealth Games
5. Paul Henry

NZ’s fastest rising web searches, last 7 days
1. Auckland Marathon
2. Melbourne Cup 2010
3. Melbourne Cup
4. Leonard Cohen
5. Halloween

NZ’s fastest rising news searches, October
1. Election results
2. Paul Henry
3. Sheila Dikshit
4. Silver Ferns
5. HobbitWorldwide fastest rising news searches, October
1. Cliff Lee
2. Sarah Scazzie
3. Mortgage and foreclosures
4. Jon Stewart
5. Brett FavreWorldwide fastest rising news searches, last 7 days1. Charlie Sheen
2. Kirchner
3. Tsunami
4. Jon Stewart
5. Merapi
Posted by Corri McKenzie, Google NZ

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Knight News Challenge - Applications Due!

Earthquake motivates Christchurch and Dunedin to model their towns

A curious guide to browsers and the web

Google Maps Navigation comes to New Zealand

Share your AdWords story

Helping you find emergency information when you need it

Your new map of New Zealand

What we searched for in October

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