Google Product Search for Android now with Barcode Scanning

Google Product Search for Android now with Barcode Scanning

Posted: 14 May 2009 09:55 AM PDT

Since we launched Google Product Search for mobile a few weeks ago, I've been using it to check prices, reviews and product details on my Android phone. In addition to typing in my product searches, I've also had some fun speaking them. Sometimes, though, when I'm looking up a specific item in a store rather than a category of products (like "bluetooth headsets"), I'd rather just scan a barcode to see results for the exact product I'm searching for. That's why we've integrated barcode scanning with Google Product Search for mobile.

Here's how to get started. First, visit the Google Product Search for mobile homepage by going to Google.com in your browser and selecting 'Shopping' from the 'more' tab. Next, tap on the 'Scan Barcode' button to install the latest version of the Barcode Scanner app -- if you don't already have it -- from Android Market.

After you've installed the application, go back to Product Search in your browser and tap on the 'Scan Barcode' button again. Select "Use by default for this action" and tap on the Barcode Scanner option. After the app opens, center the red line over the barcode and hold the phone steady. When the barcode is read successfully, you'll see a Google Product Search results page back in the browser.

You can also access the scanner directly from the top of the Product Search results page by tapping on the barcode button.

Today, barcode scanning works best for products like electronics, books, movies or video games, but we're working on adding more barcodes for other items. Of course, if your scan does not return a result, you can always type in the product name just as before.

The integration of Barcode Scanner and Product Search for mobile is available in the US and UK, for Android-powered devices.

What is google analytics !!!!

What is google analytics !!!!

"Well google analytics is a service provided freely from google just to make Ur blog or website more comprehensive and also to make it more effective by adding webmaster tools and other tools required to make Ur blog or site user friendly".

Well if you ask me what does google does then the answer would be simple you know as google craws in your website and checks from some errors and other things it takes a backup of that very stuff and lets you know,soo that you can rectify them later.
See i have also added it (see bottom of this blog)

It also makes a brief note of the visitor who visited ur blog or website and gives you a brief
idea of the type of visitors from where the visitors have visited ur site or blog and also
shows you the visit keyword used to gain ur website-ipaddress of the website-map overview so as from

1. Which contenient they have visited your traffic source overview,
2. The contents visited over-view and alsofull graphical over view of each and every
3. contentBrowser they used to visit ur site,
4. There connection speed of internet ,
5. And the language they prefer as primary,
6. The country from where they visited,
7. The state from where they visited,
8. The city from where they visitedandAlso the area from where they visited,
9. Source from where they visited ur site so as to know about ur site,
10. You can even organise ur own customised report for ur site,
11. Make ur own campaign to have the details of ur site visits...
12. If "adds" are placed on ur site then it also shows you the money u earned by addsence or addword by google .
13. The type of visitors(new visitor or exiting visitor),
14. The page that they landed on first when viewing ur site
15. The operating system they used while viewing ur site
16. There version of operating system i.e., 32 or 16 bit.
17. There screen resolution i.e., 1280x800,1024x768 etc.,,
18. The flash version installed in the OS.there flash version.
19. The internet connection they use i.e.,mtnl cat b isp ,hathway ip over cable internet access service etc..,the hostname...
20. And also user defined values.

guys post me for any more information..........................

RENAME THE START BUTTON

To rename the start button,
you will need a hex editor.
My preference is UltraEditFOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW :-

• Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g. explorer_1.exe)


• With the hex editor, open that file and go to offset 412b6


• You will see the word start with blanks between each letter


• Edit it be any 5 characters or less


• Save the file


• Boot to DOS


• Copy the existing c:\windows\explorer.exe to explorer.org


• Copy explorer_1.exe to explorer.exe


• You will also need to replace the explorer.exe in the c:\windows\system32\dllcache file as well with the new one.

• Start Regedit


• Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon.


• Change the value of Shell from Explorer.exe to explorer_1.exe

Note :

• This will only work with Win XP/NT/win 9x.


• If the partition is NTFS and you can't access the files from DOS.