How does gmail keep a user logged in?
I wonder how gmail/Google keeps a user logged in even across sessions. And how (e.g. cookies) and what (e.g. time) do they use to decide to re-prompt the user for the login? ...
Way to extract Google Synonyms
Hello, Would anyone know of a way to extract Google Synonyms, either through their API or other (TOS-approved) methods? Specifically, Google have a function that allows you to type a tilde sign "~" in front of a word to conduct a search with synonyms. As opposed to the search results, I'd like to extract the actual synonym data - so f...
One site, multiple domains, better SEO
I have my personal website running on my main domain like myname.net I want to buy some domains that have great keywords to me, like: professionalrj.net and freelancebrasil.net (just examples). I don't want to redirect these new domains using 301 since I want to "score" with the keywords relevancy. I know that I can use canonical meta...
How did Google images normalize the width of each row?
It's easy to resize images so that they all have the same height while maintaining the aspect ratio, but how did they fit them all on a row such that every row has the same width? Did they crop some of the images or what? For those flagging this as "off-topic" -- I thought "algorithms for organizing images" was within the realm of p...
Can I use SWF file to import in Python web application
Hey all i develop one project on python and upload on google app can i use swf file to import in python web application??? if u have any link or idea give me some suggestions please. ...
How to make the whole list of GeoPoint display on the google maps?
Hey guys, I have the Uncertain number of GeoPoint, i want to display them all on the google maps. I don't know how to do it. thank you! ...
retrieving Google search results
hi sir..i read your post on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1784114/simple-php-script-to-retrieve-google-keyword-search-completion and i was wondering how would you go 'echo' the next page? here's my script.. $search = 'query'; $x = json_decode( file_get_contents( 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0...
what are the basic requirements for google adsense for our website
Hey all, Here i want google adsense on my website i developed website on python and google appengine my website is 1 month old can i get google adsense for this one? if yes than how??? and no than whats the basic requirement?? ...
Google app engine: filter by ID
Hi I am lost somehow, I want to do something like below which filter by the ID. id = 1000 query = Customers.all() query.filter('ID =', id) or query = db.GqlQuery("select * from Customers where ID = %s" % id) What is the correct method to filter by ID? ...
Need Google Geocoding to return City name in English
Hi, I have this code for requesting google to correct the typed in address, and need it to return the English name for the city: function gmap_query_xml($in_address) { $base_url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?output=xml&region=US&language=en&key=". KEY; $request_url = $base_url . "&q=" . urlencode($in_address); ret...
Do Android devices scan *actively* for WiFi networks?
hi there! i am programming for google android and i wonder if the scans for wireless 802.11 networks are done passively or actively? i mean: does the device actually emit a beacon request signal on WifiManager.startScan() or does it just listen for beacons sent periodically by the access points? ...
google spreadsheet api, form key?
Hi, if someone have experience with google spreadsheet api can answer me this problem, is there a way to get spreadsheet form key through api or some web-service call? Thanks Ram ...
Can you use Google's geocoding service in a commercial iPhone application?
Is it legal to charge for an iPhone app, lets say .99 cents, for an app that uses Apple's mapkit and a request to google to use their geocoding service? The geocoding is not the main part of the app and it is not advertised to be a geocoding app. Is it ok to do this? Someone mentioned that google has an iphone terms of service, but I c...
Adsense for content not working
Hi everyone, I have adsense for content set up for my site running on my blog. It shows up below the post content on each single post (like this one): http://engineercreativity.com/blog/learning-xhtml-and-css-day-12-of-30/ However, instead of this showing up: Ads by Google Ad1 Ad2 Ad3 ... THIS SHOWS UP: Ads by Google View ads...
AVD Android Emulator not loading applications
I'm an experienced Java programmer and I've followed the Hello World tutorial word for word. However, the emulator loads up but the apps do not. I tried the Hellow World app and a sample project GestureActivity. Each time only the emulator works. My computer is reasonably fast and I've waited at least 10-20 minutes on occasions. Is thi...
Is google adsense breaking my menu displaying ?
Hello, i've noticed a annoying bug. When you navigate on my website, the menu (on top right) acts normally : http://bit.ly/cPcnGA But as soon as you go on a page where is an google adsense ad, the menu appears for 1seconds to 5 seconds, complitely exploded (means that we can see all the subsmenu) Example here : http://bit.ly/971vMl ...
Google Chrome and Favicon
Ive created a 64x64 favicon for a site im making and its displaying fine. But then in Google Chrome when i press "Create Application Shortcut" it resizes the favicon down to [what looks like] 16x16 for the desktop/taskbar icon it makes. This looks really silly - so how do I make Chrome not resize it, and end up with a nice clear, non blu...
Why Open Redirect URLS?
I've been going through the OWASP top 10 to get a deeper understanding of each specific type of vulnerability. I've made my way to the last item, Unvalidated URL Redirects. I understand the attack; such a phishing scheme seems completely obviously now that I have read about it in OWASP. What I am struggling to understand is why this s...
Google similar images algorithm
Does any one have an idea regarding what sort of algorithm might Google be using to find similar images ? ...
Issue with Google font API. Windows 7 and Linux
I got an for me strange problem with google font api. It woks on several computers but I have 2 computers that will not work. I can´t figure out what´s the problem so I´m interested to know if some one out there know any operating system bug or google font api bug. Here is a test list. Computer 1 OS Windows 7: working in - Firefox, chro...