Changes to Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service

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Dear Google user, We're getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that's a lot shorter and easier to read. Our new policy covers multiple products and features, reflecting our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google. We believe this stuff matters, so please take a few minutes to read our updated Privacy Policy and Terms of Service at http://www.google.com/policies. These changes will take effect on March 1, 2012.
One policy, one Google experience
Easy to work across Google Our new policy reflects a single product experience that does what you need, when you want it to. Whether you're reading an email that reminds you to schedule a family get-together or finding a favorite video that you want to share, we want to ensure you can move across Gmail, Calendar, Search, YouTube, or whatever your life calls for with ease.		Tailored for you If you're signed into Google, we can do things like suggest search queries – or tailor your search results – based on the interests you've expressed in Google+, Gmail, and YouTube. We'll better understand which version of Pink or Jaguar you're searching for and get you those results faster.		Easy to share and collaborate When you post or create a document online, you often want others to see and contribute. By remembering the contact information of the people you want to share with, we make it easy for you to share in any Google product or service with minimal clicks and errors.
Protecting your privacy hasn't changed Our goal is to provide you with as much transparency and choice as possible, through products like Google Dashboard and Ads Preferences Manager, alongside other tools. Our privacy principles remain unchanged. And we'll never sell your personal information or share it without your permission (other than rare circumstances like valid legal requests).		Got questions? We've got answers. Visit our FAQ at http://www.google.com/policies/faq to read more about the changes. (We figured our users might have a question or twenty-two.)
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Dear Google Analytics user, We’re excited to share that the new version of Google Analytics will soon be activated in your account. In addition to a redesigned interface that makes it even easier to explore your data, you’ll also notice some significant new features. Here are a few of our favorites. Google Analytics Real-Time Real-Time reporting shows you what’s happening on your site - right now! The reports are updated continuously and each pageview is reported seconds after it occurs on your site. You’ll find Real-Time reports in the ‘Home’ tab. Multi-Channel Funnels See which channels your customers interacted with during the 30 days prior to converting or purchasing. Conversion path data includes interactions with many media channels, including clicks from paid and organic searches, affiliates, social networks, and display ads. Video demo & Usage guide Mobile Reporting More and more, visitors are using mobile devices to browse the web. Mobile reports in the new version of Google Analytics help you understand how mobile visitors are interacting with your site. You can even see which mobile devices your visitors use and optimize for those devices.   Flow Visualization Flow Visualization is a beautifully designed and highly sophisticated tool for graphically showing how visitors navigate through your site. We've completely re-imagined and redesigned the navigation tools available in the old version of Google Analytics. Video demo & Usage guides for Visitor Flow, Goal Flow Over the next few weeks as we make Google Analytics v5 the default for all users, we are simultaneously rolling out the report email scheduler and PDF export. Need to check something in the old version? We think you’ll enjoy all the features of the new version but if you need to refer to the old version, there is a safety latch.  Look in the top right corner of Google Analytics and you’ll see a link for Old Version. Switch back and forth as much as you need, but keep in mind, that the old version will only be available until early next year. Want help adjusting to the new version? The Google Analytics Help Center is up to date on all the step by step of how to navigate Analytics using the new version. We have also been running a series on the Google Analytics blog that explores many of the changes and new features. And, there is a section of the Google Analytics Help Forum where you can ask questions and discuss the new version. To stay up to date on new features, make sure you opt-in to receive Newsletters in your Google Analytics account settings. We’re excited to bring you this new, state-of-the-art Google Analytics. Happy Analyzing, the Google Analytics Team © 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Analytics product or account.

Google Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter

Google Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter 2011, Volume 1, July 2011

1. Introduction Welcome to the first volume of the Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter! This month, we are replacing the standard "benchmarking" report in your Google Analytics account with data shared in this newsletter. We are using this newsletter as an experiment to surface more useful or interesting data to Analytics users. Data contained here comes from all websites which have opted-in anonymous data sharing with Google Analytics. Only those website administrators which have enabled this anonymous data sharing will receive this "benchmarking" newsletter. You may be wondering, how many websites are in this "anonymous data sharing" pool? Currently, hundreds of thousands, and we've endeavored to make all of the metrics here statistically significant. The date range of comparison for this newsletter is from November 1, 2010 - February 1, 2011. Comparison is done with data from November 1, 2009 - February 1, 2010. Absolute metrics such as total # visits, pageviews, or conversions for all opted-in websites are not reported. To simplify the prose, the phrase "websites" will represent "websites which have opted into anonymous data sharing with Google Analytics" for the rest of this newsletter. 2. Site Metrics Compared to a year ago, websites have seen reduced pages / visit, average time on site, as well as bounce rate. 11/1/09 - 2/1/10 11/1/10 - 2/1/11 Difference Pages/Visit 4.9 4.5 -0.4 Bounce Rate 48.2% 47.0% -1.2% Avg Time on Site 5:49 5:23 -0:26 2.1 Breakdown by Geography Our anonymous database has aggregated geographic breakdown at the country level. Here are a few representative countries and their respective aggregate metrics. The first number in each cell represents the metric for the date range 11/1/10-2/1/11. The parenthesized number is the Year over Year delta compared to a year ago. Country Pages / Visit Bounce Rate Avg Time on Site United States 4.7 (-0.1) 42.5% (-6.1%) 6:06 (-0:10) United Kingdom 4.9 (-0.3) 41.5% (+0.2%) 5:38 (-0.27) France 4.4 (-0.4) 49.7% (+1.4%) 4:40 (-0:08) Brazil 4.1 (-0.1) 47.8% (-2.9%) 5:20 (+0:03) China 4.1 (-0.1) 58.2% (+1.0%) 3:46 (+0:37) Japan 3.9 (-0.1) 48.6% (-9.0%) 3:47 (-2:59) For bounce rate, the distribution by country is plotted below: The distribution above is annotated with some countries -- which seem to indicate a story of leisure and stage of economic development. For a related metric: average time on site, the distribution by country is plotted below: The type of countries annotated in the average time on site graph above seem to be in reverse order as those in the bounce rate distribution. 2.2 Breakdown by Traffic Sources Traffic sources below are identified by how the "source" and "medium""" parameters are received by the Google Analytics collecting servers. Here is an article describing what these designations refer to. Traffic Sources Pages / Visit Bounce Rate Avg Time on Site Direct 4.0 (-0.5) 47.2% (-4.0%) 5:21 (-0:07) Referral 5.0 (+0.1) 43.1% (-1.1%) 6:36 (-1:48) Organic Search 4.9 (-0.1) 47.9% (-1.1%) 4:43 (+0:06) CPC Search 5.6 (+0.0) 41.4 (-1.7%) 3:57(+0:07) 2.4 Conversion Rate Distribution Many marketers' favorite metric is conversion rate. Here is the worldwide distribution of Google Analytics "goal conversion rate" by country. Would anyone have guessed that states which are known for conversions are also high for their citizens' goal conversion rate? Note that for some states with few population, the statistical significance of the conversion metric comes into doubt. 3. Traffic Sources Traffic sources below are identified by how the "source" and "medium" parameters are received by the Google Analytics collecting servers. Here is an article describing what these designations refer to. % Visits from Sources 11/1/09 - 2/1/10 11/1/10 - 2/1/11 Difference Direct 36.5% 36.8% +0.3% Referral 21.0% 19.4% -1.6% Search Engines 27.0% 28.0% +1.0% Other 15.5% 15.8% +0.3% 4. Operating Systems Browsers and Operation Systems (OS) are identified by the "referrer" string sent by users' browsers. % Visits from OS 11/1/09 - 2/1/10 11/1/10 - 2/1/11 Difference Windows 89.9% 84.8% -5.1% Macintosh 4.5% 5.2% +0.7% Linux 0.6% 0.7% +0.1% Other 5% 9.3% +4.3% 5. Comments This is the first volume of our Analytics Benchmarking Newsletter. We hope that it provides useful insights. If you have specific comments or suggestions on how to improve this newsletter, please send your feedback to: analytics-benchmarking@google.com. Happy analyzing, Google Analytics Team

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Important Information about Google Buzz Class Action Settlement

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regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched
within Gmail in February of this year.

Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were
concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users
and recently reached a settlement in this case.

The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address
users' concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an
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We have some new translated information.  Something to think about!


Illusionist

Illusionist is a discipline of magic that controls strong, elemental sorcery through a power called “illusion.” By examining their surroundings, they can see the flow of elements around them. Made from all-natural wood and materials, they use their “staff of illusions” (?) to change the elements around them into powerful magic. Their headquarters is in the Cave of the Tree of Meditation in Gridania.

Tools of the trade: Illusionist wands and staves

Illusionists use wands and other magic items to control the elements. Many of them are made from natural wood, but the “twig wand” is the best example of this. The “Radical root staff,” on the other hand, has a strange structure fixed to the end of it, which looks like it may have something to do with the use of “illusion.”

Picture caption: Illusionists and the Elements

“Make allies of the elements of nature!”

Elements: Lightning, Fire, Earth, Ice, Water, Wind

Abilities
Deepness: Chant spells fully and clearly (Casting takes longer but spells are stronger)
Trance chant: Chant spells with fervor (Nothing can interrupt casting)
Spirit bind: Cast spells in a hushed voice (Illusionist restricts himself, but MP use drops)
Roaming soul: Cast spells by humming (Can cast spells while walking)
Purge: Can see all elements infinitely and clearly (Equalize the elements of enemies and allies)

Weapon skills
Fire: Fire damage to all enemies in range
Cure: Restores the HP of all party members in range
Protect: Raises the physical defense of all party members in range
Shock spike: Lighting damage to enemies that attack the illusionist by a shield of lighting that surrounds him
Frost: Ice damage over time to enemies in range

Thaumaturge
Controllers of the destructive magic of “Thaumaturgy.” Through the introspection of their true nature, they can call upon the power hidden deep in their heart. They call upon spiritual magic using wands and other tools fixed with decorations similar to rosaries seen in the Buddhist cultures. Their headquarters is a place of worship in Ul’dah.

Tools of the trade: Thaumaturgy

These are the magical tools of the thaumaturge. They’re a bit darker than the illusionist’s…

Gold Scepter

Long Staff

Picture caption: Thaumaturge range

Draw your enemies close, decimate them in one mighty, magic blow!

Ability
Blood offering: Increases the power of their magic by giving your own blood (Stronger magic at the cost of your own HP)
Thorns: Share your pain with the enemy (All damage done to you is also done to the enemy)
Dark seal: Focus your spirit (Increases magic accuracy)
Initiation: Share your will with your allies (Shares magic effects on you with your allies)
Paradigm shift: Cast spells as if talking to someone (Lowers distance of the spell but widens range)

Weapon Skill
Drain: Absorb HP from enemies in range
Gravity: Slows movement speed of enemies in range
Sacrifice: Heal others at the cost of your own HP
Syphomage: Take MP from defeated enemies
Absorb-accuracy: Take your enemy’s accuracy and make it your own

Blacksmith
Crafts metal into weapons and armor with the use of their tools, including the cross pen hammer. They shape swords in their forges and sharpen daggers in camps; they can work their craft at any time, in any place. Their arts have been passed down through a long history through an apprentice system. There are many styles, even such advanced ones as guncrafting.

Handiwork
Iron ingot: Make an iron ingot
Sword guard: Makes a hand-guard for a sword. Uses iron ingot.
Spata: Crafts a spata sword. Uses spata blade, sword grip, sword guard, and pommel
Pick: Makes a pick. Uses pick blade, pick pole, and grip strap.
Spiked Cuirass: An altered version of a labrys. Uses labrys and bronze ingot.

Unfortunately, that's all the time I have for now. Keep your eyes pasted to this spot, we're expecting a main FFXIV site update any minute!

Here's a quick update between classes:

Miner
A discipline of land who specializes in drawing ore from the earth. Their main tool is the pick, and their most common customers are jewel crafters and blacksmiths. Well versed in the mining techniques of Ul’dah, miners can perform jobs from studying ore veins to construction and more. There are many miners that worship Oshuon, the wanderer, because of the way the land wanders in accordance with the tectonic theory.

Gatherable materials
Bronze ore
Silver ore
Saltpeter, used in things like gunpowder
Silica sand
Little worms

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