Financial Blogs

Posted by R.J. Pittman, Director, Product Management

We’ve introduced something new to Google Finance. You will notice we are now displaying small, targeted advertisements on some pages of Google Finance. The ads are visible on the homepage next to the market summary, and on company summary pages below the first few news stories. We have worked carefully to integrate the advertising to enhance the user experience. Our goal is to always show you relevant ads that you will find useful. Google Finance is now positioned to bring users a choice of relevant financial information and services through contextual advertising. And as with all of our products and search properties, we’ll be continually working to increase the quality of the ads and the overall usefulness of the site.

If you want more information about the ads on Google Finance, visit the Help Center. From there, you can also send feedback using our suggestion form. Additionally, you can read more about our new advertising initiatives in the latest post on our company blog.

Posted by Ayan Mandal, Product Manager

And … we’re back. You can once again view blogs and plot feeds on Google Finance charts. Access to blogs provides a greater range of information than conventional news alone; plotting a particular feed lets you view its information in the context of a stock’s performance.

Click the ‘Blogs’ tab from any company’s summary page, and you’ll see the blogosphere’s coverage of that company plotted along the chart. Or, if you want to plot specific blogs on the chart — blogs you know, blogs you search for, or blogs you write — click the ‘Feeds’ tab. Search for a blog or type its URL, and the blog posts will be plotted on the company’s chart, making it easy for you to discover the blogs that provide high-quality analysis and breaking news.

Try this feature out and let us know what you think. Stay tuned for more as we continue to enhance Google Finance.
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Posted by Ayan Mandal, Product Manager

As you may have noticed, the Google Finance site was inaccessible to some users for several hours earlier this morning. We’ve now restored the site, but it will take us a bit longer to restore the blogs and feeds feature that we launched yesterday.

We’re working feverishly on a fix and will let you know as soon as these features are back up.

If you’re experiencing any technical difficulties, we encourage you to visit the Google Finance Help Center.
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