Up and running

Posted by Noel Gordon, Software Engineer (and co-creator of Google Maps)

We were thinking the other day -- how is it that Australians can break the 132-year America's Cup drought, host the world's best Olympics, win Nobel Prizes and Oscars -- and yet not have an official Google Australia Blog?

Too right. So without further ado, consider this oversight fixed.

Welcome to the official Google Australia blog!

We’re proud that Google Australia was one of the first international Google offices and is now a hub for the entire Asia Pacific region. Google Maps started here, but lots of Australians are keen for more information about Google in Australia: Who works here? What do we do all day? Can we bring snakes to the office? Do we use Pigeon Rank or Kookaburra Rank?

We’ll be using this blog to make announcements and share all kinds of information -- details of Google products and technology in Australia, partnerships with Australian businesses, our involvement in the Australian community, and inside info about Google in Australia. We’re going to keep this page offbeat and informal and, hopefully, reader-friendly. A whole assortment of Aussie Googlers will be posting to the blog.

You may find this page to be a handy place to access specific Google Australian sites –- from Google Maps to Google News to jobs and much more. (See the right hand side of this page).

We hope you'll find this blog useful and entertaining. If you have any suggestions or feedback, please send them to AUblogfeedback@google.com.