Google Presentations Introduces Embedded Slide Shows
Erick Schonfeld
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Google Docs just added some cool new features to its Web-based Presentation software: slide shows that you can embed anywhere on the Web. Check it out below:
January 4, 2008
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Jon
I am not a fan of slide shows… I find them an archaic method of communication whose time to die is long overdue. When I hear somebody is about to present a slide show, I take it as meaning that it’s time for a nap.
Jon
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Parker
If only this were available for me in high school…
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Mr. Obvious
^^ #1/#2 - You two do not have the right to speak. we get it, your name is a hyperlink and you have a domain. so please stop spamming the walls with your repetitive urls and website names. and it’s got to do with your competence!
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Your Daddy
GOOG has gone from 741.00 in Nov. 2007 to 657.00 on Jan 4th
That’s a lotta billions in lost Market Cap yall! -
Don Jones
This could be cool. Now if we could only get presenters to follow the 10/20/30 rule:
10 slides
20 point font or higher only
30 minutes maximum length -
Bob M
Personall #5, the rule I see most broken that needs to be followed is the 7X7 rule.
No more than 7 lines per a slide, no more than 7 words per a line.
It would stop a lot of those slides that go on forever and just wind up with you being read to from the slide. Forces user to put up just the meat and fill in the potatoes for you.
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Jon
I am surprised though that it took Google this long to release technology that is really a few years old in the video world… I would have thought slide shows would have been “embedded” far before video was or at the very least, PDF’s come out with their own embedded technology. I remember building these things in flash/shockwave with version 1.0 like 8 years ago and .gif animations before then.
Jon
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Steel
This is a BIG DEAL? not hardly. Google is attempting to clone everything on the web. I have a huge distaste for them. They compete with the very people that pay to advertise with them and pump up their inflated share price. NO one can stay on top forever. Even the Mighty ” do no evil Google” ( snicker)
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Mrs. Obvious
#3
You are a horrible husband. I am divorcing you.
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Evan
It’s exciting to see Google’s offering becoming so competitive …
… with Macromedia Flash circa 1998
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phicast
I think a good feature to also include is a way to record audio so that you can embed any slideshow with someone talking about it’s content. This I think adds on to what #5 &6 mentioned.
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Technicle
New to Google Docs.. Old to the few opporunist startups without opportunity [of being acquired by Google]..
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Technicle
>opporunist startups without opportunity
opportunist startups without opportunity -
Technicle
Plus, the embed in the article was just displaying to me this –
Google Docs
The bad news is that Google Docs has just encountered an error.
The good news is that you’ve helped us find a bug, which we are now looking into.
We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you
Sorry, and thanks for your help!
- The Google Docs Team
(report #qJu9NJizm0QcYy53) -
Dheeraj Sultanian
fail
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ITrush
Cool, looks like it’s worth trying… gotta check it out!
Nhick
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passerby
Wonder how this will impact Slideshare.net
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Josh
Poor old SlideShare… now rendered completely irrelevant.
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man
Another ripoff of windows office.
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Veerasundar
Cool…. Now Microsoft has to compete stronger for its Office presence.
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NickeyD
So the million-dollar questions is “are they gonna put those ads on this, too ? “
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vrox
They’ll put Ads that no will click on. Who clicks on google ads anyway? I asked several people one day randomly, and all of them said they click on ads one maybe once a year. Most of them were casual internet users.
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CAR
Just Amazing. google has done it again.
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Gaggle
Embeddable slideshows - very cool. Keep it coming Google.
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Tara (PassPack)
I’m seeing an iFrame with the Google login screen.
What makes this better than slideshare?
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Travis James
I made the background in that video.
It looks just like a background I made for someone about a year ago minus a few things….
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Lalit
@ #17, #18
I think SlideShare.net has its own merits:- Presentations look exactly as uploaded (font-sizes and font face remains the same, you can have any artwork graphics on them)
- Slideshare provides social sharing and grouping slideshows as Events/Groups/Tags etc.
I see Google Powerpoint as collaborative editing of presentations, and SlideShare as social sharing of presentations.
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Peter
Well its google, i wont be surprised if there is any ad chuck in between.
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Ryan Spahn
WTH? Why when I visit TechCrunch with my Gmail open in another tab is this embedded object(powerpoint) asking me to log into Google services?
Is that supposed this way? Seems odd to me!
I posted a screenshot of what I see http://www.techavid.com/googleWTH.php -
Marianne
I’d love to see voice support.
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Technicle
@29 - interesting..
@14 of mine, screenshot –
http://www.technicle.com/files....._error.gif -
Copy
Seems like Google is just copying what already exists. I’ll stick with Zoho.
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Jared Bradford
When the heck are they ever going to allow for EXPORTING into ppt format? I like collaborative development of these slides, but at work, my idiot bosses want the final format in ONLY Microsoft powerpoint. How can that be a difficult feature to implement, Google??? EXPORT TO POWERPOINT format already!
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Technicle
Their copying friendster to orkut in 2004 only resulted in very marginal success despite 4 years stewing…
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Marc Duchesne
@Don Jones : I prefer the Guy Kawasaki’ s 10/20/30 rule : 10-slides length, 20-minutes duration, 30-points font.
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matagasga
Pity the new Product Manager recruit.
“So - you managed to split the atom with your teeth without spilling any of your beer? OK, your mission should you accept it… is to produce a way wicked cool slide show _feature_”
…kill me.
…..kill me now
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Mcgayver1
sadly to announce that advertlets.com the so called the next better advertising company in Asia being shutting down..
they copy and use the javascript from other site -
Michael
looks nice.
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Alex Linhares
Slideshare has slidecasting–so you can actually hear a presentation embedded in a blog.
If only slideshare would–automatically–let users create podcasts of their presentations; that would leave google further behind and be so much more interesting.
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Leon
Wouldn’t it just be simpler (and definitely sleeker) to embed everything with slide.com??? I don’t get this google app….
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Eamon
RE: Google Page Rank
Surely the way to high volume / quality traffic, nowadays, is to focus hard on content - content that is interesting, relevant and original. -
BinaryDay
The biggest disadvantage for slideshare can come from the fact that google has the ability to rank ppts on its own website higher that those on slideshare. In such an eventuality, slides on google will get more views, so more people will post on google slideshow and the cycle may just feed into itself.
I think people at slideshare need to find a strong strategic response to this. Replacing google adsense ads with yahoo publisher network may be a good start.
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Webmonkey-in-Ireland
I’d have liked to see them allowing each potential presentation to go full screen, maybe as it develops a bit we’ll see that down the line.
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User447
how come you can’t do full screen?
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Jared Bradford
Being able to export to powerpoint is a must.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:31 am
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