A Trio of Google Items (Plus Another!)

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One: Fred is at it again, sharing his AdSense data. This time I think he did in fact violate AdSense TOS. Not in saying AdSense Image ads suck, but in providing click through rates. Hawk comments here. Two: Google's Web Accelerator is turning into something of a PR nightmare. Some coverage: Google's Accelerator Breaks Web Apps, Security (ZD) Google Accelerator: Be Careful Where You Browse (/.) Three: Google's policy on political ads once is again getting tested. This time it's ads attacking both DeLay and Pelosi. (Mercury News) And Four: Various reports, including Om's, that Google was down today at around 3.15 pm, and that someone called "SOGO" hijacked google.com....

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