Google Responds To Fair Isaac Claims
The early results of a click fraud study by Fair Isaac found advertisers being charged for illicit clicks, at a far higher rate than search engines like Google claim takes place.
How Easy Is it to Consume Your Content?
I was reading Small is the New Big by Seth Godin, and I came up wit the following question, “how easy do you make it to consume your content”?
Would Googlers Do Themselves in?
Robert Cringley writes a provocative post about Google’s 20% time and that it’ll cause problems in the future as employees get frustrated that their ideas aren’t getting implemented.
I think he underestimates what’s going on inside Google.
Google Ditches Sexist “Did You Mean”
Once upon a time, if you typed “she invents,” Google tried to tell you it was “he invents.” This applied to a lot of other queries, as well, and a number of people grew unhappy with these apparent examples of sexism. Now Google’s programmers seem to have gone in and tweaked the engine, and “she” is allowed to invent things.
Google Ditches Sexist “Did You Mean”
CNN Gets It (Streaming Video to be Free)
CNN has long held out with its paid video subscription model, especially for its streaming “Pipeline,” started in 2005 and priced at $25/year.
MyBlogLog Update Makes Misstep
Updates are usually good things, resulting in a cool new design, added features, or greater reliability. But MyBlogLog seems to have goofed – while introducing tagging to its site, the Yahoo-owned social network basically called social media optimizers “spammers” and “schmoes.”
Working For Google “Worst Decision”?
It’s a well-known fact that Google frequently lets its employees do their own thing on company time. Many of those employees then come up with brilliant ideas, but the search engine giant – wealthy as it is – doesn’t have money to pursue them all. In the long term, do those employees go on to get rich, or get screwed?
Turkey Takes Censorship Several Steps Further
Over two months ago, authorities in Turkey found a video on YouTube that implied Ataturk, the country’s founder, was gay. Turkey banned YouTube, YouTube removed the clip, and the Turkish government got way too cocky – it’s now reserved the legal right to block any website with content it finds offensive to Ataturk’s memory.
Best Buy’s Bait-and-Switch-Plus Plan Earns Lawsuit
Best Buy has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do about the company’s in-store look-alike Websites with different prices than what the customers found online. The company will have the opportunity to defend itself in a lawsuit filed by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.
Ask’s InterActive Could Buy Confused.com
There’s a fair amount of commotion surrounding Confused.com; the site, which is “a one-stop shop to help you find out whether you can save money on your car or home insurance this year,” may be accepting acquisition bids of well over $1 billion. And a potential buyer may be InterActiveCorp, the owner of Ask.com.