Is This iPerv Week or What?
I didn’t torture myself to investigate as to whether there was a season for weird Internet sex stories in the press, but as for 2007, iPerv Week is May 21-25.
Google Ad Policy Cracks Down On Plagiarism
Advertisements for weapons, drugs, and prostitutes have been banned from Google. All right, fair enough. But now advertisements for essay-writing services will also be forbidden, and while more than a few people have raised their eyebrows, others have cheered.
Africa, Iraq, Cuba Safer than US for Sites?
Google launched its Online Security Blog this week. Their first post took a look at compromised websites and malware around the world.
Google Gets Turned Down – Twice
Everybody makes mistakes, but it’s surprising to see large companies like Google commit these goofs, and it’s even more unexpected when foul-ups in the recruiting-and-hiring process. These things do happen, though, as Jeff Barr, who turned down a job with Google, recently found out.
Local.com Launches Mobile Service
Google and Yahoo issue press releases on a daily basis, but it’s been a busy month for Local.com, as well. The local search engine launched an advertising program, appointed a new Vice President of Product Management, and, earlier today, made a new mobile service available.
Yahoo Autos Condemned For Cloaking
The automotive world can get pretty shady, but it still came as a surprise when Yahoo was recently caught “serving keyword stuffed pages to the SE crawlers and regular pages to the average users.” This is known as “cloaking,” and it took place on the Yahoo Autos site.
If Technorati Can Beat Google…
…Why not Microsoft or Google?
The newly-relaunched Technorati exposes a weakness in Google’s armor. I just tried a bunch of searches. Technorati does “Live” search MUCH MUCH better than Microsoft and even better than Google’s Blog Search.
Web Cam Creep Goes To Jail
Warning: the following story is enough to give you the heebie-jeebies and the creepy-crawlies for the rest of the day. Afterward, you’ll want to take a shower and pledge to never, ever, buy your teenage daughter a Webcam.
Click Fraud Unbeatable Without Advertiser Data
Joseph Milana, chief scientist at Fair Isaac, discussed the early results of his company’s click fraud study in an exclusive chat with Murdok.
AdSense Debuts Video Pilot
Publishers will soon be able to define at what point in online videos their streaming AdSense ads will appear. Most will have to wait a little longer, however, as Google is testing the program in a closed pilot.