The Paid Link Stages Of Grief

Let the bargaining begin. It's a natural stage of mourning. As Google shuffles loose the paid links from its algorithms, SEOs are cycling past their initial denial, their outrage, and have begun negotiating. Stay tuned; depression and acceptance are likely to follow.

Facebook Responds To Silent Data Report

Security researchers at CA found the Facebook Beacon keeps Facebook abreast of one's activities on an advertiser's site, whether the Facebook user opted out of that instance or not.

Ask Releases Top Searches Of 2007

We saw Yahoo’s, then Google gave us its list of top searches.  Now Ask is stepping up, and I’m happy to say that the term “Cars” was the sixth most popular query of 2007.

Google Less Accountable Than Interpol?

In a superficial way, here’s one for the conspiracy theorists and pissed-off privacy advocates: One World Trust placed Google below Interpol - and indeed, at the very bottom of a list - in terms of accountability.