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Google Turns up Heat on Office
Not that long ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt would routinely deny that the company had any intention of using its Gmail, Google…
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Google Selling Top Organic Spot?
I’m not sure if this can be filed under “lawsuits filed purely for publicity” quite yet, but apparently the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) is suing Google for selling the #1 organic spot in their search results. Now, either someone is confused, or the rest of the SEO industry is seriously getting gypped.
Frivolous Aussie Keyword Lawsuit
Litigants in anti-Google keyword cases such as this latest in Australia speak in one-sided "baby talk," acting for all the world like Google has set out to deceive and wrong them personally. I'd call it "food fight tactics," if I'd ever witnessed a food fight mostly involving applesauce, but I haven't.
Yahoo’s Post-Semel Scorecard
Valleywag believes Yahoo hasn't done much, a couple of months into the "100 day" plan put forward by new/interim CEO Jerry Yang. Maybe summer isn't the best time to start the clock on something like that, though.
Google Foundation Financially Well-To-Do
Compound interest can be an amazing thing - money just sort of grows out of whatever amount a person or company originally deposited. If, for example, an organization started out with $85 million, it could earn a fresh $4 million in a year’s time. And that appears to be exactly what the Google Foundation did.
Quechup’s Spam Produces Disgust
I’ve never tried it, but a combination of spam and ketchup is supposed to taste reasonably all right. Spam having to do with Quechup, on the other hand, has left a metaphorical bad taste in the mouth of the social network’s users.
