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Ongoing privacy concerns have pressured Google into announcing a change with the cookies they use to remember a user's preferences.
Yahoo's Flickr is the latest target of criticism after restricting access to erotic art photos in Hong Kong. Though Internet companies self-censoring in certain countries is not a new dilemma, this incident coincides with a blogger that faces fines for just linking to offending material.
The ability to display advertising to a web surfer based on the contents of their local drive may have a destination in Microsoft's patent library. Microsoft applied for a patent that will drive ads to an even greater level of personalization. Users of the company's software may find this peek at the future a little more foreboding than usual.
This is the season for Facebook. It used to be that you couldn't scan Web news without seeing a new Google report. Then it was MySpace, then Digg. Since Facebook opened up to the general public and to developers, it's all anybody wants to talk about.
About 65 percent of online health consumers say they click on results because of its relevance to a particular query while 16 percent choose a result based on the trustworthiness of it source according to a new JupiterResearch report, "US Online Health Consumer Survey, 2007: Understanding Search Behavior."
The modern Net-savvy marketing consultant advises businesses of all sizes to track what blogs have to say about a brand. BuzzLogic CTO Todd Parsons suggests his firm as a way to seine the blogosphere for those nuggets of gold.
