In August, Google announced that it was upgrading its category filtering feature for AdSense, and extending the feature into more countries (like the US and the UK). Today, Google announced that they have added two additional improvements to the Competitive Ad Filter.
Bing Promotes Ahead-Of-The-Curve Malware Filter
Whether you think about it or not, the issue of safety probably affects just about every decision-making process. After all, even if you favor a grocery store based on its low prices and convenient location, you must also on some level recognize that muggings don’t occur there every day. And Microsoft wants to make sure you feel safe using Bing, too.
Martin Changes Tune On Broadband Smut-Filter
In his final days as chairman of the FCC, Kevin Martin appears to have done an about face on a proposed content filter for free wireless broadband. After opposition killed the original plan, Martin has placed a new proposal, sans smut-filter, on the table for review at the next and final FCC meeting on January 15. Perhaps it’s an attempt to end his tenure on a high note by doing something very positive for the nation—auctioning off spectrum to a wireless provider that can serve up wireless broadband to 95 percent of the country.
Speculation About a New Google Filter
Aaron Wall put up a post about a new Google filter that causes people with high ranking terms to be bumped down to position #6. There is also a thread at Webmaster World about this phenomenon. This is still reasonably speculative in nature, but there are a lot of people who have seen this.
Gmail as a Spam Filter on Cpanel
You probably have heard that you can use Gmail to filter spam for all your email addresses. You might have gone so far as to look up how to do it and end up a little frustrated because your not a server whiz and rely on cpanel to set up filters. The reason your having problems is because Cpanel is a bit different than a vanilla Linux install.
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The Filter Tweaks Music Software
The Filter, a social music recommendation site has released a new version of its software that features an improved user interface that enables users to create playlists to fill their iPod, iPhone and Apple TV more quickly.
YouTube Content Filter Could Come In September
YouTube wants to implement a content-filtering system this fall. It also (presumably) wants world peace and free energy, and it’s anybody’s guess which of these three outcomes is most likely to occur.
Google, YouTube Developing Video Filter
Google may have found a way to duck the umpteen lawsuits YouTube is facing – the company is developing its very own video identification technology to flag copyrighted content. What’s more, the system will be tested in cooperation with Time Warner and Disney.
MSN Chips Phishing Filter Into Toolbar
Two new add-ins for the MSN Search Toolbar provide phishing protection and one-click access to online MSN games.
Filtering Out MSN’s Filter
MSN Filter sure is getting some people upset (hi Ross Mayfield). Personally I wanted to give MSN Filter a few weeks before giving my opinion, but Ross goaded me into it.