All the fears being sparked over Google’s dominance in search, along with its land-grab of DoubleClick’s data mined consumer information, are really just an illusion.
Google Responds To Fair Isaac Claims
The early results of a click fraud study by Fair Isaac found advertisers being charged for illicit clicks, at a far higher rate than search engines like Google claim takes place.
Google Ditches Sexist “Did You Mean”
Once upon a time, if you typed “she invents,” Google tried to tell you it was “he invents.” This applied to a lot of other queries, as well, and a number of people grew unhappy with these apparent examples of sexism. Now Google’s programmers seem to have gone in and tweaked the engine, and “she” is allowed to invent things.
Google Ditches Sexist “Did You Mean”
Working For Google “Worst Decision”?
It’s a well-known fact that Google frequently lets its employees do their own thing on company time. Many of those employees then come up with brilliant ideas, but the search engine giant – wealthy as it is – doesn’t have money to pursue them all. In the long term, do those employees go on to get rich, or get screwed?
Google Maps Goes Off Beaten Highway
There’s nothing quite like a stretch of wide-open road, but a clogged, backed-up highway doesn’t elicit the same feelings. Somebody in Mountain View apparently realized this – or felt the need to catch up with the competition – and Google Maps now has an “avoid highways” option.
EU Challenges Google On Data Retention
Two years may be too long to keep search information without some kind of justification, according to the European Union.
Listen Up: Google Audio Ads
There are a few details about Google’s foray into radio advertising that make it sound like an idea worth trying.
Google Library Project Befriends Belgium
Ghent University is located in Ghent, which is a city in Flanders, which is a region in Belgium. You probably recognized at least one or two of those names, but you’re sure to know this next one: Google. And Google has just partnered with Ghent University.
Google Software Engineer on Google Images
I’ve asked Google some questions in regards to their image search engine. Here are the answers by Radhika Malpani, Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google.
Guruji.com Offers Indian Alternative To Google
The term “Google killer” is bandied about every so often, but let’s face it: no one company is going to kill Google anytime soon. But a company could “stump” the search engine giant – particularly in a foreign market – and Guruji intends to do exactly that.