A firestorm of negativity has surrounded Google in recent weeks concerning the company’s practice of advertising its own services as “tips” in SERP pages queried by users. At least for today, the company has put that practice on hold.
Google Obtains Similarity Engine Patent
This week, Google was awarded a patent for technology designed to address duplicate content issues throughout the index. The patent, originally filed in December of 2001, is entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Estimating Similarity.”
How Strong Is Google's Hold?
When you think of searching the Internet, more than likely, the first thing that comes to mind is Google. The familiarity and catchiness of the name alone goes a long way towards securing our loyalty, something Google is undoubtedly aware of. However, is Google’s grip strong enough to declare them the winner of the search […]
Intertainer Blasts Google From The Past
Video on demand company Intertainer reportedly filed a lawsuit against Google, Apple, and Napster for infringing on its digital distribution patent.
Google Beta-Testing Keyword-based Ad Filtering
About a week and a half ago, I wrote a post ‘Adsense Should Allow Contextual Ad Filtering by Keyword’.
Will France Surrender to Google?
Jacques Chirac isn’t experiencing a very good beginning to his new year. Data suggests that France is becoming even less relevant within the blogosphere, and now reports have surfaced that the nation’s joint search engine venture with Germany is about to go under.
Job Application Optimization for Google
The New York Times takes a topic first covered by the Wall Street Journal back in October and asks us to suspend reality and believe it’s the first time it’s been discussed.
Using Google As A Hacking Tool
Does using Google Search for malicious purposes affect the application of their “Don’t Be Evil” motto even if the negative activity isn’t actually their fault? Should Google restrict some of their search command capabilities if the results are being used to attack other sites? If you ask the folks who were victims of these types […]
Firefox Developer Criticizes Google
Firefox and Google have enjoyed a quaint partnership as of late. The search engine giant has helped sponsor the development of the increasingly popular web browser, and in return Firefox has embedded Google as the default search engine and start page in the application.
Google Defends “Meaningless” Zeitgeist
When Google put out its year-end Zeitgeist, an account of the hottest searches in 2006, bloggers immediately felt the list’s creators were fudging it a little for decency’s sake. Google responded on its blog saying the list was edited to save us from the boredom of constants and givens.