Whether Google uses meta keywords tag or not, has always been a confusion. However, Google’s Vanessa Fox recommends using meta description tag for each page
Google’s Newspaper Troubles
If you are in the frontline you will get the most bullets. That is how Google’s troubles with newspapers worldwide can be explained. Google had only recently reached an agreement with Associated Press to use the latter’s content and photos. The latest to hit the headlines is the case with Belgian publishers.
Italy Investigates Google Employees
Now this is interesting. Italian prosecutors are investigating two Google Italy employees as part of an inquiry into how a violent video appeared on Google Video
Google Calls Out Mobile Phone Operators
Google’s Chris Sacca took a swing at mobile phone operators the other day, and others in the Internet industry were quick to join him. Consumers are, according to the head of special initiatives at Google, being blocked from accessing certain bandwidth-hungry applications.
Google Warming, An Inconvenient Article
Never mind the convenient connections, let’s just talk about what happened. Questions just lead to more questions and we’ll never get this article done. Google organized kids the world over to address global warming and how to fix it. The results of the Global Warming Student Speakout were published this week.
Google’s Future In Television
Google is not likely to become a TV network, according to Richard Kimber, Google’s managing director of sales and operations for South East Asia.
Google Checks Out PayPal’s Market Lead
Google’s young online payment service, Checkout, is one of the few Google products to live up to the hype in some time. As of Cyber Monday 2006, Checkout halved PayPal’s market share lead.
Google Checkout Up 30%
Hitwise reports that downstream traffic to Google Checkout is up 30% in the past four weeks, with the number one store, by far, being Buy.com. Buy delivered 18.3% of Checkout’s traffic, with number 2 Dick’s Sporting Goods way behind at 4.8%. Of course, Google’s major “Free Money” promotion is the biggest thing driving people to use the service, and with it running until the end of December, we’ll have to wait for January numbers to see if there is a big drop-off.
Google Book Search: The Path To Dystopia?
Brewster Kahle isn’t happy with Google Book Search. As director and co-founder of the Internet Archive, he isn’t the least bit timid in his criticisms, either. “Google is trying to set themselves up as the only place to get to these materials; the only library; the only access,” Kahle reportedly said. “The idea of having only one company control the library of human knowledge is a nightmare.”
Google Prevents Plagiarism
Google Book Search prevents authors from going down in literary history as plagiarists by offering a searchable database of books.