From a search marketing perspective, censorship, or put nicely, “content regulation,” is something that we’ve been living with on Google and the other engines for years.
Google Runs Superficial Video Ads
From contextual text advertising to image banners to rich media advertising, Google has now extended what it can do with its AdSense network.
Google Shows Mac Users The Widget Love
Three Dashboard Widgets from the talented engineers at Google offer Mac users some extra Google functionality in OS X.
Google Enables Buying On Base
A handful of sellers have been granted the ability to sell items on Google Base to other users with a Google Account and a credit card.
Google Video Charging Admission For TV Ads
To heap on one more thing to screw with your head this Friday, Google is selling vintage commercials through its Google Video search. You heard right, if you want to view the commercial, you’ll have to pay a dollar. Anybody else hear Gabriel’s trumpet?
Google: Cell Phones Better Choice For Porn
The young executive sits with his back against the terminal wall and flips open his mobile phone. Using Google’s Mobile Search, he begins sifting through an array of tawdry “religious experiences” and nobody’s the wiser. Mr. Yuppie, like many others, chooses his mobile over his PC to seek out pornography, and Google has the numbers to prove it.
Google Finance Possibly Sighted
Globe-trotting Search Engine Journal editor Loren Baker has noted the appearance of queries from google.com/finance in his site’s logfiles.
Google Page Creator Closed By Demand
Only a few hours after news of Google Page Creator made the rounds, including appearances on Digg and Slashdot, Google has closed the service to new account requests.
Google Creates Web Pages
Any minor excitement over Microsoft’s Office Live beta and its free page-hosting option just evaporated, as Google now offers an easy-to-use web page creator and 100 MB of storage space.
Google Offers Personalized Results
Tired of getting irrelevant search results when you type in a generic term in the search engine box?