On sites with more than a few thousand pages, Google is not indexing anywhere from ten percent to seventy percent of the pages it knows about.
KDE To Develop Google-Style Desktop Search Utility
Citing a need for a search utility that performs “crawling, indexing, ranking and displaying”, the developers at KDE have announced their intentions of including a desktop search utility when the newest version of KDE is released. The reason for the creation of such a utility comes from the fact that the developers of KDE believe it’s easier to search for files on the Internet than it is to do so on home computers.
Spam Campaigns Now Using Google, Olympics In Subject Lines
Spammer groups have begun using new methods in order to dupe unsuspecting people. Keeping with what’s on the surface of popularity, spammers have resorted to including Google and The Olympics within email subject lines in an effort to trick recipients into opening these mailings.
What is The Google Sandbox Effect?
In the age of fair competition you may find it hard to believe that a search engine may hinder the appearance of a new website.
Possible Google Browser Coming?
In a blog written by Jason Kottke, the possibility of Google creating a web browser was discussed. The idea centers around building the browser based on Mozilla’s. Considering the fact that Google has distanced itself from being a pure search entity, an idea like this seems very plausible.
Google Faces Stiffer Competition From Portals Than Search Engines
Analysis by ACSI E-Business Sponsor ForeSee Results Says Google Faces Stiffer Competition From Portals Than Search Engines, News & Information Sites Fail to Establish Personality or Loyalty.
Google AdSense Ads To Be Available For Bloggers
Biz Stone, Google employee for Blogger.com, has announced that Blogger members will now be able to display AdSense ads within their personal blog space. Biz and Google are presenting the new feature as a “Get Paid For Blogging” opportunity. News of this was first revealed on by Biz on his personal Blog.
Google IPO Round Up
The majority of the search engine public knows about Google’s IPO, unless you’ve been hiding in a cave the last couple of weeks. Since their shares have been available to the public last Thursday, many articles have been written about the search engine’s adventures on Wall Street.
Google’s Corporate Governance Score Is “Pretty Darn Awful”
Google has one of the worst corporate governance of any company in the S&P 500 index according to a highly respected advisory group.
Google Page Rank Is Dead – Or Is It?
For a long time now, marketing gurus all over the world have been talking about google page ranking. Page ranking is simply Google’s way of measuring your pages accordingly.