Last week, Amit Singhal explained that Google’s search results are manually edited on an infrequent basis. Today, the Google Fellow explored some of the technological achievements that allow for manual interventions to remain so rare.
Viacom Goose, Google Gander
The Viacom Google saga gets pretty sticky in terms of ironic and embarrassing potentialities. It’s yet unknown how effective the anonymized data being transferred will be at protecting YouTube identities. Further, what looks like a coup for Viacom could be a nice strategic move on Google’s part.
Yang Acknowledged Google Deal Is Anticompetitive?
Jerry Yang’s facing all sorts of problems, and his own words may be digging him a little deeper. According to what Microsoft’s general counsel told a Senate antitrust panel, Yang recently admitted that Yahoo’s deal with Google will more or less create a search monopoly.
Lawyer Derided Over Google Domain Ad Suit
The litigant sought class action status for his lawsuit after an investment of $136.11 failed to bring him conversions from parked domains.
Google Penalizes Newsday.com For Selling Links
According to Search Engine Roundtable, a popular media website Newsday.com, has been hit hard in terms of PageRank, as Google has specified that the website in question has been penalized for selling links that pass PageRank and for violating
Google Presents Seven Cities In 3D
Here’s a bit of news that belongs in some strange borderland between cutting-edge technology and the plot of a "Corner Gas" episode: seven local governments have worked with Google to publish 3D models of their cities.
Google, Yahoo Deal Could Raise Ad Costs
Yahoo’s search advertising deal with Google is likely to raise average keyword prices on Yahoo for most marketers according to a new study from search management firm SearchIgnite.Keyword prices on Yahoo have the potential to increase by an average of 22 percent. The actual increase for a specific marketer depends on the amount of spending across different types of keywords and the ad ranking on the results page.
Google Inches Closer To 70 Percent Of Search
US market share of search queries rose again at Google, while that of its next three competitors dropped.
Microsoft, Google Battle On Capitol Hill
One might suppose it’s due diligence to listen to the arguments of companies enormously invested in the outcome of regulatory decisions, so the onus of coming to a reasonable conclusion rests solely on Congress whether to believe Microsoft or Google in two hearings today in the Senate and the House.
Google Experimenting With Editable Search Results
Google’s impressive market share makes for convincing evidence of its skill at search. Few things are perfect, though, and the search giant is now allowing select users to alter their own results.