Analyzing whether users read online policies and comments. Delving into reasons and the potential consequences of such habits.
Google Shares New Privacy Policy for Books
Google has introduced a new privacy policy for Google Books, to try and appease the critics of Google’s enormous book indexing project. The company has also been in communication with the Federal Trade Commission, and has discussed both the new policy and a letter to the FTC on the Google Public Policy Blog.
Digg Makes Changes to Nofollow Policy
Digg announced today that it has tweaked its policy on the nofollow attribute on external links.
"We’ve made a few changes to the way Digg links to external sites that may impact some folks in the SEO community," says Digg’s John Quinn. "These changes reduce the incentive to post spammy content (or link spam) to Digg, while still flowing ’search engine juice’ freely to quality content."
Trademark Owners Up In Arms With Google’s New Policy
The online world is noisy enough as it is. Everyone is trying to get everyone’s attention to sell whatever it is they have.
Ticketmaster Agrees To Change Online Sales Policy
Ticketmaster has reached an agreement with the state of New Jersey about how it handles online ticket sales after complaints from users about how it redirected them to its reseller site TicketsNow and charged them up to 50 times the face value for Bruce Springsteen tickets.
eBay Sells Out Seller on No Checks Policy
This ought to ruffle some feathers. An eBay seller forwarded an email they received from an eBay customer service rep. to Ina Steiner at AuctionBytes.
Facebook Revises Alcohol App Policy
Facebook has lifted its restrictions on applications that contain content that promote or reference the sale of alcoholic beverages.The company says it will use its Demographic Restriction feature to manage the way alcoholic content appears to its users. Facebook’s restriction technology is based on a combination of what information a user has entered and verified on the site along with IP targeting by location.
Google Files Objection On PayPal Only Policy In Australia
eBay users have been curious to find out who submitted an anonymous filing to the Australian regulatory agency that is reviewing eBay’s plan to move to a PayPal only option.The submission says eBay should not be allowed to exclude competing payment methods. An AuctionBytes reader found a 38-page PDF filing that appears to have come from Google.
eBay Changes Feedback Policy For Sellers
Online auction site eBay has begun to introduce changes in the feedback that sellers can leave about buyers. The changes were first announced in January.Sellers on eBay are no longer allowed to leave neutral or negative comments about buyers on the site. eBay has also changed the way it calculates a member’s positive feedback percentage score.
Google’s Policy on Paid Links
On Webmaster Help Center Google discretely specifies the policy pertaining to "Paid Links".