Remember Whole Foods, and how the strange man who serves as its CEO secretly criticized an acquisition target? Well, Whole Foods’s board of directors seems to feel it would be best if John Mackey – and all other executives – kept their mouths shut and fingers still.
AdSense Blog Reveals Odd Banking Policy
An otherwise mild write-up of how Google sends checks to AdSense publishers for their earnings has a strange twist that hints at a relationship with Citibank that defies common banking practices.
Google Extends Opt-Out Policy To CPA Testing
Google’s still testing the waters of its cost-per-action ad model, which charges advertisers only when a sale is made or a lead form is filled out. But as one publisher notes, the AdSense team is inserting CPA ads onto his blog, whether he wants them there or not.
AOL Settles With States On Cancellation Policy
AOL has reached a settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia over their confusing cancellation policy.
Google Public Policy Blog Touches On Carhenge
Google’s Public Policy Blog has been home to discussions about censorship, net neutrality, and national security. Now it’s promoting Carhenge, Nebraska’s “whimsical recreation” of England’s famous stone ruins. Ah, well. “All work and no play . . .”
Google Publicizes Public Policy Blog
After starting out on an internal-only basis, the Google Public Policy blog has been opened for public consumption and commentary.
Google Unveils Public Policy Blog
With the new Google Public Policy Blog, transparency’s the name of the game; Googlers will explain the company’s position on issues that could affect us all.
Google Reduces Data Retention Policy To 18 Months
Google’s Global Privacy Counsel Peter Fleischer appears to be a master of textual undercurrents (what the reader understands as "between the lines"), responding to Privacy International’s recent condemnation of the company’s privacy policies without mentioning the group itself.
Google Ad Policy Cracks Down On Plagiarism
Advertisements for weapons, drugs, and prostitutes have been banned from Google. All right, fair enough. But now advertisements for essay-writing services will also be forbidden, and while more than a few people have raised their eyebrows, others have cheered.
O’Reilly Draws Up Blogging Code Policy
In the wake of the Kathy Sierra kerfuffle, there have been calls for a blogging code of ethics; the problem isn’t with bloggers, or even their blogs.