The magic that makes Google tick
Date: 2004-12-01 Source: ZDNet
Google's vice-president of engineering was in London this week to talk to potential recruits about just what lies behind that search page. ZDNet UK snuck in to listen. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
China's Google Block Sparks Media Group's Protest
Date: 2004-11-30 Source: InternetNews.com
Reporters Without Borders, a media watchdog group, reported that Google News has been blocked for about 10 days. The organization also accused Google of pandering to Chinese interests and filtering its Chinese-language site. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Sues AdSense Publisher for Click Fraud
Date: 2004-11-24 Source: ClickZ
Google has filed its first click fraud lawsuit, charging a Texas-based Web site and its owners generated fraudulent clicks on ads in its AdSense program, causing Google to pay them for useless traffic to its advertisers. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Offers Journal Searches
Date: 2004-11-23 Source: The Harvard Crimson
Cheryl M. LaGuardia, head of instructional services for Harvard College libraries and an avid Google user, said that Scholar has the potential for success, but she sees some limitations. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Nude-photo publisher sues Google
Date: 2004-11-23 Source: News.com
A California-based pornographer has sued Google, alleging that its leading Internet search engines are illegally allowing people to view hijacked versions of its nude photos and to access its Web site with stolen passwords. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Academic Question? Ask Google
Date: 2004-11-18 Source: ClickZ
Google has unveiled a search tool for the discovery of academic literature. Called Google Scholar, the new search platform lets searchers query academic publications of many stripes for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, technical reports and other documents. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google stock falls as share total doubles
Date: 2004-11-16 Source: News.com
Shares of Google fell as much as 6.5 percent on Tuesday, as selling restrictions were lifted on 39 million shares held by employees and early investors in the newly public Web search company. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google investors await dropping of 39 million shoes
Date: 2004-11-15 Source: News.com
The number of shares outstanding could change on Tuesday, when Google insiders will be permitted to sell as many as 39 million more shares. Until this week, they were forbidden to sell under the lockup period dictated by securities law. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Launches Program for Ad Pros
Date: 2004-11-10 Source: ClickZ
Google today launched Google Advertising Professionals, a new program for professionals who manage multiple AdWords accounts for their clients. The initiative is Google's answer to Overture's Ambassador program, which was recently expanded to include interactive agencies. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Partners with BellSouth for Local Search
Date: 2004-10-29 Source: Search Engine Guide
Lack of Web sites, lack of online advertising savvy and fear of unknown marketing outlets has led many small businesses to steer clear of the online marketplace. Localized contact with an already trusted sales force will allow Google to expand their AdWords reach into markets that have previously remained untapped. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Takes a Risk
Date: 2004-10-29 Source: InternetNews.com
Google became a solid gold brand when almost everyone who "googled" had a pleasant surprise. It will be harder to keep the brand so beloved when googling your friends' and neighbors' hard disks leads to unpleasant surprises. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google, BellSouth Team for Local Search Sales
Date: 2004-10-28 Source: ClickZ
BellSouth will sell ads for Google's AdWords targeted keyword advertising program through its 2,000 salespeople for its RealPages.com online yellow pages serving the southeastern United States. The company will offer its yellow pages customers a flat-rate monthly package to simplify the normal AdWords keyword-bidding process. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
