- Is Google Searching For VoIP?
Date: 2005-01-24 Source: InternetNews.com
Google is reportedly readying a Voice over IP service for the United Kingdom, but experts are skeptical that the search giant would move into telecommunications. [Open In New Window] - Google aims to outsmart search tricksters
Date: 2005-01-18 Source: News.com
Called a "no follow" tag, the control when placed before pages of blog comments will signal to Google as it indexes the Web that the pages are to be overlooked. That will render comment spam ineffectual. [Open In New Window] - Revisiting Google Censorship In Germany & France
Date: 2005-01-17 Source: Search Engine Watch
Is Google overzealous? Maybe. Or it could be that like too many people, national governments also assume that it's an all-Google world and send censorship requests to Google while overlooking other players like Yahoo. [Open In New Window] - Caveat beta, Google fans
Date: 2005-01-14 Source: ZDNet
Part of the deal with public betas is that the users accept some problems in return for helping create the finished product, but if that product is never finished then why bother? It also lets Google off the hook when bad things happen: it never said the software was finished. It just wanted you to use it. That's no way to build a reputation for effective cleverness. [Open In New Window] - Advertisers on Google are told to keep it proper
Date: 2005-01-13 Source: News.com
Taking the stance that unorthodox usage and punctuation and slang create a less straightforward searching experience, Google's AdWords division, which is responsible for the contextual ads that appear alongside search results, insists on standard English and punctilious punctuation. [Open In New Window] - Apple v. Google: A Matter of Timing
Date: 2005-01-13 Source: PC Magazine
The two companies will be competing to be in control of the next generation of digital media life, when entertainment and information from personal computers is blended with broadcast and cable signals onto a single screen. [Open In New Window] - Google Square with SEC
Date: 2005-01-13 Source: InternetNews.com
Google has reached an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its failure to register stock options issued to employees, according to a financial document filed on Thursday. [Open In New Window] - Google Target Rises
Date: 2005-01-11 Source: TheStreet.com
New RBC analyst Jordan Rohan issued a report Tuesday dubbing Google his top pick and assigning a price target to the stock of $235. [Open In New Window] - Google riches outed on the Web
Date: 2005-01-10 Source: News.com
Google's clubby campus has been hit with an embarrassment of riches--literally--thanks to a rarely invoked securities law requiring the company to report stock sales of hundreds of employees, rather than just top executives and shareholders. [Open In New Window] - McAfee automates Google hacking
Date: 2005-01-10 Source: News.com
McAfee has released an update to its tool that uses Google to automatically search for security holes in Web sites. SiteDigger 2.0, delivered on Monday, looks for information about a Web site's security by sending specific queries to Google's Web database. [Open In New Window] - Affiliates Mixed on Google Policy Changes
Date: 2005-01-07 Source: ClickZ
Lewis said the move will benefit affiliates who add value to a merchant's marketing program by providing useful information, linking directly to specific, relevant areas of a merchant's site, and investing time in optimizing the message they are conveying. [Open In New Window] - Google's New Ad Policy to Affect Affiliate Marketers
Date: 2005-01-07 Source: ClickZ
The new policy, which will be implemented over the coming weeks, is intended to create a cleaner interface for users, increase the diversity of merchants represented in the links, and reduce duplicate ads, all while recognizing the important benefits affiliate marketers bring to the table, said Salar Kamangar, director of product management at Google. [Open In New Window] |