On March 29, Google filed a petition to set aside a legal process. Google is fighting a National Security Letter (NSL) issued by the U.S.government, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) acknowledging it is one of the first firms to do so.
More than 3.5 million people visited Scroogled.com, and over 114k signed a petition asking Google to stop going through their Gmail. Scroogled, the attack ad campaign Microsoft launched to initially attack Google for switching its shopping results...
Weapons Ban Sparks Protest, Petition Based on Second Amendment Rights A human rights petition launched by an Arizona resident, protesting Google’s Adwords weapons ban, has collected just over 600 signatures in the few days since the policy change...
Neil Sorenson of ZAGG.com, started a petition on change.org asking Google to reconsider. NS: After a few weeks (and 450-500 signatures) I sent the petition to ZAGG’s AdWords representative. I spoke with Sorenson about the petition and its outcome.
And when Google rolls out their repairs, many people who are heavily invested in SEO get upset, as this infographic shows, while some petition Google to kill the Penguin update or offer some “colorful” Penguin feedback.
While it’s much easier to blame Google and sign a petition begging Google to kill its Penguin update, this isn't the time to give up. One common factor thus far appears to be the signals of links that are pointing to your website, early analysis...
Tokyo District Court granted an injunction against the search giant on March 19, though the anonymous man behind the petition won’t have his way quite yet. An anonymous plaintiff claims to have lost his job and suffered great humiliation at the...
Prior to the Arab Spring, the people of Iceland had used Facebook and Twitter to petition the government to reject various referenda. The ninth annual RIMC (Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference) took place March 9.
When John Mueller was asked during a Webmaster Hangout why rounding clicks was necessary, if there could ever be an advanced option showing actual numbers, and how many people would have to sign a petition for them to reconsider, he...
Please leave any additional protest or petition resources in the comments. Nevada Senator Harry Reid has postponed the Protect I.P.vote, while House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith announced the committee will “postpone consideration of...
Google added 4.5 million names to a petition opposing controversial anti-piracy bills SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act), the Los Angeles Times reported. UPDATE: Google has updated this number to "more than 7 million" people in...
For their part, Google is pointing users to their own End Piracy, Not Libertysite, where you can fill out their petition and learn more about Google’s stance on SOPA. Sign this emergency petition to save the internet now and forward it to everyone.
Whether you click on the blacked out image or the link beneath it, you’ll end up at a Google website, End Piracy, Not Liberty, where Google lays out the numerous reasons millions of Americans oppose the controversial bills and you can sign a...
Google has conducted some major triage on a number of its experimental Google Labs products in recent weeks. One cut in particular really pained me: "Google Sets, one of the first applications in Google Labs, allowed you to automatically create...
Pro tip: If you have a sudden need for cash, for donations, for petition signatures, that kind of thing, it's worth asking celebrities if they will retweet your message. Charities haven't had it easy over the last few years.
The pulling of the Manhattan Declaration iPhone app, which enabled users to sign the declaration supporting "principles that include "sanctity of human life, the dignity of marriage as a union of husband and wife, and the freedom of conscience and...
Marketers have started a petition on Facebook requesting Google AdWords to accept AS3 flash banners. This week i was contacted by a member of a Facebook fan page called "Petition for Google Adwords to accept AS3 SWF files" asking us if we would...
I've watched people of varying political persuasions petition the General Assembly to stop the tax provision. This morning, Amazon Associates in North Carolina are awakening to some bitter news. As of today, their accounts are officially closed.
There was an online petition, Gadget code to create your own search box and a few other reactions to Google's dropping of the search option inside gmail. Today's Top Story: KevinRyan The End of the Beginning SEW EXPERTS: SEARCHING FOR MEANING The...
There was an online petition, Gadget code to create your own search box and a few other reactions to Google's dropping of the search option inside gmail. Seems there were enough vocal opponents to Google's recent removal of the "Search the Web...
