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Daily SearchCast, Sept. 7, 2005: Google Turns 7, Issues On Google House Ads, Praise For Pay-Per-Call, The Chinese Search Landscape, Likely Legal OK On Google Libraries, New Tools To Find Missing People Post-Katrina & More
Today’s search podcast covers issues raised over Google running house ads for its own product and also letting employees advertise, a postive…
Google Update Underway — More Sign Of A Coming Index Increase?
I wrote earlier that there were signs that Google was increasing its index size. More signs are coming now — as well…
Ask Jeeves CEO Interviewed, Says Online Scams Could Slow Adoption of Personalized Search Tools
The vnunet.com article: Scams hold back personalised search, discusses how phishing and identity theft could cause problems in the adoption of personalized…
Google Guys Are Top Powerbrokers
As Google celebrates its seventh birthday the NY Daily News reports that the “Google Guys” (Sergey Brin and Larry Page) have debuted…
Questions Raised Over Google House Ads & Employees Advertising Via AdWords
Google’s had questions raised over the fairness of house ads that it runs for its own products and services plus the ability…
Yahoo Accused Of Helping China Jail Journalist By Revealing Email Address
Rights group says Yahoo’s cooperation helped China jail journalist from the Associated Press has Reporters Without Borders saying Yahoo gave the Chinese…
Opening Day In Microsoft-Google Fight Over Kai-Fu Fee
Courtroom showdown for Microsoft and Google from News.com covers the opening arguments in this week’s court fight over whether Google China chief…
Legal Experts Say Google Library Digitization Project Likely OK; Will It Revolve Around Snippets?
Courts Unlikely To Stop Google Book Copying from InternetWeek has legal experts saying that copyright law over indexing books appears to be…
Google Loses Another Employee To Odeo; Yahoo Gains Nokia Guru
Some employee shifting news, this time someone from Google’s Blogger service jumping over to Odeo plus Yahoo gaining a noted Nokia employee.…
Happy 7th Birthday, Google!
Threadwatch notes it’s Google’s official birthday today. How old? That would be 7. Happy Birthday, Googlers! Postscript from Gary: If you feel…