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Google Desktop Fears Overblown?
Consumer watchdogs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are urging a boycott of Google's new Desktop Search program, citing privacy concerns. Is it really too risky to use the…
Google Adds New Online Job Application Form
Gary Price finds a new Google Job Application form. So if you find a job at Google you like, you can now…
Google Updates “Manipulate Results” Help Center Page
Philipp Lenssen has another nice find, documenting that Google Changed Another Help Entry. This page is currently found here and used to…
Check ‘n Go Sues Google Over Keyword Trademarks
We have another lawsuit against Google for trademarks of company names being searched on. News.com reports that Check ‘n Go is suing…
Google Launched Google China Blog
Philipp Lenssen finds that Google launched the Google China Blog recently. I have a Chinese employee and asked him to tell me…
AOL Launches Test Chinese Portal For Americans
Reports from Reuters shows that AOL has launched a test portal for the “American Chinese” user at https://chinese.aol.com/. The portal is going…
Google Won Digital Envoy Suit on Location-Technology
News.com reports that Google has won the Digital Evoy suit reported back in May 2005. In that filing, Digital Evoy claimed Google…
Google’s Photo Application, Picasa, to be Ported to Linux
Picasa, Google’s photo editing and sharing program, which currently is only supported Microsoft Windows 2000/XP is reportedly being ported to Linux. eWeek…
Finding Articles Online
When you're looking for magazine or journal articles, search engines can be helpful, but other specialized search tools are often a better…
AdWords Adds Click to Call Feature to Ads
Seth Godin found a feature I have never seen before at AdWords. Do a search on Artisan Hotel at Google and look…
Search Engine Roundtable To Provide Quadruple Coverage of SES NYC Conference
Search Engine Strategies NYC is coming up and with Barry Diller keynoting, hotel rooms are selling like hot cakes. This is one…
MSN Search Offers Prizes to Search
Today, MSN Search launched MSN Search and Win, an MSN search portal that allows you to search and win money. According to…
Google To Be Dumped On Valentine’s Day Over China
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on another protest site named No Luv 4 Google where they ask you to “Break up with…
Yahoo Asks for Help in Chinese Censorship Battle
Forbes reports in Yahoo! seeks help to fight China censors that according to an Financial Times article, Yahoo has asked for “broad…
More Evidence of Google Music Download Service
To keep Gary’s documentation of his past entry named Predictions and More Speculation on a Google Music Service going, I have found…
Gracenote: A Ubiquitous Music Database
Any time you play an audio CD and your computer's music player automatically looks up information about the album, it's likely you've…
Google Shares to Drop an Additional Fifty-Percent
ABC News reports that Barron’s said we can see an additional 50% decline in Google’s stock value. As I write this, GOOG…
Ask to Drop Jeeves by End of February
Reports via BBC News UK yesterday that Ask Jeeves will be dropping the butler by “the end of February.” Of course we…
Time Interviews Google’s Brin, Page and Schmidt
Time Magazine features Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt and Larry Page of Google on the February 20, 2006 edition. The cover story is…
SEMPO Nominees for 2006 Board of Directors
13 Directors will be voted into office with the voting period ending February 17th. Voting by Member’s Only. Members can access the…
Gone Fishin’ (Well, Skiing)
I’m officially on vacation, headed to Vermont for a skiing trip with the family. I’ll be off the web until Feb. 20.…
NBC Scores Graphical Ads/Promos On Google
So much for no flashy ads in Google search results. NBC Olympics Partners With Google, ESPN from MediaPost covers how NBC effectively…
Gmail for Domains Beta
Yesterday I reported forum buzz rumors at the Search Engine Roundtable that GMail for domains is coming soon. Today official word came…
Yahoo Adds Features to My Web 2.0
Yahoo has enhanced My Web with a number of new features including easier access to your saved searches from the My Web…
AdWords Enables Backup Credit Cards
Google AdWords adds the ability for advertisers to add a backup credit card to the My Account section of AdWords center. If…
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