Today’s search podcast covers Google agreeing to setting a class action
case over click fraud for $90 million; Orkut’s strange bedfellows; American
Airlines goes after a Google Video uploader; Google’s contextual ads gain
demographic targeting; recapping SES NY 2006; what Google told analysts on its
Analyst Day; Google’s Matt Cutts refutes the US Department Of Justice in legal
documents over the search data case and more!
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discussed.
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Google Agrees To $90 Million Settlement In Class Action Lawsuit Over Click Fraud
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Google to Pay $90M in ‘Click Fraud’ Case
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Google Explains Invalid Clicks
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Google Analyst Day Recap
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Al-Qaeda Likes Orkut
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Google Unites Its Own Videos On One Page
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Google Subpoenaed to Reveal Identity of Person Who Posted at Google Video
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Google Filings Against DOJ Request — Including Declaration From Matt Cutts
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Google AdWords Launches Demographic Site Targeting
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Google To Buy Writely, A Browser Based Word Processor?
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Tips On Monitoring Online Reputation
- SES New York 2006 Coverage Recap
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