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Video Search, Smut and Censorship

Earlier this week, ZDNet News published an article discussing the presence and availability of explicit content on video search sites like, YouTube,…

By Greg Sterling · 22 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Disposes Of Stake In Baidu

Reuters reports that Google has sold its “modest investment in Baidu.” Google owned about two-percent of Baidu.com, worth about $63 million, and…

By Barry Schwartz · 22 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Updates Toolbar Privacy Policy

It appears to me that Google updated the Google Toolbar Privacy Policy yesterday. I know the dates do not reflect that on…

By Barry Schwartz · 22 Jun 2006

SEO

More Stats & Features From Google Sitemaps

The Inside Google Sitemaps Blog announced more features and statistics added to the Google Sitemaps product. The features mainly include additional statistics,…

By Barry Schwartz · 22 Jun 2006

Industry

Google Answers: Ask Whatever You Like, Except About Google

We wrote earlier about Google pulling a question at Google Answers about Google. Philipp Lenssen at Google Blogoscoped followed-up further and found…

By Danny Sullivan · 22 Jun 2006

Industry

New Search Patents: June 22, 2006 – Google File System, Microsoft Blocks, and Yahoo Autonotifications

Google patents the Google File System, Microsoft claims a Functional Object Model for mobile devices, and Yahoo! (Overture) describes an autonotification process…

By Bill Slawski · 22 Jun 2006

Industry

Google AdSense Tests CPA Ads, Commission Based Ads

Philipp Lenssen reports that some AdSense publishers were invited to partake in AdSense ads that pay based on action, like an affiliate…

By Barry Schwartz · 21 Jun 2006

SEO

The Search & Branding Tug-Of-War, Again

“Cannes Lions Diary: Search under scrutiny” from the Financial Times at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival covers what we’ve seen before, traditional…

By Danny Sullivan · 21 Jun 2006

Analytics

Microsoft Employees Use Google More Than MSN?

Philipp Lenssen reported on a Andrew Hitchcock post that detailed search engine usage by search engine firm. It appears that Microsoft employees…

By Barry Schwartz · 21 Jun 2006

Industry

It’s Not Just Google With Disappointing Results

We have been poking hard at Google for disappointing search results, but Google is not the only search engine that has been…

By Barry Schwartz · 20 Jun 2006