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Google Bringing Wind-Powered Data Center to Oklahoma
The search giant has signed an agreement to use 48 MW of wind energy from the Canadian Hills Wind Project for its latest data center. Google will work with a local utilities company to handle the power used by the Canadian Hills wind farm.
Google Faces $22.5 Million Fine for Safari Tracking
Google is expected to pay a $22.5 million fine – the largest ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission – in relation to the discovery that Google used special code to get around the Safari browser's built-in privacy controls to track users.
Google: 130 Million ‘Bad Ads’ Were Killed in 2011
Google claims it has halved the number of scam ads being displayed across its services thanks to new technologies and improved detection methods. Still, some illegal ads for pharmacies, mortgage scams, and the 2012 Olympics snuck through.
Romney, Gingrich Latest to Join the Search Engine ‘Spreading’ Game
Hey, you know what this country needs? Another reason to keep normal people out of politics. Rick Santorum’s icky problem might be a little less problematic for him now that all the cool kids are getting their own Spreading sites.
Linking Is Not Libel (This Time), Supreme Court of Canada Rules
Hyperlinking does not constitute libel in Canada, at least not in the Supreme Court case of Crookes v. Newton. But does this mean a blogger or other online publisher cannot be sued for linking to defamatory content? Not necessarily.
Meet Canadian Search and Social Media Experts at SES Toronto
If you’ve ever been to Tim Horton’s, then you know what a double-double is. (For our American readers, it’s a filtered coffee ... read more
SES Toronto Speaker Development
25 years ago, Canada repatriated its Constitution. And today, I’m proud to say, the fourth ever Search Engine Strategies conference held in ... read more
Google and Canada.com Announce Multiyear Partnership
The Toronto Star reports that Google has entered into a multiyear agreement with the well-known Canadian portal, Canada.com (owned by media giant ... read more
Search U.S. Business Listings in Spanish and Chinese; French, Japanese, and German Coming Soon
A DMNews.com story: Site Offers U.S. Business Search in Foreign Languages, takes a look at a new service named Tyloon.com (beta), that ... read more
Happy Canada Day; Ask Jeeves Posts Holiday Logo
To Our Canadian Readers, Happy Canada Day!!! Here’s the holiday logo posted on Ask Jeeves. I didn’t spot a holiday logo when ... read more
