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Ask.com Too Strict With Child & Sex Keywords?
The Hammer of Trust writes that Ask.com is way too strict for searches on keywords about sex and children. For example, a…
Google Mixes Up Referrals Buttons
I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that Google has mixed up the referral buttons with the Google AdSense referral program. For…
Child Porn Suit Dropped Against Google
The Associated Press reports that the suit brought against Google for profiting on child pornography has been dropped. Jeffrey Toback, of the…
Google Testing Ad Supported Premium Video
Google is running a test offering about 2,000 premium videos available for free streaming viewing, inserting a persistent banner-type ad at the…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…