The date is set for the Google/Brazil showdown - the Brazilian government wants Google to hand over the Orkut data it seeks within fifteen days. Google will face some very hefty fines if it chooses not to cooperate.
“It would have to pay a daily fine of $93,000,” according to a Reuters article. “The […]
Google’s Click-To-Call feature, introduced in the U.S. some time ago, has been made available to our British friends. Certain sponsored ads now have a small green telephone icon next to them - click on it, and you’re informed that “Google can call your phone now and connect you to this company.”
A moderator on the […]
It’s so crazy it just might work: a live person, like your own personal attach to guide you through the maze and answer questions you don’t know how to ask a computer. That’s the idea behind ChaCha, a search engine founded from pure geek credibility, and hooks searchers up with paid “guides” to help them […]
People understand what’s tasteless. Search algorithms and contextual ad technology do not. Well, maybe not people, either. Just as one is horrified that an eBay AdWords ad offers a sale on the Crocodile Hunter’s body, one finds that if eBayers actually had access to the corpse, they might. Would they?
The Register, illustrating the same […]
The top gaining search query for the week ending September 4 shouldn’t come as a surprise - everyone’s favorite Australian, the late Steve Irwin, nabbed that spot. Much of the rest of the Zeitgeist was vaguely sports-related, with an emphasis on tennis. A couple of “slip-ups” also made the list.
Irwin, of course, died […]
A new Google feature was recently noticed: you can test how an ad will appear in various locations. “We’ve heard your feedback and now have a tool for you to use to preview your ads no matter where they’re targeted,” said Google, describing the new product on InsideAdWords.
Credit goes to “kevgibbo” on WebmasterWorld for […]
According to the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC), Google’s not doing so well. A number of users are jumping ship, and going straight to Baidu, Google’s biggest Chinese competitor.
“China’s official Internet number cruncher,” wrote Steven Schwankert of the IDG News Service, found that “62.1 percent of Chinese users turned to local favorite Baidu […]
Searchfeed.com has teamed up with UnitingTheWeb, Inc. and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The product of this joint venture is rather interesting - “a toolbar that leverages the power of Internet search to help locate missing children.”
Matt Rossi, the founder of UnitingTheWeb, was quoted in a press release. “Search […]
Last Friday (Sept 15 th) a Belgium court dealt a stunning blow against Google and its Google News search service.
The court is now forbidding the popular search engine from indexing Belgian newspaper content without paying each newspaper for the use of their content.
The ruling requires Google to remove the plaintiff’s newspaper content from its […]
Online video reaches into all kinds of interest areas, especially those related to technology, and tablet PCs are no exception.
The process of reviewing and discussing a technology product looks tailor-made for online video.
I would like to think they can complement a written review quite nicely, but I’m a writer and have that kind of […]
