Category: The search engine industry

The Italian Google case is a threat to the social side of Web publishing

This week an Italian court sentenced three Google executives to six months in prison for allowing users to post a video on YouTube in 2006.

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Posted on Sunday 28 February 2010
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Yahoo! switches to Bing search results

This week Microsoft and Yahoo! announced that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission.

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Posted on Sunday 21 February 2010
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Experts trace Google hackers to Chinese schools

The Google/China controversy has got a new chapter. The cyber attacks have been traced back to two Chinese schools.

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Posted on Sunday 21 February 2010
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Why the Kindle and the iPad may change the way we search

This week saw the birth of the Apple iPad. In spite of initial skepticism Steve Jobs has decided that the tablet has a future, and he is right. It will also change the way we search. Pandia argues that publishers should support at tool that lets tablet users safe the web and subscription based content at the same time.

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Posted on Sunday 31 January 2010
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The Chinese government’s war against Google and the Chinese people

To understand the Google China war we need to understand how the Communist party thinks and acts.

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Posted on Sunday 17 January 2010
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Google no longer willing to continue censoring search results in China

Google is no longer willing to continue censoring search results on Google.cn after proof of surveilance. Recent attacks on Google and the subsequent investigation has led to the discovery that the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear to have been routinely accessed by third parties.

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Posted on Wednesday 13 January 2010
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Google struggles with religious sensitivity

Google results offend Christians, but if you search for “Islam is” Google will give you no search suggestions.

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Posted on Sunday 10 January 2010
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Are Search Engines Going too Far by Creating Customized Search results Based on Your Internet History

Many search engines now have a feature that tracks your web history and use. Why do they have it and does it really benefit you? What can you gain by having the search engines track your searches as well as browsing patterns? Learn why this data is collected and what it is really used for.

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Posted on Sunday 10 January 2010
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