Following up on earlier concerns, Jeff Jarvis reports that GoogleNews is including news articles from the far-right British National Party. While I have previsouly disagreed with Jeff that certain "news" is inherently more valid than other "news" for inclusion in…
Category: Search Engines
Advertising with Google Maps
The MIT Advertising Lab reports on how companies are realizing that online satellite imaging and mapping systems are untapped advertising opportunities. One new strategy is to make your brand viewable from geosynchronous orbit. [via BoingBoing]
NYT Editorial: Beijing’s New Enforcer: Microsoft
The New York Times has an editorial today on the issue that companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft help the Chinese government not only filter out search results that they want to censor, but also help track down the individuals…
Should Search Engines Help China Filter & Track Searches?
Dan Solove points to this Salon article that reveals how Google, Yahoo and Microsoft help the Chinese government not only filter out search results that they want to censor, but also help track down the individuals engaging in criticism and…
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Governments Tremble at Google’s Bird’s-Eye View
The New York Times finally picks up on this discussion about how some governments are concerned over the detailed images of sensitive sites Google Earth makes available to the public.
Bias in Google-AOL Deal; “Unethical,” says Microsoft
I'm late (due to end-of-semester grading) to the discussion of the recent Google-AOL deal. The key points:Google spends $1 billion to gain a 5% stake in AOL;Google offers special promotion and links to AOL (as sponsored links) for searches which…
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Google Increases Ad Font Size
Google announced that they are increasing the font size of the AdWords paid search results becuase "The more similar the type, the higher the CTR [click through rate]." You can view the difference: before vs. after. By making the paid…
Google Search and Seizure
Prompted in part by the recenet story about how your search history could be used as evidence against you in court, Robert Kuttner has a scathing op-ed in the Boston Globe regarding Google and individual privacy rights titled "Google Search…
What if Google Enabled FOIA Requests?
I'm attending the "Regulating Search?" symposium hosted by the Yale Information Society Project today. The first panel was on "The Search Space," and Robin Sloan, co-producer of the (in)famous "EPIC 2014" movie on "the future history of media," posed an…
Google Click-to-Call
Google recently released an enhancement to their AdWords paid search results called "Click-to-Call." When you click the phone icon on an AdWords ad, you enter your phone number and Google calls the number you provided. When you pick up, you…
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