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Google Now Showing Three-Line Ad Sitelinks
Sep 5th
We’ve seen reports and are also seeing some AdWords ads displaying with three lines of sitelinks, and Google has updated its help documents to indicate that “up to six” and “three-line” Ad Sitelinks are now being displayed. Previously, Ad Sitelinks were only displayed…
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New: Google Now Showing Local +1 Counts
Jun 27th
Last week we confirmed Google was showing raw +1 counts in the search results and now today, Google seems to be testing showing location based +1 counts. @tomcritchlow shared a screen shot with us showing Google only displaying the people in New York who +1′ed a page. Here is that screen…
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Google Sued for Showing Defamatory Results
Jun 26th
In New Dehli, Arindam Chaudhuri filed a major lawsuit against Google and several other sites for publishing and distributing “defamatory, libelous, and slanderous articles.” His action created a maelstrom of debate on whether or not aggregation websites, including search engines, can be held responsible for showing libelous information created by other groups.
Karnika Seth, an expert in cyber law who resides in New Delhi, states that, “A search engine is not entirely to be blamed and it is difficult for them to monitor their content because of their huge database.” Rodney Ryder, a cyber crime expert, agrees that it’s illogical to sue sites like Google because “it’s just a content aggregator, and not the publisher.”
However, some groups insist that Google has a greater level of responsibility than it is living up to. Koena Mitra, a Bollywood actor, stated that, “Google should probably become like imdb and verify all our details through us,” while fellow actor Eesha Koppikhar stated that “Google should have a censor mechanism that scrutinizes content before it is put up.”
For most, the issue comes back to a very basic principle: open or vetted? Google has long taken the open approach, putting responsibility on publishers and the defamed to resolve their conflicts, while assuming that content that is both relevant and accurate will be what surfaces in Google’s algorithm. However, other groups believe that vetting is an important way to prevent innacurate, useless, or defamatory content from appearing. Blekko, a small engine, is an example of a search site that curates its content.
A Google India spokesperson stated in response to the lawsuit that, “We are disappointed that search engines that use computer algorithms to create automated indexes of the world wide web are sought to be held liable for content that is indexed as search results.”
[Sources include: the Hindustan Times]
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Confirmed: Google Showing Google +1 Counts To Logged Out Users
Jun 22nd
Google is now showing the Google +1 counts for logged out users. When the Google +1 feature launched in March, searchers were only able to see who in their Google network +1′ed a search result. Now, if you search while logged out, Google will show you the total +1 count for some search…
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Confirmed: Google Showing +1 Counts To Logged Out Users
Jun 22nd
Google is now showing the +1 counts for logged out users. When the +1 feature launched in March, searchers were only able to see who in their Google network +1′ed a search result. Now, if you search while logged out, Google will show you the total +1 count for some search results. This may…
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Amazon Reviews, Yahoo Answers Showing in Bing Quick Previews Box
Jun 15th
Bing seems to have recently made some changes to its Quick Previews box, inserting reviews from Amazon.com and answers from Yahoo Answers when users mouseover the arrow to the right of the search result to get more information about a website. It’…
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Google Maps Showing Inappropriate Images in New Zealand
Jun 10th
Google Maps works as more than a catalogue of locations; it works as a catalogue of history. The Google satellite imagery, which on a region-by-region basis sees only infrequent updates, has incidentally caught strange events, changing scenery, and other visible elements that you would be unable to find if you visited the actual locations in question. But perhaps the most strange set of Google Map’s now-vanished landmarks can be found in Fairfield College, New Zealand, where a student prank was captured by Google’s satellites.
The 2009 prank involved two students (who are unnamed only because they weren’t caught) using weed killer to create images in the grass. Specifically what of? Why, male genitalia, of course! These were college students, after all. Six dead-grass wangs of varying sizes, as well as the word “Wanker,” were created over a single weekend in May of 2009. While the school authorities quickly responded by killing all the grass, by then it was too late. Google had already snapped its images of the area.
Responses from Google users has been varied, but mostly find the joke amusing. Some, however, have been outraged, such as commenter Dave Dickson who stated that the prank was a product of “the twisted minds of today’s youth, brought up on a heavy diet of hardcore pornography.” Another user who seems to be anxious about the Google Maps imagery is one of the suspected culprits of the prank, who has received a new wave of comments on the topic – which he has feverishly been trying to delete. In that way this story serves as a warning of what web permanency, even of things never intended to be captured, can do.
Google could, hypothetically, roll back to older images or invest in aerial photos or some other rush update, but has yet to respond to inappropriate images.
[via The Escapist]
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Google Cracking Down On Toolbars Showing Too Many Ads
May 13th
Google has been notifying their AdSense for Search partners of a recent AdSense guidelines change that impact the use of the program with browser toolbars and third-party client applications. Google is supposedly giving these partners 30 days to make changes to their toolbars and applications or be…
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New: Google Showing Recent Stories From News Sites With News Snippet
May 5th
Search for [news] or [new york times] or [fox news] or other queries that would bring up a popular news site and you will see a new search snippet displayed within the search results for these news sites. As you can see from the screen shot above, Google is displaying in the search results some…
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